Study Programmes - Economic Policy and Administration
European Integration
The Bachelor’s degree branch of study – European Integration gives
students a basic knowledge of economics, management, business and public
administration, as well as specific courses focusing on institutions, EU
mechanisms and European law, issues of global and European integration, EU
economic policy and taxation systems, regional policy, project preparation for
accessing EU structural funds, and the English language in European
integration.
Graduates are equipped with basic knowledge of the economic and legal
environment of the European Union, its institutions and policies. They will be
able to find employment in public administration institutions, in business or at
consultancy companies dealing with European integration or preparing for the
realization of specific business plans or public projects utilizing EU policy tools.
Contact person: doc. Ing. Lenka Fojtíková, Ph.D.
E mail:
lenka.fojtikova@vsb.cz
Regional Development
The Bachelor’s degree branch of study – Regional Development provides
students with basic economic, environmental, geographical and sociological
knowledge of regional and local issues in the Czech Republic and the European
Union. Students will gain skills in the utilization of territorial information, as
well as practising selected analytical and other regional support methods for
decision-making on the regional, city and municipality levels. The degree is
designed in order to enable graduates to carry out the basic duties and tasks of
first-line/middle management in public-sector institutions and commercial
consultancy organizations focusing on local and regional development activities
and projects. Graduates will find employment especially preparing
documentation for development programmes, projects and measures taken at the
local and regional levels. Graduates of the Bachelor’s degree will be able to
continue their studies in selected follow-on economics-related Master’s degrees
throughout the Czech Republic.
The branch of study is taught only in Czech.
Contact person: doc. Ing. Jan Sucháček, Ph.D.
E mail:
jan.suchacek@vsb.cz
Public Economics and Administration
The Bachelor’s degree branch of study – Public Economics and
Administration allows students to acquire a knowledge of the basics of
economic theory as well as the skills to recognize, formulate and evaluate the
economic aspects of basic decision-making processes. In addition to a broadly
conceived general base (consisting of management, marketing, company
economics, law, etc.), studies also focus on the mechanisms of financing and
administration in the public sector, the functioning of non-profit organizations in
the civic sector, and the organization and tools of public administration in the
Czech Republic and the EU, including basics of national, regional and municipal
economics, social policy, and the use of territorial and administrative
information systems. Graduates will be trained to carry out professions at all
levels of public administration, i.e. in national administrative bodies, local
government, sector administration, and institutions and organizations in both the
public and private sector (especially municipal and regional authorities, central
and territorial state administration, tax offices, the police, customs and excise
offices, job centres, social welfare offices, health insurance offices, schools,
hospitals, cultural facilities, the mass media, transport corporations, and
technical infrastructure corporations). Graduates will be able to continue in their
studies via follow-on Master’s degree programmes at many universities in the
Czech Republic and abroad.
The branch of study is taught only in Czech.
Contact person: doc.Ing. Petr Tománek, CSc.
E mail:
petr.tomanek@vsb.cz
Finance
The aim of the Bachelor’s degree branch of study - Finance is to train future
qualified professionals to carry out finance-related specialist work and to occupy
mid-level finance managerial posts. The degree is designed in order to prepare
graduates to work in financial divisions and financial management at nonfinancial institutions (manufacturing and commercial companies, state
administration) and financial institutions (banks, investment and insurance
companies). The degree focuses on giving students knowledge and practical
skills in the following areas:
 financial management and decision-making in companies; cost
management, calculations, pricing, accounting and taxation,
 financial and capital markets, commercial and investment banking,
insurance.
 financial company management, financial risk management,
investment decision-making, investment management, company
valuation, financial modelling, taxation theory,
 financial, money and capital markets, management of commercial
banks, investment and insurance companies, valuation of derivatives,
financial assets portfolio management,
 international finance, international financial institutions, financial
systems, fiscal and taxation systems
Graduates of the Master’s degree subject Finance will find employment
especially in the financial divisions of manufacturing and commercial
companies, in professional posts in financial control, in managerial posts in
banking and other financial market institutions, and as financial and tax
advisors.
Contact person: prof. Dr. Ing. Dana Dluhošová
E mail:
dana.dluhosova@vsb.cz
National Economy
The Bachelor’s degree branch of study – National Economy is based on a
general foundation which is then complemented by a broad knowledge of
economic policy, European Union economic policy, labour market economics,
and regional economics. The degree is thus conceived in order to give its
graduates the ability to orient themselves both theoretically and practically in the
market economy; given this basis, graduates will be able to evaluate and deal
with specific political economic problems and situations using the relevant
professional knowledge.
Contact person: prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald,CSc.
E mail:
jaromir.gottvald@vsb.cz
Economics Journalism
The aim of the Bachelor’s degree branch of study Economics Journalism is
to prepare students to work as journalists in the media (especially the economic
and financial media) or in financial and administrative media management. In
addition to professional training, the degree subject also provides its students
with a good grounding for continuing studies at Master’s level – both in the
existing Master’s degree programmes at the Faculty of Economics or in other
Master’s media communication degrees.
Graduates will be able to present basic information on economic theory and
policy to the general public in a clear, expert and unbiased way, to interpret this
information objectively, and also to participate in the financial and
administrative management of small-scale newsrooms in all types of media (the
periodical press, radio and television broadcasting, and the internet). On the
basis of professional knowledge gained from the study of economics courses
from the degree programme Economic Policy and Administration, as well as
basic knowledge of communication processes within media communication,
graduates will be able to popularize economic issues and thus to present them to
the general public in an expert manner. This degree subject was introduced in
response to general public demand and as part of efforts to introduce a more
human dimension to the exact scientific framework of economic studies.
The branch of study is taught only in Czech.
Contact person: doc. PhDr. PaedDr. Milan Sekanina, CSc.
E mail:
milan.sekanina@vsb.cz