114-0588/01 – English conversation for economists (AKE)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of EconomicsCredits5
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBASubject version guarantordoc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory type B
YearSemestersummer
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2020/2021Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor, Follow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
BAL112 doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA
BEL0086 Ing. Jan Belardi
HLA31 Ing. Karel Hlaváček, Ph.D.
FIL03 Ing. Lenka Johnson Filipová, Ph.D.
LAN075 Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D.
MAH11 prof. Ing. Martin Macháček, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit 0+4

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The course is aimed at improving English language skills in professional, economical and econometric areas for work with foreign literature. During the course students are introduced to the English terms, concepts and style of expression in economic literature in the cross-sectional themes applied in the study subjects Applied Economics.

Teaching methods

Tutorials

Summary

Compulsory literature:

REES, Gary and Paul SMITH. Strategic Human Resource Management: An International Perspective. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: SAGE. 2017. ISBN 978-1-47396-931-5. VAN DEN BERG, Hendrik. Economic Growth and Development. London: World Scientific Publishing Co., 2017. 978-981-4733-33-5. WALSH, Carl E. Monetary theory and policy. Fourth edition. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-262-03581-1.

Recommended literature:

BAYLIS, John, Steve SMITH a Patricia OWENS. The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations. Eight edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. 617 p. ISBN 978-0-19-8825 McPAKE, Barbara and Charles NORMAND. Health Economics: An international perspective. Second edition. London: Routledge, 2008. O'SULLIVAN, Arthur. Behavioral Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. 472 s. ISBN 978 0197515921.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

ISP: Credit - preparation of a seminar paper according to the assignment of the course supervisor, participation in 2 teaching blocks (exercises). Participation in the exercises, 2 absences are allowed.

E-learning

Other requirements

Other requirements for the student are not defined.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Factors of economic growth and development 2. Cryptocurrencies - money or assets? 3. Migration economics 4. Behavioral economics and prosocial behavior (altruism) 5. Political Economy: How Voters' and Politicians' Decisions are Influenced by Their Rationality/Irrationality 6. The theory and measurement of sustainable development and alternative concepts 7. Economics of Happiness 8. Educational missmatch 9. Behavioural economics, its critique and implications for economic policy 10. Economic regulation and competition policy 11. Economics of poverty 12. Human capital and soft skills 13. International organizations and integration 14. Global climate change

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2020/2021 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)		Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit Credit   3
Mandatory attendence participation: max. 2 absences allowed

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: ISP: Credit - preparation of a seminar paper according to the assignment of the course supervisor, participation in 2 teaching blocks (exercises).

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2024/2025 (B0311A050004) Applied Economics (S01) International Economic Relations P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2024/2025 (B0311A050004) Applied Economics (S02) Economic Development P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2024/2025 (B0311A050005) Applied Economics (S01) Economic Development P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (B0311A050004) Applied Economics (S02) Economic Development P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (B0311A050005) Applied Economics (S01) Economic Development P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (B0311A050004) Applied Economics (S02) Economic Development P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N0311A050012) Applied economics (S02) Economic Development P Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2022/2023 (N0311A050013) Applied Economics (S01) Economic Development P English Ostrava Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2022/2023 (B0311A050005) Applied Economics (S01) Economic Development P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N0311A050012) Applied economics (S02) Economic Development P Czech Ostrava Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2021/2022 (N0311A050013) Applied Economics (S01) Economic Development P English Ostrava Choice-compulsory type B study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block nameAcademic yearForm of studyStudy language YearWSType of blockBlock owner

Assessment of instruction



2022/2023 Summer