AEU_USPV European Union

Moravian Business College Olomouc
summer 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Mgr. Ing. Marek Hodulík (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jiřina Sojková (seminar tutor)
Doc. Mgr. Pavel Šaradín, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jiřina Sojková
Moravian Business College Olomouc
Prerequisites
The course is available only for students of 1st and 2nd year of study.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the European Union in its complex form to students. After a successful completion of the course, they will be knowledgeable in the current politically and economically interconnected world.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus:
    1. European Communities, European Union
    - Basic facts
    - Historical development
    - Political context
    2. EC/EU Enlargement
    3. Institutions and legislative procedure
    - The European Parliament
    - The European Council
    - The Council
    - The European Commission
    - The Court of Justice
    - The European Central Bank
    - The Court of Auditors
    - Other bodies
    4. Institutions and legislative procedure 2
    5. EC/EU Law
    6. Economic and Monetary Union
    7. Treaties
    - Maastricht
    - Amsterdam
    - Nice
    - Constitutional
    - Lisbon
    8. Single Market
    9. The EU Budget
    10. Politics and activities
    11. EU as a global actor
    12. Selected issues
Literature
    required literature
  • MCCORMICK, John a Christopher LORD. Understanding the European Union: a Concise Introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. ISBN 02-302-9882-6. info
  • FONTAINE, P. Europe in 12 Lessons. European Union, 2010. ISBN 9788279174865. info
  • WALLACE, Helen, Mark A POLLACK a Alasdair R YOUNG. Policy-making in the European Union. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 01-995-4482-4. info
  • CRAIG, P. a G. DE BURCA. EU law: text, cases, and materials. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-019-9273-898. info
  • LEVITT, Malcolm a Christopher LORD. The Political Economy of Monetary Union. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. ISBN 03-122-3189-X. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Seminář 2 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
1) Active approach during the course.
2) Elaboration of assigned papers and presentations.
3) Elaboration of an assigned essay.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2014, summer 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (summer 2013, recent)
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