Courses
In Rhodos, students must take at least two but no more than four courses. Classes are held in the morning for 55 minutes each. In the first week of the program, classes are held Monday through Friday; in the second and third weeks, classes are held Monday through Thursday. Examinations are held on Friday, July 29, 2011.
RHODOS II July 10 – July 29
EU and US: Handling Sex-Based Discrimination in Employment (one credit)
This course will examine the statutory, administrative and judicial approaches towards specific issues relating to gender-based discrimination in employment. We will examine and compare the approaches of the U.S., European and Asian nations. (Professor Friedman)
EU law in 2011: Implications for Europe, the United States and the Global System (one credit)
This introductory course will examine: 1) the institutional structure and decision-making of the EU under the Lisbon Treaty; 2) the sources of EU law and policy; 3) the legal principles of economic and monetary union and the Single Market; 4) EU competition and state aids law; and 5) EU external relations law. (Professor Sutton)
The European Union’s Approach Towards Environmental, Energy, and Climate Change Issues (one credit)
This course focuses the policies implemented under the Lisbon Treaty concerning issues related to the environment, energy and climate change. Specifically, we will examine the “Third Legislative Package” grounded on the fundamental elements related to energy: security of energy supply, competitiveness (reasonable prices) and sustainability and EU Directives addressing environmental protection such as the Waste Framework Directive, the Industrial Emissions Directive, the Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Directive, and the Directive on Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewable Resources as an important instrument to fulfil the international obligations on reduction of greenhouse gasses. (Professor Basse)
EU: Regulating the Movement of People and Goods (one credit)
This course will deal with one of the most important achievements in the process of European integration: the fundamental freedoms of EU citizens to work and establish companies and to provide and receive services in any other Member State of the Union, an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods and persons is ensured. (Professor Weiss)
The class schedule is as follows*:
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