Study Programme: History
Plan valid for studies beginning from 2014/15
Study plan of M.A. single-subject programme
TEMA – EUROPEAN SOCIETIES: IDENTITY AND DEVELOPMENT / SOCIÉTÉS
EUROPÉENNES: IDENTITÉ ET DÉVELOPPEMENT
SIS Code
Hours of
Type of
lectures/seminars Exam
Winter Summer
ECTS
Credits
Compulsory Courses at Charles University
1. semestr – Initiation
30
TEMA - séminaire 1
AHSV10262
–/2
Zk
6
Methodology Seminar 1
AHSV10263
–/2
Zk
6
Introduction to European Studies
AHSV10266
1/1
Zk
6
Comparative History of Europe
AHSV10264
1/1
Zk
6
The Old World and the New: Understanding
Civilisation
AHSV10265
1/1
Zk
6
2. semestr – Diversification
30
TEMA - séminaire 2
AHSV10270
–/2
Zk
6
Methodology Seminar 2
AHSV10406
–/2
Zk
6
Social and Intellectual Worlds of Early Modern
Europeans (16th to 18th Century)
AHSV10261
1/1
Zk
6
Political Order and Social Movements in TwentiethCentury Europe
AHSV10267
1/1
Zk
6
Making Europe
AHSV10268
1/1
Zk
6
3. semestr – Approfondissement
30
TEMA - séminaire 3
AHSV10550
–/2
Zk
6
Methodology Seminar 3
AHSV10551
–/2
Zk
6
European Society and Culture in Comparative
Perspective
AHSV10271
1/1
Zk
6
Optional courses chosen freely from any courses offered at Charles University
12
4. semestr – Application
30
Tutorial Seminar
AHSV10850
–/2
Zk
6
Rédaction de mémoire / Writing MA Thesis
AHSV10851
–/2
Z
24
The program is composed of four semester modules or rather two double semester modules that each student
spends at two or three participating universities. The mobility within the consortium is required at least for one,
or two semesters at one of the partner universities. (Mobility is compulsory in semester 3 and optional in
semesters 2 and / or 4.)
The student has to spend at least one semester at Charles University.
FF UK
1
Study Programme: History
Plan valid for studies beginning from 2014/15
Final State Examination consists of two parts:
Part 1. Master’s Thesis Defense
Part 2: Examination, which consists of two thematic questioning (for this part the student submits her/his
reading list):
Question A: The student chooses among four thematic areas:
a) Civilisation; b) Nation; c) Region; d) City.
Question B: The student chooses three thematic areas out of the following list:
a) Medieval Culture; b) Transformations of European Civilization; c) Society and culture in the period
of Renaissance and Humanism; d) Reformation and counter reformation; e) Social and political crises
in the 17th century; f) Formation of modern nation states; g) Cultural and intellectual trends in the 17th
– 19th centuries; h) Transformations of European trade since the Late Middle Ages; i) European
economic, political and cultural expansion overseas; j) Transformations and modernisation of
agriculture; k) Modern European Urbanisation; l) Revolutions and reforms in European history; m)
Formation of civil society in the 19th century; n) Birth of modern nations and modern nationalism; o)
Social function of historical sciences in the 19th – 20th centuries; p) Culture and society in the 19th
century ; q) Industrialisation – technologies and societies; r) Deindustrialisation; s) Making of Europe:
Processes of European Integration (economic, political, military, cultural, social) t) Formation and
transformations of world-system (Europe in a Global World in the 19th century) u) Formation and
transformations of world-system (Europe in a Global World in the 20th century) v) Crises of civil
society in the 20th century; w) Global problems of the 20th century society; x) Culture and society in
the 20th century ; y) Culture and politics of historical/cultural heritage and memory; z) Crisis or
transformations of nation states - regions and regionalism; ž) Postmodern/ post-industrial cities.
Standard time of study: 2 years
FF UK
2