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. Jaroslav Kučera, 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
JMMZ043	Social Exclusion and the Roma in Central Europe	Klípa	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ105	Master´s Thesis Seminar I.	Nigrin	WS/SS	0/2	macc	3
JMMZ106	Master´s Thesis Seminar II.	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	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ111	Central European History Compared	Nigrin	WS	2/2	Examination	9
JMMZ113	Central European Culture History I.	Emler	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ114	Central European Culture History II.	Šafařík	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ115	Konversatorium	Nigrin	SS	0/2	macc	6
JMMZ116	Constitutional Transformation of the Central and East European Countries	Šlosarčík	SS	2/0	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	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JMMZ082	Concepts and Interpretations of Central European History	Vykoukal	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ121	Konversatorium II.	Nigrin	SS	0/2	macc	6
JMMZ193	Metropolis: History of Berlin	Klautke	SS	1/1	Examination	8
JMMZ196	Empires, Nationalism and Communism.	Gordy	WS	1/1	Examination	8
JMM050	Conception and Interpretation of the History of German Speaking Countries	Konrád	SS	0/2	Examination	6
JMM121	Central European Cinema	Dan Mircea	SS	0/4	Course credit	3
JMM189	Economic transformation in East Central and Southeastern Europe	Cibulková	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM423	Fundamentals of the History of Central European Jewry	Kubátová	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM550	Austria in the 20. Century. The History and the Politics.	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
JMM555	Lecture of German Professor 1		WS/SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMM556	Lecture of German Professor 2		WS/SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMM557	Lecture of German Professor 3		WS/SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMM558	Lecture of German professor 4		WS/SS	1/1	Examination	5
JPM229	Political System of Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic and Slovakia	Just	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM423	Geopolitical Importance of Central Europe	Just	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JSM437	CIVIL SOCIETY IN CENTRAL EUROPE	Frič	SS	2/0	Examination	6

Minimum 6, maximum 18 ECTS.