Central European Comparative Studies (CECS) - full-time study programme

The two-year master’s programme in Central European Comparative Studies (CECS) concentrates on the areas of Germany, Austria and the Visegrad Countries (the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary) with an overlap onto neighbouring regions and offers a thorough comparative and multidisciplinary understanding of the issues involved. The programme is offered either in the form of normal everyday study or as combined study (which is geared for working people and entails attendance on every Friday afternoon of the semester).

The programme focuses on comparative analysis in the following areas: political systems in the 20^th century, political development since 1990, the economy, European integration, culture, and the history of society in the 19^th and 20^th centuries. In addition to academic subjects, the programme offers intensive schooling in at least two languages (such as Czech, Polish, and Russian). Passing some subjects in German is obligatory.

Academic Supervisor: Prof. PhDr. Jiří Pešek, CSc.

Academic Coordinator: PhDr. Tomáš Nigrin, Ph.D. Mail

Course Structure

Compulsory Courses	66 ECTS
Languages	36 ECTS
Optional Courses	minimum 6, maximum 18 ECTS
Electives	minimum 0, maximum 12 ECTS
Defence of M. A. Thesis

Compulsory Courses J#139

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ105	Master´s Thesis Seminar I.	Pešek Nigrin	WS/SS	0/2	macc	3
JMMZ106	Master´s Thesis Seminar II.	Pešek Nigrin	WS/SS	0/2	macc	3
JMMZ107	Methodology and Academic Writing Seminar	Kozák	WS	1/1	macc	3
JMMZ108	Political Geography	Kozák	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ109	Comparison of Central European Political Systems I.	Říchová Příhoda	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ110	Comparison of Central European Political Systems II.	Říchová Příhoda	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ111	Central European History Compared	Nigrin	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ113	Central European Culture History I.	Pešek	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ114	Central European Culture History II.	Pešek	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ115	Konversatorium	Pešek Nigrin	SS	0/2	macc	3
JMMZ116	Constitutional Transformation of the Central and East European Countries	Šlosarčík	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JMM423	Fundamentals of the History of Central European Jewry	Kubátová	WS	1/1	Examination	6

Prerequisities, corequisities, alternative and incompatible courses

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Laguages J#140

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ117	Language of the Region A I.	Nigrin	WS	0/2	Examination	6
JMMZ136	Language of the Region B I.	Nigrin	WS	0/2	Examination	6
JMMZ137	Language of the Region A II.	Nigrin	SS	0/2	Examination	6
JMMZ138	Language of the Region A III.	Nigrin	WS	0/2	Examination	6
JMMZ139	Language of the Region A IV.	Nigrin	SS	0/2	Examination	6
JMMZ140	Language of the Region B II.	Nigrin	SS	0/2	Examination	6

Optional Courses - Electives J#137

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JEM012	European Economic Policies	Šmídková Hedbávný Glazar	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JMMZ058	Geostrategic Importance of Central Europe	Pick	SS	2/0	macc	3
JMMZ121	Konversatorium II.	Nigrin	SS	0/2	macc	6
JMM050	Conception and Interpretation of the History of German Speaking Countries	Konrád	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM121	Central European Cinema	Dan Mircea	SS	0/4	Course credit	3
JMM425	Destruction Revised: Revisionism, Trivialization and Denial	Kubátová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM460	Oil and Gas in the Post Soviet Area	Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM484	Jewish Culture in Central Europe	Wiesemann	SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMM550	Austria after 1945. History and Politics of rhe Second Republic	Konrád	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JMM551	Spricht der Teufel immer noch Deutsch? Tschechen, Deutsche und ihre gemeinsame Vergangenheit	Kučera	SS	1/1	Course credit	4
JMM552	Politics in NS Germany	Wiesemann	SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMM553	Society in NS Germany	Wiesemann	SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMM554	Jewish Art	Wiesemann	SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMM555	Lecture of German Professor 1		WS	1/1	Examination	5
JMM556	Lecture of German Professor 2		WS	1/1	Examination	5
JMM557	Lecture of German Professor 3		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMM558	Lecture of German professor 4		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JPM239	Central European Politics	Krausz Hladká	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JSM437	CIVIL SOCIETY IN CENTRAL EUROPE	Frič	SS	2/0	Examination	6

Minimum 6, maximum 18 ECTS.