Programme 6701T031: International Security Studies

Academic year 2019/2020

Master in International Security Studies is a two-year English-language Master’s degree programme fully accredited by the Czech Ministry of Education. The programme opens perspectives on the most recent development in the area of international security, including the political, military, economic, societal and environmental areas. Students will explore international security issues by applying theoretical concepts of the security, conflict and strategic studies on questions of national and European security in both regional and global context.

Through the core and the methodological courses students will gain theoretical tools and develop analytical skills which will allow them to engage in a thorough analysis of the security issues in the programme seminars. A choice of optional courses broadens the opportunities to study various aspects of security on different levels of analysis, from the individual to the level of the international system. The programme offers an excellent stepping stone to start a successful career both in public and private sector, in international institutions and non-profit organizations.

Academic supervisor:

doc. PhDr. Běla Plechanovová, CSc.

Language of instruction: English

Course structure:

TOTAL CREDITS	120 credits
Compulsory courses	66 credits
Elective courses	30 credits
Optional courses (Crisis Games, Internship, Languages, Courses from the whole university)	24 credits

Composition of the final state examination:

(JDIP01) Defence of diploma thesis

(JSZ585) Theory of security, conflict and strategic studies

(JSZ583) Contemporary security issues

(JSZ584) Security and defence policies

Compulsory courses: J#09018

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JPM561	Regional Security Studies	Karásek Klosek	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM628	Researching International Politics: Quantitative Methods	Parízek	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM629	Researching International Politics: Qualitative Methods	Střítecký Karásek Záhora	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM693	Traditional and Critical Concepts in Security Studies	Hynek Střítecký Weinfurter	WS/SS	2/0	Examination	6
JPM694	Strategic Studies	Hynek Ludvík Suchanová	WS/SS	2/0	Examination	6
JPM699	Security and Technology	Střítecký	WS/SS	2/0	Examination	6
JPM701	European and Transatlantic Security	Karásek Kazharski	WS/SS	2/0	Examination	6
JPM704	Conflict Studies	Karásek	WS/SS	2/0	Examination	6
JPM709	Diploma Thesis	Plechanovová	WS/SS	0/8	Course credit	12
JPM935	Theories of International Relations (for Security Studies)	Plechanovová Tesař	SS	2/0	Examination	6

Subtotal credits: 66

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JPM561	Regional Security Studies				JPM403 JPM404
JPM628	Researching International Politics: Quantitative Methods				JPM285 JPM303
JPM693	Traditional and Critical Concepts in Security Studies				JPM304 JPM557
JPM935	Theories of International Relations (for Security Studies)				JPM314

Elective courses to Strategic Studies: J#09119

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JPM038	Strategic Decision-Making	Tesař	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM595	Arms Control and Disarmament	Hynek Ludvík Suchanová	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM656	Technology and warfare	Kučera Bahenský	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM695	War Studies	Hays II	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM696	Economic Warfare	Ludvík	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM712	Insurgency and Counterinsurgency	Aslan	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6

Minimum credits : 6

Elective courses to Regional Security: J#09218

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JPM306	African Security	Werkman	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM697	Asia Security	Kolmaš	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM698	Middle East Security	Daniel	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM711	Russian and Post-Soviet Security	Aslan	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM772	Latin American Security	Aslan	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM773	Migration and Security	Aslan	WS	1/1	Examination	6

Minimum credits : 6

Elective courses to Security and Technology: J#09319

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JPM611	Cyber Security	Střítecký	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM650	Intelligence	Střítecký Michálek	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM700	Space Security	Střítecký Doboš	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM923	Artificial Intelligence and Security	Špelda	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM925	Human-Artificial Intelligence Nexus	Špelda	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM926	Sociology of Technology	Vostal	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM999	Technoscientific Imagineries and Futures	Vostal	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6

Minimum credits : 6

Elective courses to European and Transatlantic Security: J#094119

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JPM613	Armed Forces and Society	Kučera	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM702	NATO and EU in Crisis Management	Karásek	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM703	Czech Security Policy	Ludvík Kučera	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM713	Czech Security Policy	Ludvík Kučera	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM733	Czech Security System	Kučera Ludvík	SS	1/1	Examination	6

Minimum credits : 6

Elective courses to Conflict Studies: J#09518

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JPM705	Human Security	Hynek	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM706	Terrorism and Counterterrorism	Bureš	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM707	Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding	Bureš Klosek	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM708	Ethics and Violence	Karásek Kučera Komasová	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM710	Radicalization and Deradicalization	Aslan Kocmanová	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM774	Gender and Security	Aslan	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM908	Natural Resources and Armed Conflicts under International Law	Plechanovová	SS	1/0	macc	4
JPM924	Territorial Violent Non-State Actors	Ludvík	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6

Minimum credits : 6

Recommended optional courses offered by Department of Security Studies : J#096

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JPM328	Introduction to Computational Social Science	Střítecký	WS	1/1	Examination	4
JPM524	Energy Security	Kučerová Holubcová	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM611	Cyber Security	Střítecký	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM634	Crisis Games	Kučera Parízek	SS	0/2	Examination	6
JPM660	Internship	Plechanovová Střítecký	WS/SS	0/1	Jiné	3
JPM802	Understanding Peace in a Conflict-Ridden Region: The Republic of North Macedonia	Karásek	WS	2/0	Examination	4
JPM803	Current Developments in Latin America	Karásek	WS	2/0	Examination	4
JPM807	Approaches to Peacebuilding	Karásek	WS	2/0	Examination	4
JPM808	Understanding Israeli Security Policy: Territory, Occupations and Withdrawals	Kalhousová	SS	2/0	Examination	4
JPM809	Russian Grand Strategy: Historical Drivers and Contemporary Challenges	Střítecký	SS	2/0	Examination	4
JPM810	China’s Security, Defence and Military: Modernisation from Mao to Now	Karásek	SS	2/0	Examination	4
JPM918	From Thucydides to Trump: Power Transition, Systemic Change, and the Future of Great Power Conflict	Karásek	SS	2/0	Examination	4
JPM922	Technology and the Rise of Boundless Warfare	Karásek	WS	2/0	Examination	4
JPM927	Intelligence Agencies: system, activities, methods (Czech only)	Střítecký	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM928	Hybrid Threats (Czech only)	Střítecký	WS	1/1	Examination	6

Note: Student are allowed to choose language courses and courses from the whole university for fullfilling the group of optional courses.

Study plan code:

J19ISSA1081