120-0801/01 – European Union (EU)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of International Economic RelationsCredits3
Subject guarantorIng. Radomír Kaňa, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Radomír Kaňa, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year2Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction1999/2000Year of cancellation2020/2021
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
KAN03 Ing. Radomír Kaňa, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Distance Credit and Examination 1+0
Lifelong Credit and Examination 1+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

Summary

Doporučuje se pro budoucí studenty oboru Eurospráva. Cílem předmětu je seznámit studenty se základními vývojovými tendencemi evropských integračních procesů, zejména s koncepcí, formami a cíli integrace v Evropské unii a složitým procesem souvisejícím se vstupem Česka do EU. Předmět má současně vytvořit výchozí informační základnu pro studium hospodářských, sociálních a politických aspektů integračních procesů v evropském megaregionu.

Compulsory literature:

BALDWIN, R.; WYPLOSZ, Ch. The Economics of European Integration. 3rd. Revised edition. McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2009. ISBN- 13: 978-0077121631 EL-AGRAA, A.; ARDY, B. The European Union: Economics and Policies. 9th ed. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 518 p. ISBN 978-1107007963.

Recommended literature:

BALDWIN, R.; WYPLOSZ, Ch. The Economics of European Integration. 3rd. Revised edition. McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2009. ISBN- 13: 978-0077121631 EL-AGRAA, A.; ARDY, B. The European Union: Economics and Policies. 9th ed. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 518 p. ISBN 978-1107007963.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

No other requirements.

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

Lifelong form (validity from: 1960/1961 Summer semester, validity until: 2020/2021 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (145) 51 3
        Examination Examination 100  0 3
        Exercises evaluation Credit 45  0 3
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Occurrence in study plans

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2006/2007 (B6208) Economics and Management (6208R020) Business Economics (02) Business Economics C Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2005/2006 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R049) Accounting and Taxes (02) Accounting and Taxes C Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2005/2006 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration (02) European Integration C Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2005/2006 (B6208) Economics and Management (6208R020) Business Economics (02) Business Economics C Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2005/2006 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R049) Accounting and Taxes (02) Accounting and Taxes C Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2005/2006 (B6208) Economics and Management (6208R037) Management (02) Management C Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan

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