The following curriculum represents the core programme structure in compulsory courses and specialized optional courses. The optional courses listed bellow represent a selection of available courses.
Structure of compulsory courses
Semester 1 | 1. Introduction to IR and EP |
2. History of International Relations and World Politics | |
3. Academic Skills | |
Semester 2 | 4. Contemporary History of Europe |
5. European Integration | |
6. Global Politics: Current Issues | |
Semester 3 | 7. International Security |
8. Human Rights, Democratization and Global Justice | |
9. Introduction to Energy Security: Related Concepts | |
Semester 4 | 10. Theory of International Relations and European Integration |
11. Research Methods and Tools | |
12. International Organizations and Diplomacy | |
Semester 5 | 13. Economic Dimensions of International Relations: An Introduction |
14. Diploma Seminar I | |
Semester 6 | 15. Institutions of the EU |
16. Diploma Seminar II |
Selected optional courses
U.S. Foreign policy |
Russian Foreign Security Policy |
Security and Democracy in the South Caucasus |
The Western Balkans in Transition |
The Complex Nature of Ethnicity and Identity in the Western Balkans |
National security and grand strategy |
Contemporary issues in the European Union |
Arctic geopolitics |
European Integration of the Western Balkans |
The Energy Policy of the EU and its Position in the Global Energy Environment |
European Integration and Domestic Political Systems |
Evolution of the European Security Architecture |
France as an Actor in International Relations |
Humanitarian intervention |
China as an Actor in International Relations |
Peace economics |
Regional Conflict Complexes |
U.S. Foreign policy actors |
The Czech Republic and the EU |
Uranium in International Relations |