Passing the study plan

The final examination is in written form (anonymized PC exam), consists of 2 fields (International Relations; European Politics - graded separately), and 8 questions reflecting the content of key compulsory courses of the bachelor program.

The duration of the exam is set to a maximum of 3 hours. The exam results in two grades. These are averaged with the thesis defense grade to form the final examination grade.

THE FOLLOWING COURSES ARE DIRECTLY REFLECTED IN THE FINAL EXAM:

IREb1004 Contemporary History of Europe (EP)
IREb1005 European Integration (EP)
IREb1007 International Security (IR)
IREb1008 Human Rights, Democratization and Global Justice (IR)
IREb1010 Theory of International Relations and European Integration (IR&EP)
IREb1013 Economic dimension of international relations: an introduction (IR)
IREb1014 Institutions of the EU (EP)

Required literature is suggested at the bottom of every section.
Required literature forms the basis but is not all-encompassing nor does it fully reflect the content of lectures within the given course.

Students choose among four following types of thesis formats with specific guidelines. Examples of theses included:

1) Research paper
Saudi Arabia's regional engagement through the prism of offensive realism
Baltic participation in EU CSDP capabilities development

2) Literature review
The role of pre-negotiation in international crisis management
Europeanisation of municipal governments

3) Policy paper
Coordinating immigration policies in the Visegrad Group
EU communication strategy on minority rights in Central Asia

4) Extended position paper
Microfinancing as development remedy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Normative power Europe after operation Sophia.