Program N0312A200010: International Masters in Economy, State and Society (NP_IMESS) - specialism Politics and Security

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 & Security specialism: course structure

Compulsory courses	42 ECTS
Research methods module	12 ECTS
Language module	12 - 24 ECTS
P & S 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 & Security specialism - compulsory courses J#0558

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JTM108	M.A. Thesis Seminar I (IMESS)	Vykoukal	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	15
JTM109	M.A. Thesis Seminar II (IMESS)	Vykoukal	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	15
JTM115	Theories of Social and Political Research	Mole	SS	2/2	Examination	12

Total number of ECTS: 42 ECTS

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

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

Politics & Security specialism - research methods module J#0559

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JTM110	Quantitative Methods	Bruno	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JTM111	Advanced Quantitative Methods	Makarova	SS	0/6	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
JTM116	Comparative Analysis in Social and Political Research	Hanley	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JTM357	Introduction to Discourse Analysis	D.M.Abrams	WS	1/1	Examination	6

Maximum: 12 ECTS

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JTM357	Introduction to Discourse Analysis				JMM171

Politics & Security 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 & Security specialism - electives J#0560

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JPM699	Security and Technology	Střítecký	WS/SS	2/0	Examination	6
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
JTM019	Problems of the post-Soviet Space	Svoboda	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM023	European Union in International Affairs	Weiss	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM116	Comparative Analysis in Social and Political Research	Hanley	SS	2/2	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
JTM274	Oil and Gas in the Post Soviet Area	Svoboda	SS	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
JTM280	Russia's Aggression against Ukraine: Implications for European Security	Šír	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM282	Ukraine after 1991	Korablyova	WS	1/1	Course credit	6
JTM285	Cohesion Policy of the EU in Central and East European Countries	Hauser	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM288	EU Policies	Young	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM290	International Morality between Ethical Ideals and Reality	Allan Krulichová	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM300	The Transformation of the Communist Successor Parties in Central Europe and Influence of the West European Leftists	Handl Mejstřík	SS	2/0	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
JTM335	Central Europe: Ideologies and Politics (1700's - present)	Robbins Janíčková	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JTM339	Balkan Nationalism and Ethnic Conflicts	Žíla	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM341	Baltic Politics and Society	Sikk	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM343	Cities in Eastern Europe	Duijzings	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JTM354	Informal Practices in Post-Communist Societies	Ledeneva	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM355	Interdisciplinary Area Studies	Mole	WS	0/2	Course credit	6
JTM361	Migration in the European Union	White	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM362	Political Sociology	ciuta	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM366	Post-Soviet Politics and Society	Wilson	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
JTM378	Understanding "Transitional Justice": Crime, Punishment and Process	Gordy	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM379	Democracy and Authoritarianism in Post-Communist Europe	Hanley	WS	1/1	Examination	6
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
JTM417	Internal and External Security Policy in the EU	Weiss	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM427	Germany and Central Europe: Geopolitics of an Uneasy Relationship	Eberle	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM477	Post-Soviet Ukraine: from an "Unexpected Nation" to the Unwarranted War	Korablyova	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM478	Current Issues of (post)Constitutional European Integration	Šlosarčík	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM496	The Foreign Policy of Central European Countries Towards Israel	Kalhousová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM534	Governance and Democracy	Hanley	WS	1/1	Examination	6

Total number of ECTS: 42 - 54

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
JTM019	Problems of the post-Soviet Space				JMMZ053
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
JTM285	Cohesion Policy of the EU in Central and East European Countries				JMMZ042
JTM288	EU Policies				JMM582
JTM320	Putin´s Russia				JMM025
JTM323	Legal Framework of the European Union				JMM047 JMM251
JTM378	Understanding "Transitional Justice": Crime, Punishment and Process				JMM172
JTM379	Democracy and Authoritarianism in Post-Communist Europe				JMM173
JTM382	EU Institutions				JTM022
JTM417	Internal and External Security Policy in the EU				JTM301

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Code of the study plan:

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