Curriculum
The Fall 2012 program offers courses in economics, political sciences, political geography, European history, psychology, Jewish studies, art history, Czech and Europen literature, gender studies, religious studies, modern Czech film, and Czech language.
In Spring 2012, CHP introduced a Media studies component into its curriculum. In this connection two new courses are offered also in Fall 2012, namely
The semester program lasts for sixteen and half weeks including a short orientation and a week-long semester break. Full time students enroll in core course session courses and four semester courses, one of which is usually Czech. Only students with full-time status are accepted.
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Core course: Czech Culture and Civilization
The course traces essential events and periods of Czech history and culture. However, its goal and method are not descriptive. The emphasis is laid upon issues that underlie today’s way of...
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Let’s Talk Czech
An intensive conversational course of Czech language designed to develop, at a very basic level, proficiencies in comprehension and speaking, and to introduce students to everyday culture of Czech...
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"Baroque-Classicism" Polarity in the Art of Central Europe
This course provides a comprehensive picture of the development of European architecture, sculpture, and painting from the Renaissance to the early 20th century in Central Europe.
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CEE Economies and EU Enlargement
In 2004 Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia became part of the enlarged EU. Bulgaria and Romania joined EU in 2007. This had an economic impact on...
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Challenges to European Politics
The main goal of this course is to familiarize students with European political systems and contemporary challenges to European politics. It implies a deeper insight into the European politics,...
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Digital Video Production and Introduction to Film Making
The course is devoted to video production techniques and provides introduction to filmmaking. The building stone of the course is a theory of every element that constructs the film. The brief...
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Dimensions of the European Union
The course explains the origins and current structure of the European Union (EU). It examines the role of politics in the functioning of the EU. The course describes effects of the ...
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Elementary Czech - Semester
The elementary Czech course is focused on the development of the four basic proficiency skills (speaking, writing, listening comprehension, and reading), with emphasis on speaking and listening...
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European Mentality
The course is designed to bring students to a general understanding of European mentality as a unity established on the basis of Christianity, urban culture, and market economy, a unity that is...
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Gender and Czech Culture
The course provides a gender analysis of Czech cultural history and selected contemporary phenomena. Starting with archetypal interpretations of foundation myths (Libuše the Seer, Přemysl the...
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Jews in East Central Europe: Life of a Minority
The course describes the life of the Jewish community in Europe since the formation of Jewish settlements around the 10th century until the present time. The historical aspect is enriched by...
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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in European Context: Confrontation, or Coexistence?
The course addresses the role of religion in the constitution of Western Civilization in general and the specific contribution of the monotheistic traditions to this process in particular....
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Media, Society, Culture
The course offers an interpretation of mass and network media and their – real as well as desired or feared – role in society, with a focus on comparison of social, political and cultural aspects...
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Modern Czech Film: History on Screen
The course provides an insight into the issues of modern Czechoslovak history and socio-cultural developments as documented by both major feature films and documentaries by leading Czech and...
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Reading Prague: the City as a Metaphor of Human Existence
Are Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible, Kyle MacLachlan in The Trial and Daniel Day-Lewis in The Unbearable Lightness of Being walking through the same city of Prague? Yes and no. More detailed...
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Readings in Modern Czech and American Literature
The course focuses on comparative reading of selected works of Czech and American modern fiction. This reading will cover the following themes: 1) Speaking of Europe, Speaking of America; 2)...
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Topics in Clinical Psychology
The course focuses on the most frequent psychic disorders, basics of psychological assessment, and clinical site visits. The field of clinical psychology and its history is introduced in the first...
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