| Course Unit Code | 120-0362/01 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 4 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | First Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | Second Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| LAN075 | Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| The aim is to acquire professional terminology pertaining to the issue of economic integration and to practice using it and fix it in the context of understanding professional texts and expert discussions. Seminars are focused at improving language skills so that students are able to communicate and interact with materials in English. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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1. Extend English technical terminology related to economic integration.
2. Use the acquired terminology to understand expert texts.
3. Discuss using professional terminology.
4. Demonstrate expanded language skills. |
| Course Contents |
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1. Introduction to Economic Integration.
2. Free Trade Area - EFTA and other major free trade areas in the world.
3. Customs Union - principles and practical cases, non-tariff barriers, BENELUX, EU customs union and other important customs unions in the world.
4. Primary Economic Union - principles and practical cases, labor mobility - country of origin vs. country of destination, European Communities.
5. Developed Economic Union - principles and practical cases, removal of invisible barriers, four fundamental freedoms, common market, EU internal market.
6. Institutional Provision of Economic Integration - EU institutions.
7. Formative Economic and Monetary Union I. - principles and practical cases, monetary integration, costs and benefits, development of European monetary integration.
8. Formative Economic and Monetary Union II. - introduction of a common currency, existence of a common monetary policy, ECB.
9. Complete Economic and Monetary Union I. - principles and practical cases, fiscal integration, fiscal policy, taxes in the European Union.
10. Complete Economic and Monetary Union II. - other common policies.
11. Political Union I. - principles and practical cases, institutionalized forms of political integration.
12. Political Union II. - the future form of political integration in the EU.
13. Global Economic Integration - definition, main topics of global integration, EU in the world.
14. Current Issues of Economic Integration in the World. |
| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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BALDWIN, Robert a Charles WYPLOSZ. The Economics of European Integration. 6th edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2021. ISBN 978-1526847218.
NOVÁČKOVÁ, Daniela, SAXUNOVÁ, Darina a DELANEUVILLE, Frédéric. European Union and its new challenges in the digitalised age. First edition. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7598-961-1.
New English for business and economics. First edition. Praha: Oeconomica, nakladatelství VŠE, 2021. ISBN 978-80-245-2427-6.
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BALDWIN, Robert a Charles WYPLOSZ. The Economics of European Integration. 6th edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2021. ISBN 978-1526847218.
NOVÁČKOVÁ, Daniela, SAXUNOVÁ, Darina a DELANEUVILLE, Frédéric. European Union and its new challenges in the digitalised age. First edition. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7598-961-1.
New English for business and economics. First edition. Praha: Oeconomica, nakladatelství VŠE, 2021. ISBN 978-80-245-2427-6.
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| Recommended Reading: |
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AMATO, Giuliano, Enzo MOAVERO-MILANESI, Gianfranco PASQUINO a Lucrezia REICHLIN, ed. The history of the European Union: constructing utopia. Oxford: Hart, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5099-1741-9.
CINI, Michelle a Nieves PÉREZ-SOLÓRZANO BORRAGÁN, ed. European Union politics. Sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-19-880653-0.
MOHTADI, Shahruz. A guide to international economics. New York, NY: Business Expert Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-63157-440-5.
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AMATO, Giuliano, Enzo MOAVERO-MILANESI, Gianfranco PASQUINO a Lucrezia REICHLIN, ed. The history of the European Union: constructing utopia. Oxford: Hart, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5099-1741-9.
CINI, Michelle a Nieves PÉREZ-SOLÓRZANO BORRAGÁN, ed. European Union politics. Sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-19-880653-0.
MOHTADI, Shahruz. A guide to international economics. New York, NY: Business Expert Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-63157-440-5.
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