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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KHV
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MVHB
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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International Relations in the 20th Cen.
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Long Title
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History of International Relations in the 20th Century
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
4
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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10
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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KHV/MDHB and KSA/MDHB
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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The course aim is to afflict policy of Superpowers and major trends of international relations in the 20th century. Particular lectures will chart the most important events a moments of the years 1918 - 1989, Versailles Conference, question of collective security in the twenties and thirties, situation on the Far East, Munich conference and the beginning of the Second World War, problem of decolonization, development of the international relationships after the year 1945 etc.
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Requirements on student
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written test and consequential discussion on the subject matter
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Content
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1. End of the First World War, Versailles Conference in Washington
2. - 3. The Twenties I. - attempts to create collective security system in Europe; european policy since Genoa till Locarno, Briand - Kellog Pact, Young Plan
4. The Twenties II. - Japan and China
5. Big Economic Crises and its effects, USA and the policy of good neighbourhood
6. Europe and the world on the way to the Second World War I. - collaps of the versailles - washington system, Habesh War, civil war in spain, politics of uniform and popular front, imposition of Cominter, western powers ant the collapse of appeasement policy
7. Europe and the world on the way to the Second World War II. - japanese aggression in china, war on the Far East, escalation of tensions in the Middle Europe, Hossbach protocol, Munich agreement, pact Molotov - Ribbentrop and the beginning of the Second World War
8. Second World War - outline of the main events, rise of anti Hitler coalition and its idea of postwar ordering of the world, Yalta conference
9. Years 1945 - 1949 - Potsdam Conference, Nuremberg Trials, Fulton: Cold War and the "iron curtain", Truman doctrine (Greece and Turkey) and the policts of containment of communism, Marshall Plan, split of Europe and split of Germany: rise of FRG, GDR and soviet satelites in the Middle Europe and South-East Europe
10. Years 1949 - 1961 - main role of USA in the western world, French-german reconciliation and american - westeuropean partnership; beginnif of the european integration, Suez Crisis and its influence on "western world", continuation of tha fall of colonial system
11. International relationship in the sixties and the seventies - caribbean and berlin crisis, Arab-israeli conflicts, Vietnam, Prague Spring in the international context, China
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Preparation for an examination (30-60)
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40
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Contact hours
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26
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Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
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38
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Total
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104
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to have an overview of the most important events of the 20th century |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to read and understand an academical text in Czech or foreign language |
to use adequate terminology in Czech or foreign language |
to use electronic information resources |
to understand a scientifically structured lecture |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
to describe the most important events in the field of international relations in the 20th century |
to describe the system of the Conferences in Versailles and Washington |
to describe the negative factors of the appeasement policy |
to explain the way to the establishment of the Cold War |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
critically reflect scholarly literature on the history of international relations in the 20th century |
to analyse on the basic level the milestones of international relations in the 20th century |
to analyse critically and individually the mutual influencing of the foreign policy of powers |
to interpret the consequences of failure of the appeasement policy |
to analyse the development in the Soviet satellites after the WWII |
to analyse the consequences of the Arab-Israeli wars |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Written exam |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Test |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Lecture |
Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Self-study of literature |
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