European Studies - MA Study Regulations

MA Program in European Studies

Study Regulations

 

Academic Head of the study program: Prof. Noam Shoval
Program Coordinator: Ms. Elisheva Moatti
Adviser: Dr. Daniel Wajner

Offices: European Forum at the Hebrew University
Faculty of Humanities Building, Rooms 42603-4
Email: mseuro@mail.huji.ac.il
Tel.: +972-2-5883286; Fax: +972-2-5881079

Program Staff

Prof. Noam Shoval
Dr. Daniel Wajner
Dr. Yuval Tal
Dr. Tristan Klingelhöfer
Prof. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
Dr. Oded Steinberg
Prof. Gisela Dachs
Dr. Katya Assaf
Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu
Dr. Shmuel Barnai
Dr. Orna Keren-Carmel

Admission requirements

This M.A. program is open to students of Israeli universities and colleges recognized by the Council for Higher Education who have completed a B.A. degree in one of the relevant disciplines in the faculties of the Social Sciences, Law or Humanities (or, through special admission, who have completed a different Bachelor degree), with a grade point average of 80. First-year studies are conducted in the non-research track.

About the program

The European Studies program deals with a wide range of topics related to contemporary Europe and the European Union. The significance of the program originates in the importance of Europe and the growing interest in issues related to the EU and its role in the world. The graduate study program combines research and teaching.

The teaching program is affiliated with the three Faculties: Social Sciences, Law, and Humanities. The teaching language is Hebrew, with several courses offered in English.

M.A. Regualtions

The M.A. program offers the following two study tracks:

 

M.A. research track (36 credit points)

This track is a requirement for future Ph.D. studies.

Compulsory courses (16 credit points)

• Colloquium for European Forum Students A & B (2 credit points) – courses 54677 & 54777
• Methodological course in 1st year (2 credit points) – course 54699
• Methodological course in the 2nd year (2 credit points)
• Introduction to the European Union (2 credit points) – course 54800
• EU–Israel Relations (2 credit points)
• Introduction to EU law (2 credit points)
• European History, Culture, and Society (2 credit points) – course 54821
• 2 simulation workshops (2 credit points)

Elective compulsory courses (14 credit points)

• Courses from the list of elective-compulsory courses (10 credit points)*
• Seminar paper in one of the compulsory or elective-compulsory seminar courses (4 credit points, in addition to the final course paper) in the first year

Elective courses (6 credits)

Courses from the program’s course list

The M.A. Thesis (35% of the final grade) is written under the supervision of a faculty member of the Faculties of Social Sciences, Law, or Humanities. The thesis is graded by the student’s supervisor and an additional reviewer.

 

M.A. course track (38 credit points)

Compulsory courses (14 credit points)

• Colloquium for European Forum Students A & B (2 credit points) – courses 54677 & 54777
• Methodological seminar in the 1st year (2 credit points) – course 54699
• Introduction to the European Union (2 credit points) – course 54800
• EU–Israel Relations (2 credit points)
• Introduction to EU law (2 credit points)
• European History, Culture, and Society (2 credit points)
• 2 simulation workshops (2 credit points)

Elective compulsory courses (12 credit points)

• Courses form the list of elective-compulsory courses (8 credit points)
• Seminar paper in one of the compulsory or elective-compulsory seminar courses (4 credit points, in addition to the final course paper) in the first year

Elective courses (12 credits)

• Courses from the program’s course list (8 credit points).
• Seminar paper in one of the program’s seminar course list (4 credit points, in addition to the final course paper)

 

Transfer to the research track

Students can transfer to the research track at the end of the first year of studies. Conditions for transition to the research track:

• The student completed at least half of the courses required for graduation with an average score of at least 90;
• The student submitted a seminar paper in an elective compulsory course, and it was graded at least 90;
• A senior Hebrew University faculty member officially approved that she/he will supervise the thesis;
• The supervisor approved the thesis topic;
• The student has been registered for an advanced methodological course approved by the supervisor. The methodological course will be selected from the list of courses of other departments in the humanities, social sciences and law faculties, according to the thesis topic or methodology.

 

Deadline for the transfer is the end of course registration for the fall term in the second year.