European and/or EU Studies Curriculum between Internal and External drivers
European and/or EU Studies Curriculum between Internal and External drivers

Summary/Abstract: The main target of this part of our research was to determine whether the particularity of courses in European Studies is still a traditional one, or such courses remain disjointed, seated in various disciplines. For this purpose, we have analysed both Internal and External Drivers that could influence the typology of courses in European Studies. First, we examined the EU Studies/European Studies as a Disciplinary Framework of Political Science. For a very long time, we have come across debates about the place of European Studies. Are they part of the Political Science or part of the Administrative Studies? Our purpose is to demonstrate that they are a science in itself. Then, we examined the EU Studies/European Studies as an Interdisciplinary Framework, attempting to demonstrate that the specialization of European Studies and International Studies is more than welcome. The third step was to examine the EU Studies/European Studies as a Multidisciplinary Framework. Nowadays, the interdisciplinarity is the new orientation in the curricula and it is a field that is increasingly gaining importance. As for the external drivers, the impact of evolution of the European Union on EU Studies is well represented in the curricula. The changes in European integration or European governance can always be found in the curricula for European Studies. Another important external driver is the impact of the Jean Monnet Action on the evolution of European Studies. The number of Jean Monnet Centres, Chairs and Modules financed by the European Commission are increasing every year, fact that clearly demonstrates that this Action has an important influence in the curricula of study. The research that we undertook had no easy path; different paths for further research are still open.

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