FSS:EVS122 Treat. and Inf. Sour. of EU - Course Information
EVS122 Treaties and Information Sources of European Union
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Zdeněk Sychra, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D. (lecturer) - 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 - Timetable
- each even Tuesday 17:00–18:30 U42
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- SEMESTR(1) || SEMESTR(2) || SEMESTR(3) ||SEMESTR(4)
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 41 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/41, only registered: 0/41 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 17 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of the subject is to demonstrate students with basic sources information on the EU: the primary and secondary documents, electronic sources, major news portals, information centres and databases. It is aimed at students, who start to orient themselves in terms of European integration. Primarily, the course is practice-oriented.
- Learning outcomes
- Identify the information sources about the EU.
Classify and categorize electronic sources.
Analyse documents of the primary and the secondary law of the EU.
Use existing EU databases. - Syllabus
- The course is divided into three main parts:
- 1. Information sources on the EU, primarily in electronical form, presentation of important servers, categorization, Internet portals, debates with expert
- 2. A basic orientation inside the treaties and their revisions (primary law of the EU), their hierarchy and conception.
- 3. An orientation in the secondary law of the EU, online searching, work with EU databases.
- Literature
- REGULATION (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
- Access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents. A user's guide. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2002.
- Studijní materiály a prezentace dostupné v IS MU
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, internet presentations, work with electronical resources and databases, drill - EU documents searching, practical homework.
- Assessment methods
- The course is finished with a credit. To acquire credit it is obligatory to attend the discussion with experts and to accomplish the practical task. It is based on a research and an analysis of relevant documents of the EU including the description of the methods, how the student solved the given problem.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nezapisují si studenti 3. ročníku, předmět je určen pouze pro studenty 1. a 2. ročníků.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
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