Bachelor and Master Programs “Economy of the European Integration”

Ukrainian-taught Bachelor Program “Economy of the European Integration” is a cluster of optional courses within the general Ukrainian-taught Bachelor Program in International Economic Relations.

List of Courses:

  • EU Economy (2 ECTS credits, 7th semester)
  • EU Competition Policy (2 ECTS credits, 7th semester)
  • EU Stock Market (2 ECTS credits, 7th semester)
  • Financial and Banking Systems of European Countries (2 ECTS credits, 8th semester)
  • Foreign Trade Payments and Settlements in European Countries (2 ECTS credits, 8th semester)

 

English-taught Master Program “Economy of the European Integration” is a cluster of optional courses within the general Ukrainian-taught Master Program in International Economic Relations.

List of Courses:

  • Monetary Integration in the EU (2 ECTS credits, 1st semester)
  • Common Agricultural Policy of the EU (2 ECTS credits, 1st semester)
  • The EU Migration policy (2 ECTS credits, 1st semester)
  • Common Commercial Policy of the EU (3 ECTS credits, 2nd semester)
  • European Material Law (3 ECTS credits, 2nd semester)
  • Economic Integration of Ukraine and the EU (2 ECTS credits, 3rd semester)

 

Courses Syllabi:

EU Economy

  • Theory of integration
  • Establishment of the EU Single Market
  • Preparation and stages of establishment of the European Monetary Union
  • Indirect taxation approximation policy in the EU
  • Direct taxation policy harmonization in the EU
  • Elaboration on the implementation of the common agricultural policy in the EU
  • Competition policy in the EU
  • Policy for joint research and development in the EU

 

EU Competition Policy

  • Fundamentals and forms of the EU competition policy
  • Anti-trust regulation system in the EU
  • The EU competition policy for abuse of dominant position in the market
  • Competition policy and state aid
  • The EU in the system of international cooperation in pro-competitive regulation
  • Interaction of the EU trade and competition policy
  • Regulation of competition in economic relations of the EU and Ukraine
  • Adjustment of the competition protection system in Ukraine to community competition policy in the EU

 

EU Stock Market

  • The stock market as a segment of the EU financial markets
  • Types of corporate securities in European stock markets
  • Public sector debt securities market in the EU countries
  • Features of organized stock markets in the EU
  • European stock market indices as indicators of the EU economy's development
  • Stock exchanges in the EU
  • Trade in debt instruments at the European trade platforms
  • Over-the-counter organizers of trade in financial instruments in the EU
  • Legal regulation of the EU stock markets

 

Financial and Banking Systems of European Countries

  • Finance and financial systems
  • Financial system: essence and structure
  • Financial system types
  • Types of financial sector institutions
  • Structure of financial markets
  • Corporate finance
  • Information asymmetries in the financial system
  • The soundness of financial systems
  • Structural analysis of financial systems of European countries
  • Financial systems of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany
  • Financial systems of Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece
  • Financial systems of Scandinavian countries and small states in Western Europe
  • Banking systems of Central and Eastern European countries
  • European System of Central Banks and European Central Bank
  • Financial systems of the CIS countries

 

Foreign Trade Payments and Settlements in European Countries

  • Theoretical aspects of international payments and their preconditions
  • The modern scientific and technological revolution in international payment and settlement relations in the EU
  • Types of modern banking, payment, and settlement systems
  • Risks and their minimization methods in international agreements of the EU countries
  • Means and methods of payments and settlements in foreign trade of the European Union
  • New instruments for foreign trade payments in the EU countries
  • Combining lending and payments as an instrument to cover contract liabilities in the EU foreign trade
  • Convergence of payment and lending mechanisms in the financial systems of the EU countries

 

Monetary Integration in the EU

  • History of the European Monetary Union establishment
  • Preconditions and effects of launching the euro
  • Enlargement of the euro area
  • Tasks and functions of the European System of Central Banks
  • Organization of activity of the European System of Central Banks
  • Means and procedural aspects of the single monetary policy in the euro area
  • The transmission mechanism of monetary policy and interaction of economic processes
  • Practice of the single monetary policy implementation in the euro area
  • Monetary policy of the EU countries outside the euro area
  • The impact of monetary policy and exchange rate trends on the national economies

 

Common Agricultural Policy of the EU

  • Agriculture in the European Union
  • The economic and historical foundation of the Common Agricultural Policy in Europe
  • Institutions and EU decision-making in common agricultural policy
  • Simplification of the common agricultural policy
  • Enlargement of the common agricultural policy
  • Reform of the common agricultural policy

 

The EU Migration policy

  • Theoretic fundamentals of migration policy research
  • Transformations of the European approaches to managing international migration
  • Institutional dimensions of migration policy transformations in the EU states
  • Regulating labour migration from the new member states in the context of the EU enlargements
  • Shaping common European migration policy
  • Migration component of  Ukraine-EU cooperation

 

Common Commercial Policy of the EU

  • The objectives and principles of the common commercial policy of the European Union
  • Instruments of the trade policy of the European Union
  • Bilateral and multilateral EU trade policy
  • The system of trade preferences in the EU
  • Regulation of service trade within the common commercial policy of the EU
  • Regulation of direct foreign investments and commercial aspects of intellectual property rights in the common commercial policy of the EU
  • Sectoral features of common commercial policy of the European Union
  • Common commercial policy towards Ukraine

 

European Material Law

  • EU Economic and Monetary Union
  • The notion of the EU internal market and its fundamental freedoms
  • Freedom of movement of goods within the EU and custom duties
  • Freedom of movement of goods within the EU and domestic taxation
  • Quantitative trade restrictions in the EU
  • Legal regulation of the free movement of goods within the EU
  • Legal principles of free movement of people within the EU
  • Legal principles of the freedom of establishment in the EU
  • Legal regulation of the freedom to provide and receive services in the EU
  • Legal regulation of the free movement of capital in the EU
  • The EU legislation harmonization
  • Protection of intellectual property rights in the EU

 

Economic Integration of Ukraine and the EU

  • European integration underworld economy globalization
  • European integration аs the main priority for the foreign economic policy of Ukraine
  • Ukraine in the common trade policy and economic aspects of the EU neighbourhood policy
  • Development of foreign trade between Ukraine and the European Union
  • Movement of production factors between Ukraine and the EU
  • Ukraine in European integration processes and the EU enlargement eastward

 

Selected lectures

The objectives and principles of the common commercial policy of the European Union

Enlargement of the Euro Area

Transformations of European Approaches to Managing International Migration

 

Leaflet “Bachelor and Master Programs “Economics of European Integration”