120-0561/01 – Global Problems in Economic Consequences (GPES)
| Gurantor department | Department of International Economic Relations | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
| Year | 3 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | 2024/2025 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
1. To understand globalization process in its wider consequences in the world economy and other dimensions of social life
2. To identify and evaluate impact of globalization on main actors of international system
3. To explain impact of globalization on developed and developing countries
4. To frame main global problems and interpret them in economic consequences
5. To describe and evaluate approaches applied by international community for the solution of global problems
6. To identify involvement of non-governmental organizations to the solution of global problems.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
Subject pays attention to selected global problems and interprets them in economic consequences. Discussion is led on causes and consequences of these problems, their interconnections and urgency of their solution. Main tools used for the solution of global problems are introduced, importance is laid down on global governance and its main actors.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Combined exam (written and oral parts), credit (seminar work, compulsory attendance to seminars, self-study)
E-learning
E-learning support of the course in LMS Moodle
Other requirements
Combined exam (written and oral parts), credit (seminar work, compulsory attendance to seminars, self-study of recommended literature)
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Globalization as the phenomenon of 20th and 21st century
2. Globalization and actors of the international system
3. Globalization and Global North
4. Globalization and Global South
5. Global problems
6. Global population problem
7. Global poverty and wealth
8. Human Development and well-being
9. Global and human security
10. Global environmental problems
11. Global governance and the solution of global problems
12. Development cooperation and humanitarian aid
13. Solution of global problems and international organizations
14. Approaches of non-governmental organizations to the solution of global problems
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction