European Politics and Society

Academic year: 2018/2019

The ExternĂ odkaz European Politics and Society (EPS): Vaclav Havel Joint Master Programme is a multidisciplinary two-year Joint Master Degree Programme linking the fields of European politics, contemporary history and culture, economy, international relations and policymaking. The key role of the programme is to identify and analyse challenges Europe faces today (migration, security, populism). The first semester of the EPS Programme is based on Master level introductory courses (in Prague); the second semester focuses on EU related courses (Krakow, Leiden). In the third and fourth semesters, the programme offers four different study tracks reflecting the diverse expertise of the Consortium members (Prague, Krakow, Barcelona, and Leiden). Each track combines various elective courses, research methods training, an internship and language tuition with an advanced research dissertation supervised by key staff from each Partner University.

The EPS Programme gives its students the possibility to acquire high-profile pluridisciplinary knowledge and skills. The first goal of the EPS Programme is to prepare a new generation of managers, policymakers and research leaders. The excellence of the programme is based on a central focus on the societal, political, economic and cultural processes that have formed contemporary Europe and its role in the international environment. The programme also fosters exchange among diverse European and non-European cultures, and offers a unique learning experience to both EU and non-EU students. The EPS Programme thus contributes to build a real trans-European community of students, experts and academia that deal with current European challenges.

The EPS Programme is a bearer of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree, thus offering full scholarships both to European and non-European students.

Academic supervisor: Mail

Academic coordinators: Mail and Mail

EPS web page: ExternĂ odkaz http://eps.fsv.cuni.cz

European Politics and Society - course structure:

Compulsory courses (semester 1)	30 ECTS
Elective courses 1 (semester 2)	20 ECTS
Elective courses 2 (specialised track semesters 3 &4)	45 ECTS
Common elective courses	13-25 ECTS
Optional courses (out of the list)	max. 12 ECTS
Defence of Master Thesis
Total	120 ECTS

Compulsory courses (semester 1, Prague)

(J#0344)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ331	Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences	Weiss Young Nisbet	WS	0/2	Course credit	6
JMMZ332	Culture and Politics in Europe	Tomalová	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ333	Transnational History of Contemporary Europe	Matějka	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ334	Current Challenges in Europe	Tomalová Mejstřík	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM530	European Comparative Politics and Society	Rovná Mejstřík	WS	1/1	Examination	6

Total number of ECTS: 30

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Elective courses 1 (semester 2) - Krakow

(J#0346)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ346	Language Course	Mach Mejstřík	SS	0/2	Examination	5
JMMZ347	Quantitative Methods of Social Research	Czarnik Mejstřík	SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ348	Finances in the EU	Trojak Mejstřík	SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ349	EU Administration, Justice and Home Affairs	Gruszczak Mejstřík	SS	1/1	Examination	5

Total number of ECTS: 20

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Elective courses 1 (semester 2) - Leiden

(J#0347)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ350	Language Course		SS	0/2	Examination	5
JMMZ351	Methods in International Relations and European Studies Research		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ352	Economics of the EU		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ353	Justice and Home Affairs		SS	1/1	Examination	5

Total number of ECTS: 20

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Elective courses 2 (semesters 3 & 4) - Practice Track Prague

(J#0349)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ354	Internship	Tomalová Mejstřík	WS/SS	0/22	Course credit	15
JMMZ355	MA Thesis Seminar I	Vykoukal	WS	0/2	Course credit	15
JMMZ356	MA Thesis Seminar II	Vykoukal	SS	0/2	Course credit	15

Total number of ECTS: 45

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Elective courses 2 (semesters 3 & 4) - Practice Track Krakow

(J#0350)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ357	Internship	Mach Mejstřík	WS/SS	0/22	Course credit	15
JMMZ358	MA Thesis Seminar I	Mach Mejstřík	WS	0/2	Course credit	15
JMMZ359	MA Thesis Seminar II and Thesis	Mach Mejstřík	SS	0/2	Examination	15

Total number of ECTS: 45

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Elective courses 2 (semesters 3 & 4) - Practice Track Leiden

(J#0351)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ360	Internship		WS/SS	0/22	Examination	15
JMMZ361	MA Thesis Writing		SS	0/0	Examination	30

Total number of ECTS: 45

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Elective courses 2 (semesters 3 & 4) - Research Track Barcelona

(J#0352)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ362	Fundamentals of Political Research		WS/SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ363	Construction of the European Union and its Consequences on European Citizens		WS/SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ364	Qualitative Research Methods		WS/SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ365	MA Thesis Writing		SS	0/0	Examination	30

Total number of ECTS: 45

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Common elective courses

(J#0353)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ051	Political Systems of East European Countries Today	Kubát	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ053	Problems of the Post-Soviet Space	Šír	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ155	Grand Debates of European Integration	Kasáková Weiss	SS	0/2	Examination	6
JMMZ225	(Post) Conflict Society in the Western Balkans after the break-up of the Eastern Bloc	Žíla	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ374	International morality between ethical ideals and reality	Allan Lukešová	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ380	Contemporary Migration in Europe: Policies, Politics, and Strategies		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ381	Europeanisation and Transformation of Collective Identity		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ382	Foreign and International Relations in CEE - extended		SS	2/2	Examination	10
JMMZ383	The Holocaust: Foundations and Execution		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ384	Foreign and International Relations in CEE		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ385	Politics and Society in the Balkans		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ386	Economy of Central Europe: from Transition to EU Membership		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ387	Totalitarian Systems: Ideology and Terror		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ388	Gender, Citizenship and Democracy in CEE		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ389	Political Challenges to the European Integration		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ390	Imagining and Building Borders: A Global History of Migration Regulation and Restriction		SS	2/2	Examination	10
JMMZ391	Germany and European Integration		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ392	Europe on the World Stage: the Development of the EU Policies		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ393	EU Public Affairs and Lobbying		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ394	Euroscepticism		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ395	Economic and Monetary Union		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ396	Migration Law and Policy in the EU		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ397	International ethics between hypocrisy, collective arrogance, and dirty hands	Allan Lukešová	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ400	Employment Policies and Labour Market		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ401	Social Policies and the Welfare State		WS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ402	Citizenship and Democracy in the European Union		WS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ403	Current Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on the Social Wellbeing		WS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ404	Migration and Society		WS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ405	Best Practice: Legislating and Regulating a Better Global Economy		WS	2/2	Examination	10
JMMZ406	Ideas in World Politics		WS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ407	French 2 Pre-Intermediate		WS	2/2	Examination	10
JMMZ408	Diplomacy: History, Theory, and Practice		WS	2/2	Examination	10
JMMZ409	Challenges to the European Identity. The Rebirth of Nationalisms in Europe		WS	1/1	Examination	4
JMMZ410	Cultures of Resistance in the Post-colonial World		WS	2/2	Examination	10
JMMZ411	National-building and Resistance		WS	2/2	Examination	10
JMMZ412	European Civilisation		WS	2/2	Examination	10
JMMZ413	Russian Thought on Europe		WS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ414	The Museums of Krakow. Revealed and Hidden Stories of the European Past		WS	1/1	Examination	4
JMMZ415	Polish Course - Level A1 (I)		WS	0/2	Examination	5
JMMZ416	EU Law		WS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ417	Institutions of the EU		WS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ420	International Security in Post-Cold War Europe		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ421	Contemporary European Philosophy		SS	1/1	Examination	4
JMMZ422	European Models of Cultural Policies		SS	1/1	Examination	4
JMMZ423	Disintegration of Yugoslavia and Post-Conflict Transition in International Context		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ424	Antisemitism after Auschwitz in Comparative Perspective		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ425	International Operations Planning and Management		SS	1/1	Examination	3
JMMZ430	Democracy and legitimacy in the European Union		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ431	EU and Energy Policy		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ432	Decentering International Relations: Views from the Global South		SS	2/2	Examination	10
JMMZ433	Social Europe		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ434	Parliaments in the European Union		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ435	Contemporary Cultures and Literatures of Central and Eastern Europe		WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ436	Culture in the EU: programmes, projects, funds (practical approach)		WS/SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ437	Polish language and culture		WS/SS	0/2	Examination	5
JMMZ438	Polish Course - Level A2 (I)		WS	0/2	Examination	5
JMMZ439	Polish Course - Level A2 (II)		SS	0/2	Examination	5
JMMZ440	Political and Social History of CEE		WS	0/2	Examination	10
JMM018	Contemporary Balkans	Králová	SS	1/1	macc	6
JMM027	Contemporary Mediterranean	Mejstřík	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM188	Economic Transformations in the Post-Soviet Area	Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM302	Russia after 1991	Svoboda	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM358	The Transformation of the Communist Successor Parties in Central Europe and Influence of the West European Leftists	Handl Mejstřík	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JMM671	Rebuilding Europe	Rovná	WS	0/2	Examination	6

Minimum ECTS: 13-25

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JMMZ051	Political Systems of East European Countries Today			JMM095	JMM095
JMM027	Contemporary Mediterranean				JMM152

Kód studijního plánu / Study Plan Code:

J18EPS1023