Central European Comparative Studies (CECSK) - part-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	108 ECTS
Languages	minimum 0, maximum 12 ECTS
Electives	minimum 0, maximum 12 ECTS
Defence of M. A. Thesis

Compulsory Courses J#138

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ124	Master Thesis Seminar for CECS I.	Pešek	WS	0/3	macc	4
JMMZ125	Master Thesis Seminar for CECS II.	Pešek	SS	0/3	macc	4
JMMZ126	Methodology and Academic Writing Seminar for CECS	Kozák	WS	4/0	macc	5
JMMZ127	Central European History	Nigrin	WS	4/0	Examination	9
JMMZ128	Political Geography of Central Europe	Kozák	WS	4/0	Examination	9
JMMZ129	Central European Political Systems I.	Říchová	WS	4/0	Examination	9
JMMZ130	Central European Political Systems II.	Říchová	SS	4/0	Examination	8
JMMZ131	Jewish History in Central European Region	Králová	SS	4/0	Examination	8
JMMZ132	Germany and Austria and the Visegrad Countries	Handl	WS	4/0	Examination	9
JMMZ133	Conceptions and Interpretations of Central European History	Vykoukal	WS	4/0	Examination	9
JMMZ134	Constitutional Transformation of the Central and East European Countries	Šlosarčík	SS	4/0	Examination	8
JMMZ135	Ethnical and National Problems in Central and Eastern Europe	Vykoukal	SS	4/0	Examination	8

Languages J#136

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

Minimum 0, maximum 12 ECTS.