FSS:EVS804 Institution of EU - Course Information

EVS804 Institution of EU

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Petr Kaniok, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Markéta Pitrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Mocek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Markéta Pitrová, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 13 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The course is drafted as a follow-up course within the european studies programme and it is therefore limited to the study of European institutions‘ matters. It ties up on the introductory course European intergation to develop it further and works with information and knowledge acquired in a previous study. By the end of the course, students should be in a position to describe an institutional framework of the EU and explain it’s decision-making process.

Syllabus

• 1) Introductory lecture – content of the course, obligations to be met by students
• 2) Introduction to the topic of an institutional development of the EC/EU, polarity of supranational and intergovernmental model, specifics of the EU, intorduction to the european law
• 3) The European council – composition, significance and tasks of the institution
• 4) The Council of the EU - composition, significance and tasks of the institution
• 5) The Presidency of The Council of the EU
• 6) The European parliament - historical development and structure
• 7) The European parliament - functions
• 8) The European comission - historical development, significance and tasks of the institution
• 9) The European comission - mechanism of lobbying, the Commission’s role in a legislative process
• 10) The Economic and social committee, The Committee of regions – position of consultative bodies, Court of auditors and it’s significance, European agencies
• 11) Decision-making in the EU (budget process, decision-making procedures, consent procedure)
• 12) The European court of justice, The Court of first instance
• 13) Institutional reform question

Literature

• Dokumenty umístění ve Studijních materiálech
• Portály relevantních institucí EU
• PITROVÁ, Markéta and Petr KANIOK. Institut předsednictvá Evropské unie - principy, problémy a reforma (The EU Presidency: Principles, problems and reform). Mezinárodní vztahy. Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, 2005, vol. 40, No 3, p. 5-24. ISSN 0323-1844. info
• PITROVÁ, Markéta. Konventní a mezi vládní verze ústavní smlouvy EU (EU Constitutional treaty in convention and intergovernmental version.). Kam kráčíš Evropská unie? In Kam kráčíš Evropská unie? Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2005, p. 111 - 124. ISBN 80-86898-30-x. info
• PITROVÁ, Markéta and Petr FIALA. Evropská unie (Europen union). Brno: CDK, 2003, 737 pp. mimo edice, svazek 1. ISBN 80-7325-015-2. info

Teaching methods

As the course is a part of distance learning, the main method of studying is self learning. The students are offered e-mail consultations with teacher as well as one lecture.

Assessment methods

Exam is held in a written form, composed of one in-term test based on the knowledge of documents (22% of points), written essay (11% of points) and a final written exam (66% of points).

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
  
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