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: doc. PhDr. Ota Konrád, Ph.D.

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	Hervey Vykoukal	WS	1/1	macc	3
JMMZ108	Political Geography	Kozák	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ109	Comparison of Central European Political Systems I.	Příhoda	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ110	Comparison of Central European Political Systems II.	Příhoda	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ111	Modern Central European History Compared	Šmidrkal	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#14014

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ136	Language of the Region B I.	Nigrin	WS	0/2	Examination	6
JMMZ140	Language of the Region B II.	Nigrin	SS	0/2	Examination	6
JMMZ219	Czech Language I (beginners)	Pellarová	WS	0/3	Examination	6
JMMZ220	Czech Language I (beginners)	Pellarová	SS	0/3	Examination	6
JMMZ221	Czech Language III (intermediate)	Mazúrková	WS	0/3	Examination	6
JMMZ222	Czech Language IV (intermediate)	Mazúrková	SS	0/3	Examination	6

Prerequisities, corequisities, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JMMZ219	Czech Language I (beginners)				JMMZ165
JMMZ220	Czech Language I (beginners)				JMMZ166
JMMZ221	Czech Language III (intermediate)				JMMZ167
JMMZ222	Czech Language IV (intermediate)				JMMZ168

Optional Courses - Electives J#13714

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ023	Economic Integration of the European Union	Dědek Vykoukal	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JMMZ042	Cohesion Policy of the EU in Central and East European Countries.	Kasáková	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ044	Ethnic Conflicts in Central and Eastern Europe.	Klípa	WS	1/1	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	6
JMMZ196	Empires, Nationalism and Communism.	Gordy	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ204	Imperial Nations and Subject Peoples: Czech nation in the Austrian Empire and After (17th – 21st centuries)	Robbins Janíčková Vykoukal	WS/SS	2/2	Examination	6
JMMZ212	The Return of the "Kidnapped" West: Central Europe Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall	Králová Fiřtová Vykoukal	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ231	EU Foreign Policy and the Role of the European External Action Service (EEAS)	Kordová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM121	Central European Cinema	Dan Mircea	SS	0/4	macc	6
JMM143	Economy and Politics in the 20th Century Eastern Europe	Svoboda	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM188	Economic transformation in the post-Soviet area	Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM189	Economic transformation in East Central and Southeastern Europe	Trejbal	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM358	The Transformation of the Communist Successor Parties in Central Europe and Influence of the West European Leftists	Handl Mejstřík	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JMM422	Ethnic Issues and Territories in Eastern, East Central and Southeastern Europe	Vykoukal	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM460	Oil and Gas in the Post Soviet Area	Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM642	Who Controls the Past, Controls the Future?	Emler	SS	1/1	Examination	4
JMM651	Economic and Social History og divided Germany 1945-1989	Lorenz	WS	0/2	macc	4
JMM659	Germany and "the East" (19th and 20th Century). Between Colonialism and Partnership	Lorenz	SS	0/2	macc	4
JPM239	Central European Politics	Krausz Hladká	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM423	Geopolitical Importance of Central Europe	Just	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JPM550	History, Politics and Culture of Central European Jewry	Kubátová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JSM437	Civil Society in Transition	Frič	SS	2/0	Examination	8

Minimum 6, maximum 18 ECTS

Prerequisities, corequisities, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JMMZ023	Economic Integration of the European Union				JPM313 JEM015

Gastdozenten: (J#030)

Kód	Název předmětu	Garant předmětu	Semestr	Rozsah výuky	Kontrola studia	Kredity
JMM657	Das Bild des Nationalsozialismus in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland seit der Wiedervereinigung - Filme und öffentliche Kontroversen	Nonn	ZS	1/1	Zk	5
JMM658	Deutschland unter Besatzungsherrschaft. Krise und Aufbruch in der "Zusammenbruchgesellschaft" 1945-1949	Lorenz	ZS	1/1	Zk	5
JMM659	Germany and "the East" (19th and 20th Century). Between Colonialism and Partnership	Lorenz	LS	0/2	KZ	4
JMM660	Der deutsche Sozialstaat von 1949 bis in die Gegenwart	Lorenz	LS	1/1	Zk	5
JMM661	Migration(en) in Mitteleuropa. Literatur, Geschichte, Politik und Gedächtnis	Konrád Weinberg	ZS	2/0	Zk	5
JMM729	Eine ungeliebte Minderheit. Sinti und Roma in Deutschland, Tschechien und der Slowakei in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart	Zimmermann	LS	1/1	Zk	5
JMM730	Russland, Deutschland, Europa. Konflikt, Kooperation, Konkurrenz	Weichsel Sapper	LS	1/1	Zk	5

Poznámka Správy SIS:

J14CECS638