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EUR2915

History of European Integration

Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.

Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Home examination

About

About the course

Course content

How and why did European countries choose to pool resources and relinquish national sovereignty to supranational institutions after the Second World War? Was European economic and political integration inevitable? What are the historical junctures and milestones in the development of European cooperation and integration? The course offers an introduction to the origins, nature and development of European integration since 1945. Particular emphasis is placed on the conditions for integration at the domestic, European, and international levels. The course critically examines how historians have conceptualized and explained Europe, the history of economic and political integration, and the attitudes of individual states to the process of European integration. Central topics include for instance war and reconstruction, planning and liberalization in post-war societies as well as the EEC/EC/EU's relationship with other international organizations.

Learning outcome

Successful candidates are expected to have acquired the following knowledge and skills:

Knowledge

Students

  • have detailed knowledge and understanding of the history of economic and political integration in Europe since World War II
  • are familiar with the different ways in which historians have conceptualized and explained European integration

Skills

Students are able to

  • critically reflect on the history of European integration and place contemporary and current development in a broader historical context
  • apply their knowledge in discussions of central topics in the history of European integration
  • communicate this knowledge orally and in writing, using the appropriate terminology

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and group seminars. Obligatory written assignment (approved/not approved).

Compulsory assignments

  • Assignment

Further on evaluation

Students have to submit and get approved an assignment in order to sit the exam.

Course materials

Available at the start of the semester.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
EUR2910 7.5 sp Autumn 2014
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • European Studies
  • History

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Historical and Classical Studies

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Home examination
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

Home examination
Weighting 100/100 Date Release 2025-12-17
Submission 2025-12-17
Time Release 09:00
Submission 14:00
Duration 5 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

Home examination
Weighting 100/100 Duration 5 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment