120-0362/01 – Economic Integration English (AEI)

Gurantor department	Department of International Economic Relations	Credits	4
Subject guarantor	Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Compulsory
Year	2	Semester	winter
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	2019/2020	Year of cancellation
Intended for the faculties	EKF	Intended for study types	Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
DOL0117	Ing. Petra Doleželová
KAN03	Ing. Radomír Kaňa, Ph.D.
LAN075	Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D.
STA579	doc. Ing. Michaela Melecká Staníčková, Ph.D.
MEL24	Ing. Lukáš Melecký, Ph.D.
PIS030	Ing. Bc. Monika Mynarzová, Ph.D.
NAV20	Ing. Boris Navrátil, CSc.
OST0032	Ing. Jana Ostárková
POW0006	Ing. Tereza Powadová

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Credit	0+4

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

1. Extend English technical terminology related to economic integration. 2. Use the acquired terminology to understand expert texts. 3. Discuss using professional terminology. 4. Demonstrate expanded language skills.

Teaching methods

Tutorials

Summary

The aim is to acquire professional terminology pertaining to the issue of economic integration and to practice using it and fix it in the context of understanding professional texts and expert discussions. Seminars are focused at improving language skills so that students are able to communicate and interact with materials in English.

Compulsory literature:

BALDWIN, Robert a Charles WYPLOSZ. The Economics of European Integration. 6th edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2021. ISBN 978-1526847218. NOVÁČKOVÁ, Daniela, SAXUNOVÁ, Darina a DELANEUVILLE, Frédéric. European Union and its new challenges in the digitalised age. First edition. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7598-961-1. New English for business and economics. First edition. Praha: Oeconomica, nakladatelství VŠE, 2021. ISBN 978-80-245-2427-6.

Recommended literature:

AMATO, Giuliano, Enzo MOAVERO-MILANESI, Gianfranco PASQUINO a Lucrezia REICHLIN, ed. The history of the European Union: constructing utopia. Oxford: Hart, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5099-1741-9. CINI, Michelle a Nieves PÉREZ-SOLÓRZANO BORRAGÁN, ed. European Union politics. Sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-19-880653-0. MOHTADI, Shahruz. A guide to international economics. New York, NY: Business Expert Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-63157-440-5.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Credit - active participation in seminars, presentation, credit test.

E-learning

The course is supported by LMS Moodle.

Other requirements

Study of literature in English.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction to Economic Integration. 2. Free Trade Area - EFTA and other major free trade areas in the world. 3. Customs Union - principles and practical cases, non-tariff barriers, BENELUX, EU customs union and other important customs unions in the world. 4. Primary Economic Union - principles and practical cases, labor mobility - country of origin vs. country of destination, European Communities. 5. Developed Economic Union - principles and practical cases, removal of invisible barriers, four fundamental freedoms, common market, EU internal market. 6. Institutional Provision of Economic Integration - EU institutions. 7. Formative Economic and Monetary Union I. - principles and practical cases, monetary integration, costs and benefits, development of European monetary integration. 8. Formative Economic and Monetary Union II. - introduction of a common currency, existence of a common monetary policy, ECB. 9. Complete Economic and Monetary Union I. - principles and practical cases, fiscal integration, fiscal policy, taxes in the European Union. 10. Complete Economic and Monetary Union II. - other common policies. 11. Political Union I. - principles and practical cases, institutionalized forms of political integration. 12. Political Union II. - the future form of political integration in the EU. 13. Global Economic Integration - definition, main topics of global integration, EU in the world. 14. Current Issues of Economic Integration in the World.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2019/2020 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Credit	Credit			3

Valid from	Valid until	Mandatory attendence participation
Apr 15, 2019 2:52:03 PM	Sep 20, 2022 10:05:17 AM	Credit - active participation in seminars, presentation, credit test.

Mandatory attendence participation: Credit - active participation in seminars (min. 75 %), activities on seminars, credit test.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Credit - active participation in seminars (min. 50 %), activities on seminars/homeworks, credit test (max. 100 points, min. 51 points). Details are specified in LMS Moodle.

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Valid from	Valid until	Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP
Sep 23, 2022 3:22:27 PM	Sep 25, 2022 9:01:43 AM	Credit - active participation in seminars (min. 50 %), activities on seminars/homeworks, credit test (max. 100 points, min. 51 points).
Sep 20, 2022 10:05:17 AM	Sep 23, 2022 3:22:27 PM	Credit - active participation in seminars (min. 50 %), activities on seminars, credit test.

Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2022/2023	(B0311A050004) Applied Economics	(S01) International Economic Relations	P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan
2021/2022	(B0311A050004) Applied Economics	(S01) International Economic Relations	P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan
2020/2021	(B0311A050004) Applied Economics	(S01) International Economic Relations	P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan
2019/2020	(B0311A050004) Applied Economics	(S01) International Economic Relations	P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Compulsory	study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block name	Academic year	Form of study	Study language	Year	W	S	Type of block	Block owner

Assessment of instruction

2022/2023 Winter

2021/2022 Winter

2020/2021 Winter