Course: Introduction to the Czech Culture

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Course title Introduction to the Czech Culture
Course code FF1/E002
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Tomíček David, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Musil Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Thematic excursions: Ústí nad Labem and its surroundings selected monument of the North-west Bohemia region neighbouring towns and their traditions people and memory Prague

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to present the culture of contemporary Czech society to foreign students of the Erasmus Programme through lectures, discussions and trips.
Student will gain the idea about the culture, landscape and history of the Usti nad Labem town and the North-west Bohemia region.
Prerequisites
Foreign student of the Erasmus programme is studying on the Faculty of Philosophy UJEP

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
The course is dedicated only to the foreign students of the Erasmus programme
Recommended literature
  • Englund, Terje B. The Czechs in a Nutshell. A User's Manual for Foreigners. Praha: Práh, 2017.
  • Kohák, Erazim. Heart and Horizon. Cultural Identity and Global Humanity in Czech Philosophy. Praha: Filosofia, 2008.
  • Szczygiel, Mariusz. Gottland - Mostly True Stories from Half of Czechoslovakia. London: Melville House, 2014.


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