210168 SE M7: Staatstätigkeit, Policy- und Governanceanalysen:The Rise of Opposition to the European Union (2024S)

• All seminar meetings are held in English. Please note that you will submit all written assignments in English.

• You must participate in the first seminar session.

• Attendance and class participation is mandatory. Please let me know before we meet if you have to miss a class.

• Presenter memos: for 2 weekly topics, each participant will provide a detailed summary and evaluation of a required reading (usually one article). These memos summarize the central argument, describe the methodology, and highlight the conclusions reached by a research article. Thus,

o over the course of a semester, each student will prepare a presenter memo for two articles about two different topics.
o each memo should be about 2 pages single-spaced (about 1000-1300 words).
o presenters, along with the instructor, will lead seminar discussions.
o depending on class size, there may be more than one presenter student per article. You will each submit a separate memo to obtain a grade. You will also distribute your memos to all participants via moodle by 10am on the Tuesday a required reading is discussed in the seminar. All other participants should read the memos before class.

• Presentation of paper proposals: You will present your ideas on May 7th to obtain feedback. Any topic broadly pertaining to the seminar is acceptable. Please upload a short description (up to 1 page, single-spaced) of your project idea to moodle by May 7th at 10 am.
• Presentation of final research paper at the end of the seminar
• Final research paper (4000-5000 words excluding references). Please note that the final research paper is due on the last day of the seminar June 18, 2024.

Individual assignments (maximum equals 1000 points):
You will need to obtain a passing grade (at least 60% of maximum number of points) for each individual assignment in order to obtain an overall passing grade for the course: