Welcome to Portugal!

Program Dates: June 13- July 12, 2009

Cost: $3500

Credits: 6

Experience: Priceless

 

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Study in Portugal Summer Program

Lisbon, Portugal's capital city, is one of Europe's most picturesque cities.

It sits at the confluence of the Tejo River and the Atlantic, where 500 years ago its navigators embarked upon the discovery of other lands around the world. Now home to about 2 million inhabitants, greater metropolitan Lisbon is the motor to the country's political and economic life. Visitors who have not seen the city in the last 5-10 years will hardly recognize the transformations that have occurred as a result of the region's explosive economic growth.

While students will visit the historic sites that have always made Lisbon what it is, numerous guided visits around the city will introduce students to "The New Lisbon" as well. These visits, including the National Parliament, the Belem Presidential Palace, and Expo '98, will focus on how European integration and its associated processes have impacted political, economic, and social life in the region. Day trips to Evora, Sesimbra, the Lisbon coastal region, and Coimbra will offer cultural experiences of a lifetime and shed light on the impact of the EU on regions outside the capital.

 

Accommodation Options:
Students accommodations are in shared rooms in a local hostel in Lisbon. Meals are not provided by the hostel, but can be purchased in local area cafés. A meal card is provided by ISEG-UTL for low cost meals.

 

Program Introduction

Date of Program:

June 13- July 12, 2009

This innovative four-week program in Lisbon, Portugal will offer students the opportunity to explore the political and cultural environment of this wonderful city. Students will take two courses for the duration of four weeks in Lisbon. These will be UMass Dartmouth courses in the area of Political Science. Credits will be available both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Courses may fulfill General Education requirements. Qualified students should have an overall 2.0 GPA and a good academic and social standing.

The program is sponsored by UMass Dartmouth's Political Science Department, the Office of International & Exchange Study Programs, and the Instituto Superior e Economia e Gestã, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (ISEG-UTL).

Program Requirements

Students will need to fulfill the following requirements in order to apply to this program:

• Undergraduate or graduate student
• Overall 2.0 GA
• No previous Portuguese language experience required
• Good academic and social standing
• Application materials completed by specified deadline

Program Cost

$3500

Cost includes:

• 6 undergraduate or graduate credits
• Housing
• Excursions
• Entrance fees

Financial aid may be used for overseas study. Students should apply through their own University. There may be a limited number of scholarships to qualified participants who have fulfilled program requirements and met program deadlines.

"Lisbon is easy on a Budget" - article with slide show and useful links

Program Courses

PSC 393/593 - Political Economy of EU Integration (3-credits)
Prof. Michael Baum, UMass Dartmouth

This course will describe the major political, economic, and demographic shifts in Portuguese society that have accompanied the European integration process, as well as the impact of EU integration on Portuguese agriculture, fishery, industrial, and educational policies. The timeframe will essentially cover the last 30 years of Portuguese history, but after a brief introduction to the role of the Portuguese revolution, most of our discussions, readings, and class visits will be about Portugal since 1986, the year it and Spain joined the EC. Students will finish the course with a first-hand understanding of how European integration and expansion has impacted the society and economy of a small open economy on Europe’s periphery. Students will be encouraged to think about how the lessons learned in Portugal might be instructive for the newest members of the EU club. Students will also be encouraged to conduct first-hand interviews with Portuguese entrepreneurs, academic experts, labor leaders, farmers, and/or fellow students for the purposes of producing a research project on one aspect of Portuguese society/political economy that especially fascinates them.

PSC 394/594 - Politics of European Integration (3-credits)
Prof. Antonio Goucha Soares, ISEG-UTL

The purpose of this course is to give a general overview of the main features of the so-called process of European integration, that is, the process initiated after World War II and that lead to the establishment of the European Union. During the course we will also discuss the major constraints that actually face European construction, like the enlargement to the eastern countries and the finality of European integration. The course will concentrate on the major constitutional transformations that have occurred over time, namely the adoption of the Single European Act, the Maastricht Treaty (that established the European Union), the Amsterdam and Nice Treaties, and the ongoing effort to ratify a Constitution for the EU. It will also discuss the great challenge of institutional reform that faces the European Union in the new century and the role of small-medium member states like Portugal. The approach will be mainly centered on political and institutional affairs. It will not require a background in European integration, although some knowledge in European studies may be an advantage.

Courses may also be available at the 200-level:

PSC 251--World Political Issues and Ideas (for students who do not need the 300-level course)
PSC 820--Political Science 200-level Elective (for students who do not need the 300-level course)

For those students taking the program as an elective in the social sciences and for whom 300-level PSC credit is not required, the two 200-level course options are available. All course requirements are the same as for the 300-level credits, except the 2500-word research paper. In its place will be a shorter (+/- 1500 word) reflection paper/journal.

Graduate-level students- complete a longer and more rigorous research paper of approximately 15-20 pages or an original data collection exercise and paper.

 

 

Program Faculty

Professor Antonio Goucha Soares, ISEG-UTL Antonio Goucha Soares (Lisbon, 1962) is a graduate of the Lisbon University Law School (1985), with post-graduate degree from the College of Europe of Bruges (1987). He obtained the LL.M. (1988) and the Ph.D (1996) degrees at the European University Institute of Florence. He worked as legal adviser for the Portuguese Foreign Affairs Department (1989-92). He is currently the Jean Monnet Professor of European Law at ISEG - Technical University of Lisbon, and during Fall semester 2003 is Michael Teague Visiting Professor at Brown University. He is the author of Livre Circulação de Pessoas na Europa Comunitária (Lisbon: Fragmentos, 1990), Repartição de competências no Direito Comunitário (Lisbon: Cosmos, 1996), A Carta dos Direitos Fundamentais da União Europeia (Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 2002) and several articles on European integration issues.

Professor Michael Baum, UMass Dartmouth Academic Program Coordinator Michael Baum teaches comparative politics (Western Europe) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and is an Executive Board Member of its Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture. He has published on Portuguese political culture, political behavior, and electoral politics. His other interests include comparative social movements, agrarian politics, and democratization. He is the author of Os Frutos da Reforma Agraria: Poder e Cultura Politica em Portugal (forthcoming) and is also editing a forthcoming volume for Lexington Books, Civil Society After Democratization: Reflections on 25 Years of Portuguese Democracy. Baum has published articles in South European Politics & Society, European Journal of Political Research and various Portuguese social science journals. Baum is co-chair of the Iberian Studies Group (at Harvard University's Center for European Studies).

 

Program Deadlines

Summer 2009: MARCH 3, 2009 with a $300 non-refundable deposit. Once accepted into the program, this deposit will be applied towards the overall cost of the program.

For further information and for applications, please contact Prof. Michael Baum, mbaum@umassd.edu or Heather Makrez, International Programs Office (Pine Dale Suite 7123), hmakrez@umassd.edu or 508.910.6506.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated On: 1/23/09