OPF:EVSBAEUN The European Union - Course Information

EVSBAEUN The European Union

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Marian Lebiedzik, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Ing. Michal Tvrdoň, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Ing. Michal Tvrdoň, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. Mgr. Ing. Michal Tvrdoň, Ph.D.
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová

Prerequisites

The completion of the course does not require any conditions and subject can be registered independently of other subjects.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Banking (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
• Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN, specialization Business)
• Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN, specialization Corporate Finance)
• Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN, specialization Economy of Tourism)
• Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN, specialization Marketing and Trade)
• Managerial Informatics (programme OPF, B_SYSINF)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to provide students knowledge about the European Union, especially about development its objectives and principles on which it is based and, last but not least, the mechanism of its functioning. The course also focuses on the economic and legal aspects of European integration in the form of a legal framework for the functioning of the European Union and the definition of a set of economic policies. The course also deals with the assumptions and implications of Czech membership in the European Union.

Syllabus

• 1. Theoretical background of economic integration processes
  2. Genesis of the European Union I - characteristics and origins of European integration
  3. Genesis of the European Union II - from the Maastricht Treaty to the present
  4. Economic characteristics of the European Union
  5. Law of the European union
  6. The institutional framework of the European Union I
  7. The institutional framework of the European Union II
  8. Financing of the European Union activities - the EU budget
  9. The process of creating a functioning customs, economic and monetary union
  10. The common trade and transport policy
  11. The common agricultural policy
  12. Selected coordinated economic policies
  13. Czech Republic in the European integration

Literature

recommended literature
• JOVANOVIC, M., N. The Economics of European Integration. Limits and Prospects. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2005. ISBN 1-84542-377-1. info

Teaching methods

Skills demonstration
Seminar classes

Assessment methods

Grade

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

60 % attendance in seminars , 2 ongoing tests, presentation of actual problems of the European Union
final combined exam

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	70
Přednáška	26
Seminář	13
Zkouška	40
Summary	149

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