The programme, with the first year spent at the 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 chosen university) and a diploma supplement issued by the IMESS consortium.
1. Students take all three Czech (JTM090 and JLB100 & JLB101 or JLB102 & JLB103) or Russian language modules (JTM090 and JLB158 & JLB159 or JLB160 & JLB161) worth 24 ECTS.
2. Students take just 1st year language module (JTM090) worth 12 ECTS at SSEES and during the 2nd year at Charles University they take two more electives worth 12 ECTS instead of the 2nd year two language modules.
3. If students do not take language module during their 1st year at UCL, then have to take either Czech Language modules (JLB100 & JLB101 or JLB102 & JLB103) worth 12 ECTS or Russian Language modules (JTB158 & JTB159 or JTB160 & JTB161) worth 12 ECTS; during their 1st year they take electives from the list of SSEES modules worth 12 ECTS.
4. Other than Czech or Russian language modules must be approved by tutors from SSEES and Charles University.
Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses
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