Curriculum
The Spring 2012 program offers courses in economics, political sciences, sociology, modern Czech history, Jewish studies, art history, Czech and Europen literature, gender studies, religious studies, modern Czech film, filmmaking, Media studies, and Czech language.
Spring 2012 is the semester when CHP introduces a Media studies component to its curriculum. Two new courses,
constitute the core of the component. A student interested in media studies can either focus on film issues and combine the filmmaking course with Czech film history course which has been a very successful part of the CHP curriculum (Modern Czech Film: History on Screen), or prefer issues of mass media and enroll the Media, Society, Culture course together with, for instance, Emblematic Reductions: Icons of American and Czech Popular Culture, a course highly praised by CHP students so far.
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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Advanced Czech
The goal of this course is to learn authentic, communicative Czech, and to improve reading skills and interpretation of Czech texts and literature. It counts on previous experience with the Czech...
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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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Crossroads of European Art
The course gives a comprehensive overview of European art history from Ancient Greek and Roman inspirations to the present times. Stress is placed on the way European art development is reflected...
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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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Emblematic Reductions: Icons of American and Czech Pop Culture
Familiar with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and other Disney Company products? Have you, however, interpreted them in comparison to the Little Mole, the animated robber Rumcajs or Ferda the Ant? Know...
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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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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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Readings from Central European Literature: Meeting Points, Diverging Lines
In this course, we will read Central European literature from the last days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the present time, when currently independent countries belong once again to a larger...
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Societies in the New EU Member Countries: From Communism to EU Membership
The course focuses on the complexity of social change East Central Europe in the period between the fall of Communism and the accession to the European Union. It emphasizes the mutual...
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