120-0400/04 – European Union A (EU A)

Gurantor department	Department of International Economic Relations	Credits	4
Subject guarantor	Ing. Radomír Kaňa, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	Ing. Radomír Kaňa, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Compulsory
Year	1	Semester	summer
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	2013/2014	Year of cancellation	2020/2021
Intended for the faculties	EKF	Intended for study types	Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
KAN03	Ing. Radomír Kaňa, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Part-time	Examination	12+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

1.To classify the stages of the international economic integration. 2.To identify the crucial integration tendencies in Europe. 3.To describe the development and the present situation of European integration processes (EU). 4.To apply the knowledge for the interpretation of the present situation in the EU.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Project work

Summary

The aim of the subject is to introduce students to history and current development of the integration process in Europe, especially to the conception, form and objective of the integration in the European Union. Students should also understand the aspects of the enlargement process with alignment to entry of the Czech Republic to the EU.

Compulsory literature:

1.BALDWIN, R.; WYPLOSZ, Ch. The Economics of European Integration. 3rd. Revised edition. McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2009. ISBN- 13: 978-0077121631 2.EL-AGRAA, A.; ARDY, B. The European Union: Economics and Policies. 9th ed. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 518 p. ISBN 978-1107007963. 3.STAAB, A. The European Union Explained: Institutions, Actors, Global Impact. 2nd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2011. 210 p. ISBN 978-0-253-22303-6 4.About European Union http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

Recommended literature:

1.EL-AGRAA, A.; ARDY, B. The European Union: Economics and Policies. 9th ed. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 518 p. ISBN 978-1107007963. 2.STAAB, A. The European Union Explained: Institutions, Actors, Global Impact. 2nd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2011. 210 p. ISBN 978-0-253-22303-6 3.JOVANOVIC, M. International economic integration: critical perspectives on the world economy. Vol. 3: General issues. 1st edition. London: Routledge, 1998.ISBN 0415166748 4.About European Union http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

Aditional requirements are not required.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Principles and main characteristics of the international economic integration, stages (levels) of the integration. 2. Development of integration in Europe, historical aspects. 3. European Union, evolution of the European Union, principles and purposes of integration in the EU. 4. Institutions and law, European Union institutions and other bodies, decision-making process in general. 5. Single European Market, mobility of the factors of production, competition policy. 6. EU budget – receipts and expenditures of the common budget. 7. Economic policy areas of the EU, common and coordinated policies. 8. Economic and social cohesion, regional development, social policy, environmental policy. 9. Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) – history, present, institutions, monetary policy of the ECB. 10. Common Foreign and Security policy, police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. 11. Eastern enlargement of the European Union, political, economic and institutional problems of enlargement, Czech Republic and the EU. 12. Contemporary situation of integration in Europe, future development of the European Union - aspects of the political integration.

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2013/2014 Summer semester, validity until: 2020/2021 Summer semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Examination	Examination	100	51	3

Mandatory attendence participation:

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2019/2020	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Šumperk	1	Compulsory	study plan
2019/2020	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Valašské Meziříčí	1	Compulsory	study plan
2019/2020	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2018/2019	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Šumperk	1	Compulsory	study plan
2018/2019	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2018/2019	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Valašské Meziříčí	1	Compulsory	study plan
2017/2018	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Valašské Meziříčí	1	Compulsory	study plan
2017/2018	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Šumperk	1	Compulsory	study plan
2017/2018	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2016/2017	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2016/2017	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Valašské Meziříčí	1	Compulsory	study plan
2016/2017	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Šumperk	1	Compulsory	study plan
2015/2016	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2015/2016	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Šumperk	1	Compulsory	study plan
2015/2016	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Valašské Meziříčí	1	Compulsory	study plan
2014/2015	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2014/2015	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Šumperk	1	Compulsory	study plan
2013/2014	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Šumperk	1	Compulsory	study plan
2013/2014	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan

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