120-0730/01 – European Union I (EU I)
| Gurantor department | Department of International Economic Relations | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Radomír Kaňa, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Radomír Kaňa, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2008/2009 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
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
Summary
The aim of the subject is to introduce students to current development of the
integration process in Europe, especially to the conception, form and
objective of the integration in the European Union. Emphasis will be laid on
main historical aspects of integration, development of the EU and its
institutions, law system, economic policy areas including Economic and
Monetary Union. Students should also understand the aspects of coordination in
the foreign and security area as well as the enlargement process with
alignment to entry of the Czech Republic to the EU.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
activity on lectures
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.
12. Contemporary situation of integration in Europe, future development of
the European Union - aspects of the political integration.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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