This course offers students a unique opportunity to participate in
the conference that simulates a semi-annual meeting of the European
Union Council. Each student will play a role of a high political
official from a European Union (EU) country, and will be able to feel
first handedly all the constrains and pressures that real decision
makers face in such situations.  The conference will take place at
the end of April on the IUPUI campus in Indianapolis. Usually around
15 colleges and universities from all over the US participate in the
conference and the event is a great opportunity for political and
social networking that emulates the genuine EU Council conferences.

In order to be prepared for the conference, the students will learn
history of the EU, the ways the principal EU policies work and the
structure of EU institutions. A great portion of the student grade
will be based on the quality of the student's participation in the
conference (40%), while the rest of the grade will be calculated on
the basis of the quality of other traditional (midterm exam) and
practical assignments (the personal profile of the represented
politician, profile of the EU country the student will represent,
policy proposals for the conference). There will be no final exam.