Consortium: EMGS Speaker:Matthias Middell Workshop 5 30/11 Awarding multiple, double and joint degrees and diploma supplement: opportunities and obstacles

Consortium: EMGS Speaker:Matthias Middell Degree recognition within the ERASMUS MUNDUS Consortium and the search for a global partnership within the field of Global Studies Main Points to address: Advantages of a double degree within the framework of Global Studies as a new and interdisciplinary field of study Integration of the study program within the framework of a double degree

Consortium: EMGS Speaker:Matthias Middell Why we prefer for the time being a double degree Global Studies as a new field of study Canon of elements not yet fully established, but more than 140 universities worldwide offering study programs and research centres in that field Most advanced: US and Asia, but Europe with EMGS for the first time in a leading position European consortium with its extra-European partners serves as point of departure for global consortium (first meeting February, 2007 UCSB) Double degree allows better cooperation with extra-European universities

Consortium: EMGS Speaker:Matthias Middell Why we prefer for the time being a double degree II Global Studies as an interdisciplinary field of study Organization of study programs by interdisciplinary centres (Leipzig CAS, Wroclaw Willy Brandt Center; Vienna two Departments of History with 6 Departments of Area Studies; London all areas within one Departments, but cooperation with SOAS and sociology/ political sciences at LSE As a consequence, at each place we practice de facto a joint degree within the single university and a double degree between two of those constellations - management is difficult enough

Consortium: EMGS Speaker:Matthias Middell Why we prefer for the time being a double degree III Bologna process (introduction of BA, MA, PhD programs) started differently in the member states (administration on the universitie's and the state's level not well prepared: EMGS as forerunner with regard to the introduction of new degrees, diploma supplement etc.) Specific problem: differences between M Sc. at LSE, MA in Germany and Austria and MA in Poland - joint effort to standardised teaching units/ modules (10 CP each) within the European consortium and with extra- European partners. Double degree gives the necessary flexibility. All partner universities rich in tradition and prestige, but international cooperation between them dates only back to early 2000s - the EMGS Master creates mutual understanding and willingness to further deepening the integration of institutional cooperation

Consortium: EMGS Speaker:Matthias Middell How we integrate our study program within the framework of a double degree joint definition of teaching units and permanent discussion of similarity and complementarity joint selection procedure joint summer school as part of study program at all places joint workshops held to develop common teaching materials joint seminars via Internet with extra-European partners joint agreements with extra-European partners about students mobility joint preparation of global consortiums activities

Consortium: EMGS Speaker:Matthias Middell Conclusion Double degree allows better cooperation with extra- European universities within a new field of study Possibility to practice de facto a joint degree within a single university and a double degree between two universities Double degree gives necessary flexibility in not yet standardized study programs Integration of study program within the framework of a double degree needs a lot joint activities within a Consortium