Program N0312A200010: International Masters in Economy, State and Society (NP_IMESS) - specialism Politics and the International Economics with respect to Politics

Academic year 2019/2020

International Masters in Economy, State and Society aka IMESS is a double-degree programme based on cooperation of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University College of London), which is the main coordinator of the programme, and seven other universities: University of Belgrade (Serbia), Charles University (Czech Republic), Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary), Helsinki University (Finland), Higher School of Economics (Russia), Jagiellonian University (Poland), University of Tartu (Estonia).

The programme, with the first year spent at School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University College of London) and the second year at one of the seven mentioned universities, concentrates on the area of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Eurasia. IMESS is divided into four specialisms: Economy & Business; Politics & International Economy with an emphasis on Economics or Politics; Politics & Security; History & Society. Each specialism focuses on language training, research methods and on selected and important issues of the area according to teaching and scholar orientation of the each of the mentioned universities. Successful graduates will be given a double degree (UCL and one selected university) and a diploma supplement issued by the IMESS consortium.

Academic supervisor: Mail

Politics & the International Economy specialism: course structure

Compulsory courses	48 ECTS
Research methods module	6 ECTS
Language module	12 - 24 ECTS
P & IE electives	42 - 54 ECTS
Optional courses	0 - 12 ECTS
Total	120 ECTS
Master´s thesis defence

ExternĂ odkaz (Optional courses see article 4 para 10 of Consolidated University Code of Study and Examination of Charles University in Prague)

Politics & the International Economy specialism - compulsory courses J#0554

Kód	Název předmětu	Garant předmětu	Semestr	Rozsah výuky	Kontrola studia	Kredity
JTM108	M.A. Thesis Seminar I (IMESS)	Vykoukal	ZS/LS	0/2	Z	15
JTM109	M.A. Thesis Seminar II (IMESS)	Vykoukal	ZS/LS	0/2	Z	15
JTM114	Political Analysis	Snetkov	ZS	1/1	Zk	6
JTM117	International Macroeconomic Policy	Ji	ZS	1/1	Zk	12

Total number of ECTS: 48

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JTM109	M.A. Thesis Seminar II (IMESS)	JTM108

Politics & the International Economy specialism - research method module J#0149

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JTM110	Quantitative Methods	Bruno	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JTM112	Qualitative methods	Gordy	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM113	Understanding and Analysing Data	Noble	WS	0/2	Examination	6
JTM114	Political Analysis	Snetkov	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM350	Financial Development	Korosteleva	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM367	Public Choice - Private Interest	Douarin	SS	1/1	Examination	6

Maximum: 6 ECTS

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

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Interchangeability

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Politics & the International Economy specialism - language module J#0564

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JLB100	Czech as a Foreign Language I	Frantesová Mazúrková Pellarová	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JLB101	Czech as a Foreign Language II	Frantesová Mazúrková Pellarová	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JLB102	Czech as a Foreign Language III	Frantesová Mazúrková Pellarová	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JLB103	Czech as a Foreign Language IV	Frantesová Mazúrková Pellarová	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JTB158	Russian Language I	Shvedova	WS	0/3	Examination	6
JTB159	Russian Language II	Shvedova	SS	0/3	Examination	6
JTB160	Russian Language III	Shvedova	WS	0/3	Examination	6
JTB161	Russian Language IV	Shvedova	SS	0/3	Examination	6
JTM090	Language Course	Wiseman	SS	0/2	Examination	12
JTM415	International Masters: Foundation in Russian	Ponomareva	WS	2/2	Examination	12
JTM537	MA Low Intermediate: Russian	Ponomareva	WS	0/4	Examination	12

12 - 24 ECTS

Language options:

1. Students take all three Czech language courses (JTM090 and JLB100&JLB101 or JLB102&JLB103) worth 24 ECTS

2. Students take just 1st year language course (JTM090) at SSEES and during the 2nd year at Charles University they take two more electives worth 12 ECTS instead of the 2nd year language courses

3. During their 2nd year at Charles University students take either Czech Language courses (JLB100&JMLB101 or JLB102&JLB103) worth 12 ECTS or Russian Language courses (JTB158&JTB159 or JTB160&JTB161) worth 12 ECTS while during their 1st year taking selected course from the list of SSEES courses worth 6 ECTS.

4. Other than Czech or Russian language courses must be approved by tutors from SSEES and Charles University.

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JTB159	Russian Language II	JTB158
JTB160	Russian Language III	JTB159
JTB161	Russian Language IV	JTB160

Politics & the International Economy specialism - Economics - electives J#0556

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JEM020	Ethics and Economics	Cahlík	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM027	Monetary Economics	Holub	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM092	Asset Pricing	Čech	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM100	Corporate Governance		SS	0/2	Examination	4
JEM111	International Macroeconomics and Finance	Holub	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM115	Environmental Economics	Ščasný	SS	2/0	Examination	5
JEM123	Development Economics	Bauer	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM132	Company Valuation	Novák	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM142	Banking and Financial Regulation	Tůma Dvořák	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM167	Comparative Economics	Semerák	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM173	Topics in Macroeconomics	Kudashvili	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JMMZ015	Advanced Quantitative Methods	Makarova	SS	0/6	Examination	6
JMMZ024	Political Economy of International Business	Radošević	WS	0/6	Examination	12
JMMZ026	Corporate Governance Privatization and Restructuring	Mickiewicz	SS	0/10	Examination	6
JMMZ032	Financial Development	Korosteleva	SS	0/6	Examination	6
JMMZ033	Corporate Finance and Investment in Emerging Markets	Nivorozhkin	SS	0/6	Examination	6
JMMZ035	Trade and Foreign Direct Investment	Radu	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ242	Public Choice - Private Interest	Douarin	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ243	The Economics of Property Rights	Cvrček	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ267	Development Economics and Policy	Amini	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM015	Economic Transformation in East Central and Southeastern Europe	Jeřábek	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM018	Economic Transformations in the post-Soviet Area	Horák Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM023	European Union in International Affairs	Weiss	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM024	European Economic Integration	Young	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM111	Advanced Quantitative Methods	Makarova	SS	0/6	Examination	6
JTM118	Political Economy of International Business	Radošević	WS	0/6	Examination	12
JTM205	IMESS Internship	Vykoukal	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JTM267	Economy and Politics in the 20th Century Eastern Europe	Svoboda	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM268	Ethnic Conflicts in Central and Eastern Europe	Klípa	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM274	Oil and Gas in the Post Soviet Area	Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM290	International Morality between Ethical Ideals and Reality	Allan Krulichová	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM316	Doing Business in Central Europe	Kolmhofer	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM344	Corporate Finance and Investment in Emerging Markets	Nivorozhkin	SS	0/6	Examination	6
JTM345	Corporate Governance Privatization and Restructuring	Bruno	SS	0/10	Examination	6
JTM350	Financial Development	Korosteleva	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM354	Informal Practices in Post-Communist Societies	Ledeneva	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM367	Public Choice - Private Interest	Douarin	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM375	The Economics of Property Rights	Cvrček	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM377	Trade and FDI Policy with Reference to Eastern Europe	Manchin	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM415	International Masters: Foundation in Russian	Ponomareva	WS	2/2	Examination	12

Total number of ECTS: 42 - 54 (at least one course must be taken from section J#0557)

Optional courses: during the first year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the IMESS Optional Electives list, subject to the approval of the programme tutor and timetabling capacities, during the second year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the optional courses at the FSV UK, subject to the approval of the programme tutor and timetabling capacities.

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JEM020	Ethics and Economics				JPB338
JEM092	Asset Pricing				JEM186
JEM100	Corporate Governance				JEM188
JEM111	International Macroeconomics and Finance	JEM216
JEM115	Environmental Economics				JEM218
JEM167	Comparative Economics			JPM312	JPM312 JEB103
JEM173	Topics in Macroeconomics			JEM097	JEM097
JTM023	European Union in International Affairs				JMM588 JMMZ188
JTM024	European Economic Integration				JMM322
JTM205	IMESS Internship				JMMZ257
JTM267	Economy and Politics in the 20th Century Eastern Europe				JMM143

Politics & the International Economy specialism - Politics - electives J#0557

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JPM711	Russian and Post-Soviet Security	Aslan Laryš	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM014	Political Systems of East Central European Countries	Kubát	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM017	Society and Culture in Central Eurasia	Horák Brisku	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM023	European Union in International Affairs	Weiss	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM205	IMESS Internship	Vykoukal	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JTM227	International Ethics between Hypocrisy, Collective Arrogance, and Dirty Hands	Allan Lukešová Pisklová	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JTM267	Economy and Politics in the 20th Century Eastern Europe	Svoboda	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM268	Ethnic Conflicts in Central and Eastern Europe	Klípa	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM269	Ethno-Political Conflicts in the Caucasus	Brisku	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM275	Post-Soviet Central Asia	Horák Jordanová	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM279	Russia after 1991	Svoboda	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM282	Ukraine after 1991	Korablyova	WS	1/1	Course credit	6
JTM286	Contemporary Mediterranean	Mejstřík Králová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM290	International Morality between Ethical Ideals and Reality	Allan Krulichová	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM317	Russian-Turkish Rivalry over the Balkan and Caucasus Areas	Brisku	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM320	Putin´s Russia	Veselý	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM323	Legal Framework of the European Union	Šlosarčík	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM325	Small States in the EU	Weiss	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM341	Baltic Politics and Society	Sikk	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM342	Causes, Consequences and Control: Corruption and Governance	Ledeneva	WS	0/6	Examination	12
JTM354	Informal Practices in Post-Communist Societies	Ledeneva	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM361	Migration in the European Union	White	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM370	Russian Politics	Duncan	WS	2/2	Examination	12
JTM371	Security, Identity, Polarity: The Contemporary Debates	ciuta	WS	0/6	Examination	12
JTM376	The Making of Modern Ukraine	Wilson	SS	2/2	Examination	12
JTM382	EU Institutions	Šlosarčík	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JTM404	The Foreign Policy of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary Towards Israel	Kalhousová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM412	Contemporary Balkans	Králová	SS	1/1	macc	6
JTM415	International Masters: Foundation in Russian	Ponomareva	WS	2/2	Examination	12
JTM427	Germany and Central Europe: Geopolitics of an Uneasy Relationship	Eberle	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM431	Nations, Identity and Power in Central & Eastern Europe	Mole	WS	0/6	Examination	6
JTM432	Sexuality and Society in Russia and Eastern Europe	Mole	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM496	The Foreign Policy of Central European Countries Towards Israel	Kalhousová	SS	1/1	Examination	6

Total number of ECTS: 42 - 54 (at least one course must be taken from section J#0556)

Optional courses: during the first year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the IMESS Optional courses, subject to the approval of the programme tutor and timetabling capacities, during the second year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the optional courses at the FSV UK, subject to the approval of the programme tutor and timetabling capacities.

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JPM711	Russian and Post-Soviet Security				JMM065
JTM014	Political Systems of East Central European Countries				JMM095 JTM139
JTM017	Society and Culture in Central Eurasia				JMMZ178
JTM023	European Union in International Affairs				JMM588 JMMZ188
JTM205	IMESS Internship				JMMZ257
JTM267	Economy and Politics in the 20th Century Eastern Europe				JMM143
JTM269	Ethno-Political Conflicts in the Caucasus				JMM130
JTM275	Post-Soviet Central Asia				JMM361 JMM703
JTM279	Russia after 1991				JMM302
JTM286	Contemporary Mediterranean				JMM152
JTM320	Putin´s Russia				JMM025
JTM323	Legal Framework of the European Union				JMM047 JMM251
JTM382	EU Institutions				JTM022

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