European Politcs and Society

Academic year 2017/2018

The ExternĂ odkaz European Politics and Society (EPS): Vaclav Havel Joint Master Programme is a multidisciplinary two-year Joint Master Degree Programme linking the fields of European politics, contemporary history and culture, economy, international relations and policymaking. The key role of the programme is to identify and analyse challenges Europe faces today (migration, security, populism). The first semester of the EPS Programme is based on Master level introductory courses (in Prague); the second semester focuses on EU related courses (Krakow, Leiden). In the third and fourth semesters, the programme offers four different study tracks reflecting the diverse expertise of the Consortium members (Prague, Krakow, Barcelona, and Leiden). Each track combines various elective courses, research methods training, an internship and language tuition with an advanced research dissertation supervised by key staff from each Partner University.

The EPS Programme gives its students the possibility to acquire high-profile pluridisciplinary knowledge and skills. The first goal of the EPS Programme is to prepare a new generation of managers, policymakers and research leaders. The excellence of the programme is based on a central focus on the societal, political, economic and cultural processes that have formed contemporary Europe and its role in the international environment. The programme also fosters exchange among diverse European and non-European cultures, and offers a unique learning experience to both EU and non-EU students. The EPS Programme thus contributes to build a real trans-European community of students, experts and academia that deal with current European challenges.

The EPS Programme is a bearer of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree, thus offering full scholarships both to European and non-European students.

Academic supervisor: Mail

Academic coordinators: Mail and Mail

EPS web page: ExternĂ odkaz http://eps.fsv.cuni.cz

European Politics and Society - course structure:

Compulsory courses (semester 1)	30 ECTS
Elective courses 1 (semester 2)	20 ECTS
Elective courses 2 (specialised track semesters 3 &4)	45 ECTS
Common elective courses	13-25 ECTS
Optional courses (out of the list)	max. 12 ECTS
Defence of Master Thesis
Total	120 ECTS

Compulsory courses (semester 1, Prague)

(J#0344)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ331	Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences	Weiss	WS	0/2	Course credit	6
JMMZ332	Culture and Politics in Europe	Tomalová	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ333	Transnational History of Contemporary Europe	Matějka	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ334	Current Challenges in Europe	Tomalová Mejstřík	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM530	European Comparative Politics and Society	Rovná	WS	1/1	Examination	6

Total number of ECTS: 30

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Elective courses 1 (semester 2) - Krakow

(J#0346)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ346	Language Course		SS	0/2	Examination	5
JMMZ347	Quantitative Methods of Social Research		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ348	Finances in the EU		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ349	EU Administration, Justice and Home Affairs		SS	1/1	Examination	5

Total number of ECTS: 20

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Elective courses 1 (semester 2) - Leiden

(J#0347)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ350	Language Course		SS	0/2	Examination	5
JMMZ351	Methods in International Relations and European Studies Research		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ352	Economics of the EU		SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ353	Justice and Home Affairs		SS	1/1	Examination	5

Total number of ECTS: 20

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Elective courses 2 (semesters 3 & 4) - Practice Track Prague

(J#0349)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ354	Internship	Tomalová Mejstřík	WS/SS	0/22	Course credit	15
JMMZ355	MA Thesis Seminar I	Weiss	WS	0/2	Course credit	15
JMMZ356	MA Thesis Seminar II	Weiss	SS	0/2	Course credit	15

Total number of ECTS: 45

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Elective courses 2 (semesters 3 & 4) - Practice Track Krakow

(J#0350)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ357	Internship		WS/SS	0/22	Course credit	15
JMMZ358	MA Thesis Seminar I		WS	0/2	Course credit	15
JMMZ359	MA Thesis Seminar II and Thesis		SS	0/2	Course credit	15

Total number of ECTS: 45

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Elective courses 2 (semesters 3 & 4) - Practice Track Leiden

(J#0351)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ360	Internship		WS/SS	0/22	Course credit	15
JMMZ361	MA Thesis Writing		SS	0/0	Course credit	30

Total number of ECTS: 45

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Elective courses 2 (semesters 3 & 4) - Research Track Barcelona

(J#0352)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ362	Techniques of Statistical Analysis I		WS/SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ363	Techniques of Statistical Analysis II		WS/SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ364	Qualitative Research Methods		WS/SS	1/1	Examination	5
JMMZ365	MA Thesis Writing		SS	0/0	Course credit	30

Total number of ECTS: 45

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Common elective courses

(J#0353)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ051	Political Systems of East European Countries Today	Kubát	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ053	Problems of the Post-Soviet Space	Šír	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ155	Grand Debates of European Integration	Kasáková Weiss	SS	0/2	Examination	6
JMMZ225	(Post) Conflict Society in the Western Balkans after the break-up of the Eastern Bloc	Žíla	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM018	Contemporary Balkans	Králová Kocián	SS	1/1	macc	6
JMM027	Contemporary Mediterranean	Mejstřík	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM188	Economic Transformations in the Post-Soviet Area	Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM302	Russia after 1991	Svoboda	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
JMM671	Rebuilding Europe	Rovná	WS	0/2	Examination	6

Minimum ECTS: 13-25

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JMMZ051	Political Systems of East European Countries Today			JMM095	JMM095
JMM027	Contemporary Mediterranean				JMM152

Kód studijního plánu / Study Plan Code:

J17EPS973