Course: Reading in a foreign language

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Course title Reading in a foreign language
Course code KFHS/P521
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Moural Josef, doc. RNDr. CSc.
Course content
according to the assignment of the year

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Seminar reading of English text or texts (announced each time anew). The primary task is to engage students in current discussion via reading recent high-class publications. Secondary tasks are: (i) to improve linguistic abilities of students and to encourage them to read further on their own, and (ii) to build-up a network of references supporting their reliable orientation in the field, topically and methodologically.
Students are able to prepare their own teaching on the course topics (some 20 hours altogether) and to proceed with further studying primary and secondary literature.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Work in the class, short essay, 1x protocol from the previous class.
Recommended literature
  • Mantzavinos, C. (ed.). Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Cambridge, 2009.
  • McIntyre, L., Rossenber, A. (edd.). The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science. London, 2017.
  • Nussbaum, M. C. Why Democracy Needs the Humanities. Princeton, 2012.
  • Risjord, M. Philosophy of Social Science - a Contemporary Introduction. London, 2014.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester