CATALOGUE OF COURSES IN ENGLISH
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
COLLEGIUM CIVITAS
Collegium Civitas is an accredited university in
Warsaw, Poland entitled to award BA, MA
degrees in Social Sciences, Political Sciences,
International Relations and PhD degree in
Social Sciences
Warsaw, 2015
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Paulina Codogni, PhD
Karolina Madyjewska
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Studies in English - INFORMATION
All courses fall into two groups: obligatory and elective. The obligatory courses usually
earn 3 or 4 ECTS, the elective courses usually earn 4 ECTS (generally, 2 ECTS points are equal
to 1 US credit).
In the upper right corner you will find an information about the amount of ECTS points
and the semester.
There is an information about the number of hours in the left upper corner. You may
find out to whom the course has been scheduled from the left upper corner.
Some courses may be limited for Exchange program students.
Some courses will be opened provided that required minimum amount of students
enrolls in a course. In case of insufficient number of students enrolled in a course, students
will be required to select another one during modification of course enrollment.
Apart from the obligatory and elective courses, there are also language courses worth
six credit points each (students may choose from among 3 foreign languages, Polish as a
foreign language is also offered).
The duration of an average course is thirty academic hours, resulting in classes being
held once a week for two hours during any given semester.
Within one semester a student is required to collect a minimum of 30 and maximum
of 35 credit points.
We hope potential students will find our academic offer attractive and engaging.
The catalogue will still be modified.
*Academic Afairs Office is able to send the syllabi on an Exchange student request.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THE BA AND MA PROGRAMS
2015 / 2016
Academic and Report Writing
Academic Writing and Study Skills
Advanced International Economics
Analysis of Current International Affairs
Anthropological Roots of Social Behaviour
Art, value and International Relations
Body Language & Communication Training
Business and Culture
Business Environment in CE Europe
Concepts of Europe
Contemporary International Relations-Theory and Practice
Contemporary Polish Society
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Management
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Cross-Cultural Psychology
Democracy versus the Brave New Authoritarian World
Demography
Diplomacy: Theory and Practice
Diplomatic Workshop
Elites and Leadership in Contemporary Politics
Energy Relations in Asia
Enlargement, Neighbourhood and Beyond: The European Union and
its Regional Milieu
Entrepreneurship and Management
Eros, Death and Culture. The Use of Psychoanalysis for Social
Sciences
EU as a Global Actor: Europe's power in the Age of Multipolarity
EU Foreign and Security Priorities and Policies
European Civilization
Foreign Security Policy of India
Foreign Security Policy of Israel
Global Media – reading/watching room
Globalization Process
Holocaust and Genocide
Human Rights and Current Controversies in Europe
Human Rights Organisations
In-depth Reporting
Indian Civilisation
International Advertising & Public Relations
International Corporate Governance
International Economics part I
International Economics part II
International Marketing
International Mass Media
International Negotiations
International Negotiations (MA)
International Organizations
International Public Law part I
International Public Law part II
International Relations in South and Central Asia
International Trade Law
Introduction to International Relations
Introduction to Law
Introduction to Management
Introduction to Online Journalism
Introduction to Political and Economic Geography
Introduction to Politics
Introduction to Sociology
Investment Project Evaluation
It is not all about Violence? Modern Terrorism and
Counterterrorism
Lessons from the past: can history make us better thinkers?
Lobbying in International Environment
Lost Identity: Rediscovering Music in Central & Eastern Europe
Macroeconomics
Management across Cultures
Management in International Business
Management Principles
Marketing Fundamentals
Marketing Strategy and Marketing Campaign
Media and Communication in Modern Political Campaigns
Media and Elections
Media and Mass Communication
Media Evolution - Past, Present, Future
Mediation and Arbitration
Microeconomics
Migration and Immigration Challenges in the Visegrad Region
Music in International Relations
National Branding
New Media and Society
New Media in Socio-Political Context
News Writing part I
News Writing part II
Opinion Writing
Organizing Social Media
Philosophy part I
Philosophy part II
Polish Foreign Policy
Political Marketing
Populism and Identity
Professional Standards
Project Management
Public Administration
Public Relations
Rethinking the Post-war: culture, society and state
Russia's policies in the Post-Soviet area: from the 'near abroad' to
'Russian world' concept
Social Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Sociological Theory
Statistics
Strategic Management
Terrorism and Other Security Threats
The Europeanization of Polish Foreign Policy
The Net Generation
The World Media and Correspondent's Work
Theory of International Relations
Trade, aid and Partnership: External Aspects of European Economic
and Political Integration
Using Media as a Propaganda Weapon
Video News Reporting and Publishing
World History 1914-1956
World History since 1956
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
(in alphabetical order)
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (MA
students)
Academic and Report Writing
Magdalena Kraszewska, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
Academic writing
During the academic writing module students will become familiar with wide range of aspects
related to writing academic texts. Students will learn how to prepare and organize their
writing, how to pre-write, redraft and edit academic texts. Moreover, they will learn to make
a scientific argument and make good use of sources. Typical forms of academic writing,
including essays, articles, dissertations and students projects reports will be discussed
thoroughly. Crucial elements of academic texts such as title, abstract, introduction, literature
review, method section, results, conclusion, discussion, recommendations, references,
appendices will be analysed. After the course students are capable of discerning features of
successful abstract, introduction, literature review and other elements of academic texts. They
also recognize the characteristics of academic style and are capable of using it.
Report writing for professional purposes
Writing a good report is one of the most essential skills in professional environment.
During the course students will be provided with practical information on how to write
professional texts clearly and effectively. They will learn about numerous aspects of report
writing i.e.: how to prepare and plan the report, how to organize the process of writing,
revising and editing a text. Moreover, students will be given essential guidelines on methods
of acquiring and evaluating information, characteristics of professional writing style and how
to improve layout and design in their reports. Common types of reports will presented
(interview report, minutes, research report, scientific report, students projects reports). Every
theoretical class will be followed by practical exercises.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
obligatory (BA)
Academic Writing and Study Skills
Magdalena Kraszewska, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The course consists of two modules - academic writing and study skills.
1. During the academic writing part students will become familiar with wide range of aspects
related to writing academic texts. Students will study by means of reading and analysing the
texts and doing written exercises.
Students will learn how to prepare and organize their written work, how to pre-write, redraft
and edit academic text. Moreover, they will learn to make an argument in academic text and
make good use of sources including detailed information on how to cite, paraphrase, make
reference, and avoid plagiarism. The characteristics of crucial elements of academic texts such
as introduction, conclusions, method section etc. will be also introduced. Furthermore,
students will gain understanding of how to prepare page design and present tables and figures.
Finally, students will become familiar with the main forms of academic writing including
essays, literature reviews, dissertations and student project reports.
2. The overall objective of the study skills module is to improve students’ knowledge
acquisition, comprehension and the ability to interpret academic texts. Their ability to acquire
new vocabulary, develop and validate scientific argument and finally to evaluate and
synthesise information will be also enhanced.
Finally, students will be provided with information and practical advice on how to study
effectively and successfully, which includes: effective reading strategies and note-taking
techniques.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory
(MA)
Advanced International Economics
The course is being prepared.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Analysis of Current International Affairs
Agnieszka Nitza, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
This seminar is designed to test students’ knowledge and understanding of current
international affairs. The lecturer will be conducting the discussion of selective texts/events;
the classes are about interacting with the students not lecturing. Students will be asked to
choose at least 3 subjects per week that were especially interesting for them, investigate them
deeply reading different sources (e.g. using EBSCO base). Students' interests and initial
assignments will be coordinated at the first meeting. Students will be expected to be able to
report on issues discussed in journals and other relevant sources, noting their importance and
implications. Students are expected to be familiar with items covered and to contribute to the
discussion at each session. The students will be obliged to follow current analysis, reports and
publications available on the websites of leading think tanks and institutions such as e.g. The
Heritage Foundation, The Brookings Institution, Carnegie Council, International Crisis Group;
and services such as CNN Word section, BBC news.
one semester
lecture/seminar
(30h)
obligatory
(MA)
Anthropological Roots of Social Behavior
Ewa Nowicka-Rusek, prof.
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The course will present: anthropological Theories of culture and cultural diversity of
humankind, methods of the study of culture,Origins of cultural diversity of human kind,
Analysis of particular cultural elements and phenomena.I plan to discuss texts written by
prominant authors, crucial for social/cultural of anthropology, e.g. Marvin Harris, Ruth
Benedict, Margaret Mead, Bronisław Malinowski, Marshal Sahlins, Claude Levi-Strauss, Clifford
Geertz.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
webinar
(20h)
elective
(BA)
Art, Value and International Relations
Anna Szyjkowska-Piotrowska, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
A professional diplomat, businessman or an expert in sociology, culture or international
relations cannot afford to be deprived of fundamental knowledge on the value of art, history
of art and ways of discussing art. Works of art consist of not just canvas and paint or sculpted
bronze, they is always a story behind them, a value in the biography of the artist, controversies
in his life and the meaning of the object of art itself.
The aim of the course is to present students with practical know-how and important facts
on the topic of art and value. The role of art in societies has always been most complex. It
spreads from showing the social status, through strengthening the message by means of
aesthetic glamour - be it secular or religious - or performing magic and even telling the story
of human life, to property investment which shows the power of skilful marketing and finally
to a tool of reconciliation or a bone of contention in diplomatic relations.
Therefore, we will be analysing the cultural and financial value of art. In our societies art is
sometimes treated as a universal currency. A painted canvas takes on the role of a banknote
or becomes a property investment. For centuries works of art have also played a crucial role
as tools in international relations. This may result from the fact that their value can be seen as
both universal and arbitrary. In what ways is the value of art universal? One possible answer
is: by touching upon our common fate and human experience. Indeed, the market value of the
work of art depends on many complex factors which we will cover in this course.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (BA)
Body Language & Communication Training
Klaudia Pingot, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
Non-verbal communication can predict anybody’s success or failure. If you know how to read
and respond to Body Language and Micro Expressions on an advanced level, you can predict
almost anything. It’s incredibly difficult to know what signs you are communicating on a daily
basis. Body Language & Communication Training offers you the unique opportunity to work
with a body language expert on the signals you may project.
The class will open your eyes to a world of information you never knew existed and you will
walk out the door with the unique ability to read peoples true emotions and desires.
On classes You will be training:
- body language
- what kind of gestures and posture is adequate to the situation
- how to give a perfect public speech
- how to behave on job interview
- how to read facial expressions and body language
The aim of the course is to make students aware of multilevel and multicultural
communication.
one semester
(15h)
seminar
Business and Culture
Lisa Marie Bochneak, MA
obligatory (BA)
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 2
The course is being prepared.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
Business Environment in CE Europe
obligatory
(MA)
The course is being prepared.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory (MA)
Concepts of Europe
Stefania Bernini, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
Contemporary International Relations – Theory
and Practice
obligatory
(MA)
Radosław Stanczewski, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The course in Contemporary International Relations-Theory and Practice aims at providing
participants with hands-on knowledge and analysis of global developments in the international
system through the perspective of various theoretical approaches in IR. Each meeting will be
devoted to an analysis of a separate case study involving world-event or issue relating it to the
IR theories. Participants will develop an understanding of the theories and their real-world
applications.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
one semester
lecture/seminar
(30h)
obligatory
(MA)
Contemporary Polish Society
2014/2015
academic year:
spring semester
Monika Nowicka, MA
ECTS: 4
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with various aspects of contemporary Polish
society. The students will be made acquainted with the major changes which have taken place
in Poland sine 4th June 1989 and its consequences, which need to be faced nowadays. During
the course a broad spectrum of issues is going to be discussed starting from changes in private
life, family life and lifestyle, through issues of public life, civil society and media power to
major problems concerning nation, identity and the state; diversity, migration and class
structure.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability
Management
Krzysztof Hagemejer, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The course aims at introducing students to the ideas and concepts, practice, challenges
and controversies behind the notions of “corporate responsibility” sustainability. After looking
at how economic theory treats the issue of “external” effects of business activities, lectures
will discuss historical evolution of ways how theorists, managers and different stakeholders
understand the responsibilities of the business towards the society beyond its own
shareholders. In this context students will learn about the roles of international labour
standards set by tripartite International Labour Organization, about United Nations Global
Compact and its multidimensional approach to corporate responsibility towards society and
its sustainable development, and about existing OECD and EU guidelines in this area as well as
ISO 26000 – guidelines on corporate responsibility developed by International Organization for
Standardization. At the same time students will investigate cases of changing attitudes and
practices of the business world itself and at evolving approaches towards benchmarking
business performance. Students will, individually and through group assignments, identify,
analyze and discuss economic and social implications of specific cases of business strategies
dealing in different ways with integrating into these strategies sustainability objectives,
protection of human rights, labour standards and consumer interests, protection of
environment, preventing corruption and unfair business practices, and active involvement in
sustainable development of local and global communities.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
webinar
(20h)
Criminology and Criminal Justice
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
elective
(BA)
Anna Matczak, MA
ECTS: 4
The course is designed for students who have a background in social science and want to
develop their knowledge in criminology and criminal justice. The learning process is lecturebased; however, it also involves guided self-study of a range of selected criminological topics.
The course aims to cover the following subjects: comparative and international criminal justice
systems, restorative justice, media and crime, death penalty, imprisonment, psychopathy,
police and policing as well as translation and interpreting in the criminal justice settings.
Although this programme introduces a number of theoretical and conceptual debates relevant
to the study of criminology and crime policies, the course participants will benefit from
discussing and applying case studies against those broader criminological discourses. As a
result students who complete the course have the opportunity to acquire a more sophisticated
understanding of major contemporary debates in criminology in both its theoretical and
applied aspects.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
Cross-Cultural Psychology
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
obligatory (MA)
Magdalena Łużniak-Piecha, PhD
ECTS: 4
Reading materials will be distributed as appropriate.
Course Description:
Until recently, psychology has been largely based on Westernised, dominant cultures, often
failing to ask critical questions about its generalisation ’capacity’. Can our knowledge be
generalised to people from other backgrounds: gender, racial/ethnic, or other statuses? Do
people of differing backgrounds experience basic psychological processes (development,
learning, emotion, social interaction, etc.) in the same way? Are there basic psychological
principles or truths that are universal?
One major purpose of this class will be to ask these and similar questions about the
psychological principles.
Psychology has also been a leader among the disciplines in its efforts to become more sensitive
to, and knowledgeable about, cultural diversity. We have a reasonable body of research and
evidence about psychological principles and their application to diverse racial and ethnic
groups. Our knowledge base is growing, yet we still need much more information about
culturally diverse groups that differ by other variables such as age, disability status, and sexual
orientation.
A second purpose of this course is to identify and explore our knowledge in these areas.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
Cyberspace as a New Security Domain
Paulina Piasecka, MA
elective (MA)
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
Cyberspace as a New Security Domain: the goal of the subject is to provide students with
knowledge on the evolution of state's security in the area of cyberspace. Classes will focus on
threats coming from cyberspace and available tactics and strategies of state's action in that
area. Students will also have a possibility to discuss problems connected with the existing (and
ever-changing) relation between Web 2.0 and state's security, particularly in the
contextuframe of cyberspace's influence on the "real life" mechanisms. Fair amount of
attention and time will be also dedicated to the changing nature of modern battlefield (and
analysis of the roots of this process: the use of modern technologies in the course of kinetic
conflict).
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (BA)
Democracy versus the Brave New
Authoritarian World
Michał Kuź, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
After the third, post-communist wave of democratization we are now witnessing a pushback
from a new generation of authoritarian regimes. The anti-democratic global influence of Russia
and China is constantly increasing. The Freedom House Index notes that democracy is now in
global decline for nine years in a row. The old, established democratic republics are at the
same time struggling with a lack of trust in representative institutions and dwindling
participation figures. The course will try to describe the causes of those phenomena and the
political solutions that may be proposed. Student will be required to read both classical
authors writing on the democratization (Samuel Huntington, Seymour Lipset, Francis
Fukuyama) and the more recent analyses (Joshua Kurtlatzick, Fareed Zakaria). A third group of
readings will include excerpts from the works of scientists trying to describe the new hybrid
regimes that are emerging all over the world. In particular, we will focus on Steven Levitsky’s
and Lucan A. Way’s groundbreaking work: “Competitive authoritarianism”; we will also read
parts of works by Andreas Schedler, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson.
one semester
lecture/seminar
(30h)
Demography
Krzysztof Tymicki, PhD
obligatory (BA)
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 3
The lecture aims at introduction to the subject of modern demography. Introduction to micro
and macro theories used in demographic explanation of human behaviour. The lecture
presents essential methodology used in demography and provides description of demographic
situation of Poland and Europe.
one semester
lecture/seminar
(30h)
obligatory (MA)
Diplomacy: Theory and Practice
Ryszard Żółtaniecki, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The main aim of the lecture is to link theoretical assumptions and principles of diplomacy with
various forms of diplomatic activity and to provide explanation for individual and collective
behaviours of actors playing important roles in international affairs. The course will cover such
topics as the classical concept of diplomacy, rules of diplomatic game, actors and procedures
in diplomacy, public diplomacy, international law and international organizations, and
diplomacy within the framework of changing global order.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory (BA)
Diplomatic Workshop
Sławomir Klimkiewicz, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 3
The course will be focused on the application of the tools of public and cultural diplomacy
in the country image building, establishment of good reputation and building and further
development of the national mark as a tool of national values communication.
The aim of the course is a twofold. First is to provide the participants with firsthand
knowledge concerning the concept of the contemporary public diplomacy, its tools and
ways of its application in the process of creation of the country image abroad. The second
goal is a practical one - namely to learn the participants the skills of successful
application the DP instruments and tools in information campaigns, cultural and sport
events - directed towards foreign audiences. That will be followed by skills of creation
a comprehensive vision and image of the given country, region or town. The participants will
be trained how to convince the foreign target groups about the unique character of the
country and the nation and how to measure the impact of their activities.
For that purpose - the evolution of PD from one way communication trough
official diplomatic channels the information concerning the country values and picture to
two-way approach with broad participation of the civic and NGO,s partners will be
presented. The term of the public diplomacy ( PD) evolving from cultural exchanges to
soft and next smart power will be explained as well as its role as a component of the
foreign policy. The evolution of the PD after 9/11 will be examined. The concept of the
national mark , its dimension and components, and portfolio, the name and the label ,
mission and methods of its value measurement , the process of the national branding will
be presented as well as the system of measurement of the value of the national mark and
national branding .
The goals of contemporary Polish PD, the actors and its instruments will be
developed and campaigns conducted by different public and private organizations
implemented in different parts of the world explained. The best practices of national
image and national respect building and ways of reaching the short and long range national
objectives in that area- will be made fully comprehensive.
The role of the regional and traditional products of the country, region or town
will be presented and the students trained in use of SWOT and TOWS diagrams in the
process of shaping and conducting the information campaign and national branding
projects. The use of the sport diplomacy as well as the role of World Expositions in building
of country national mark and constructive perception abroad will be examined .
The participants of the course will be trained in the skills of building the country
image, selection for that purpose the best and meaningful elements of the value of the
country and assessment of their impact on the foreign audiences. Also the tools of
successful persuasion and measures of assessment of two-way symmetric change in behavior
will be applied.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (MA)
Elites and Leadership in Contemporary Politics
Professor Jan Pakulski
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
The course is designed for advanced (postgraduate) students. It introduces a research perspective,
an ‘analytic toolbox’ and a theoretical model of elite politics. It also provides a guide for the
application of this perspective and theory in contemporary social research. The course covers
mainly the 20th and 21st century developments in advanced democracies. Students are encouraged
to examine critically the contemporary elite perspective, and to apply this perspective in
contemporary political analysis and research, including their own research projects.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (BA
and MA
students)
Energy Relations in Asia
Koďousková Hedvika, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The aim of the course is to map energy-security strategies of the main actors in the region
(Russia, China, Japan, India...). Thanks to the successful completion of the course students will
be able to evaluate them critically and analyze their foreign policy implications. Together with
overall assessment of energy policies of the main actors, current trends will be presented and
discussed (typically gas pipeline policy in the Caspian region; nuclear power development after
Fukushima; and the role of energy relations in some of the long-lasting territorial issues…), so
students get desired insight into recent development in energy relations in Asia.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
one semester
lecture/seminar
(30h)
Enlargement, Neighbourhood and Beyond:
The European Union and its Regional Milieu
2014/2015
academic year:
spring semester
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
Kerry Longhurst, PhD
obligatory (MA)
ECTS: 4
This module shows European integration from the perspective of enlargement policy and the
EU's interactions with states and regions in its immediate geographical milieu. One of the most
important goals of this module is to situate enlargement as an integral and constant element
of the EU's evolution. It considers the history, current dynamics and future perspectives
attached to the enlargement process. The module will introduce aspects of the European
Neighbourhood Policy, its origins, drivers and objectives and instruments. The course will serve
as a compulsory element for International Relations students and those on Diplomacy, Cultural
Studies and East and Central European Studies. Materials will rely to EU documents on
enlargement policy (and ENP); strategy papers and communications, country reports, progress
reports, accession treaties and so on. Students will be given the task of orally presenting
'position papers' on a particular country's readiness to accede to the EU or to become a
candidate state. Students will learn about the various waves of enlargement and consider the
impulses behind the widening of the EU, impacts upon European integration ‘big bang
enlargement' of 2004. They will explore the interplay of political, economic, security and
normative drivers behind enlargement, current enlargement dynamic, neighbourhood policy
and cooperation, frontiers of the EU. Students will acquire a sophisticated understanding of
the enlargement process in terms of empirical knowledge and conceptual debates in a
historical and contemporary context. They will be able to differentiate between previous
enlargement rounds and their characteristics and specific effects on integration in Europe.
Students will acquire the practical skills and relevant vocabulary necessary to enable them to
use web-based primary documents, raw data and reports. Students will gain understanding of
the 2004 enlargement, comprehend its significance and be equipped to critically analyse the
current on-going phase of enlargement. Students will be able to comprehend the similarities
and differences between enlargement and neighbourhood policy and gather the conceptual
and empirical tools to debate the relative merits of the two policies vis a vis the EU's
neighbours.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture/seminar
(30h)
Entrepreneurship and Management
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
obligatory (BA)
Zofia Telakowska, MBA
ECTS: 3
The aim of this course is to familiarize students with the basic rules of business management
and entrepreneurship. They will be introduced to the basic financial control problems as well
as importance of cash management in keeping any business liquid. They will learn the vital role
the good strategy plays in an enterprise market success. They will find out how important it is
to know one's customer needs and the competitors movements to be able to specify potential
competitive advantage. The students will also be introduced to basics of process management
as a tool of executing the company strategy.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (MA)
Eros, Death and Culture. The Use of
Psychoanalysis for Social Sciences
Adam Lipszyc, prof.
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
Sigmund Freud's vision of human being revolutionized the way we perceive ourselves. Freud
defined man as torn between erotic and aggressive drives, a tragic animal, desperately trying
to keep balance between conflicting demands and find some partial satisfaction. According to
his vision, man is in a inevitable conflict with his/her society which limits the possibilities of
his/her fulfillment. At the same time, from the very start he is defined, shaped and distorted
by his society as represented by his/her family and significant others. Freud himself was very
well aware of the importance of his teaching for social sciences and sketched - sometimes
fascinating and sometimes misguided - psychoanalytic theories of society, morality and
religion. Later, his ideas were developed, supplemented and sometimes deeply modified by
later thinkers of the psychoanalytic tradition, whose theories are often of much use for the
scientific understanding of social phenomena. During the course we shall discuss most
important elements of Freud's teaching, as well as various ideas of other crucial psychoanalysts
such as C.G. Jung, M. Klein, D. Winnicott, J. Lacan; we shall discuss the possible and actual
applications of their theories for social sciences.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
EU as a Global Actor: Europe’s power in the
Age of Multipolarity
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
obligatory (MA)
Kerry Longhurst, PhD
ECTS: 4
The overall objective of the course is to situate the development of the EU's global 'actorness'
in the broader setting of international relations. The module will fuse the study of European
integration, international political economy and international relations. It targets students of
cultural studies and sociology, as well as those on IR programmes. The module will run as a
seminar, meaning a short lecture and active student participation. Students will be provided
with detailed reading lists and key questions to guide their reading and research and to enable
them to prepare for actively participating and leading discussions. Students will be introduced
to the various 'future trends' and 'forward study' reports produced by governments and think
tanks to enable them to analyse and interpret the types of political, economic, security-related
and demographic trends and developments experts are foreseeing for the future world.
The main content will be divided into four equal parts.
1. Overview of the evolution of EU's external policies in its many dimensions, going
beyond the traditional foreign and security policies, consideration of the notions of
soft, transformative and normative power.
2. Domains of EU power in a global context: exploration and debate about the role of the
EU as a trading power, the EU as a promoter of multilateralism and the rule of law, the
EU as an exporter of good governance and stability via enlargement, stabilization and
the European Neighbourhood Policy.
3. Analysis of the changing context of international relations, debating the features of
globalisation and multipolarity and the EU's position as a regional form of integration.
4. Further analysis of concrete issues, including the rise of the 'BRIC' states, demographic
trends, shifts in global economic and trade patterns towards the East and their
multifarious implications for Europe and the EU. A further innovative aspect of the
module will be its assessment methods; one task will be to produce a podcast reporting
on future global trends and implications for the EU.
The students will have a comprehensive understanding of the nature of the EU's external
relations and its various expressions and policy manifestations, be able to define and critically
analyse a range of global trends and processes and demonstrate an ability to interpret their
implications for the EU, understand the specificities of the European model of integration in
economic, political and cultural senses.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture/seminar
(30h)
obligatory (MA)
EU Foreign and Security Priorities and Policies
Kerry Longhurst, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
This course will provide students with a wide-ranging program of lectures honing in the subject
of EU foreign and security policy. It will meet the needs of those students who already have
knowledge of the institutions and policy making processes of the EU and want to specialise
and those students following courses such as Diplomacy or China Studies who wish to bring an
EU dimension into their learning. Beginning with an introduction to the historical chronology
of the policy area and discussion of when and why jumps forwards or set-backs occurred in EU
member states ambitions in this area, the course will encourage students to consider why
foreign and security policy have (and continue to be) contentious. It will nurture thinking about
the concept of national sovereignty. Following this the course will pick up on the momentum
which began in the 1990s and arguably accelerated in the 2000's, which saw a greater degree
of integration and joined-up thinking on foreign and security issues amongst member states,
but at the same time saw the EU split over many security challenges. Students will study the
European Security Strategy and assess how far Europe's rhetoric was has been matched by
real commitments. The course will then pick up case studies of civil and military deployments
(Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq) and more recent conflicts (Mali) and consider questions relating
to decision making and policy implementation (post-Lisbon) and institutions, defence
procurement issues and transatlantic relations to encourage students to critically analyse EU
policy in this area. The module will be run as a lecture, but with time devoted to discussion
with students.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory (BA)
European Civilization
Leszek Jesień, prof.
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 3
The European Civilization course will strive to show the usefulness of the concept for
contemporary international relations. It will give the students an opportunity to get acquainted
with the basic elements of the European civilization history and development, while introducing
a long duration perspective. It will also draw attention to the effects of civilizational choices
made across centuries, more recent decades and quite recently. The reasons of, main problems
with, and consequences of first and second world wars will be discussed. The concept of the
European integration will be analysed.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (MA
students)
Foreign Security Policy of India
Łukasz Tolak, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
The course will focus on the India's foreign and security policy and consider its impact on the
international relations in Asia (especially South Asia). It will introduce students to the most
critical aspects of security environment with the particular focus on nuclear weapon and
policies, arms race, military modernization. The course will examine the historical roots/sources
of the most important challenges which the political elites of India must face. The course
attempts to provide students with an overview of the problems that India confronts and how it
dealing with those problems.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (MA
students)
Foreign Security Policy of Israel
Maciej Kozłowski, PhD
2015/2016
academic year: fall
semester
ECTS: 4
Creation of Israel, the state founded by the Jewish settlers in Palestine had enormous impact
not only on the politics in the region but in the whole world. Consecutive wars between Israel
and its Arab neighbors had dimensions reaching much further than the Middle East. The role
which Israel played and still plays in the US foreign policy has no comparison to any other
country of comparable size, economy or military weights.
Therefore detailed examination of the foreign and military policies of Israel give good insight
not only into the security situation in the Middle East but can provide important tool to
understand many global political developments.
The course will examine Zionism, the ideology on which the Jewish state was founded will look
at the political forces which made establishment of this state in the Middle East possible, and
will look into Israeli - Arab conflicts and peace initiatives.
Important part of the course will deal with present day Israeli foreign policy, will present some
aspects of the Israel military doctrine with the special stress put on the problem of nuclear
capacities of this country.
The course will be concluded with the discussion of the role of Israel in drastically changing
political environment in the region and in the world: the new political landscape in the region
after the so called Arab Spring, the global impact of the new technologies in obtaining sources
of power, discoveries of huge reserves of the natural gas in Israel and the growing strength of
the radical militant Islam.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
Global Media – reading/watching room
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
obligatory (BA)
Michał Broniatowski, MA
ECTS: 4
It is essential that a journalist specializing in world news knows where to find them.
One needs to know where to find the most reliable information from the best informed
sources. It is also important to get this information fast and well edited.
A good international reporter must be capable of telling a pure and objective description of
facts from a commentary or bias.
These days it is not enough though to rely only on traditional media - TV, press or radio. It is
the web that provides a wealth of valuable news but one needs to be able to search for it and
to verify the reliability of sources.
Our lectures will walk the students through the world of international media and will provide
insights into real stories and issues related to their verification and interpretation.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory (MA)
Globalization Process
Leszek Jesień, prof.
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The “Globalization process” course will deal with the history, development and contemporary
aspects of the process. It will assess the waves of globalization process, and their most
important drivers, including intensive internationalization of states’ relations, wars and
periods of peace, and the concept of regional integration, notably the European integration.
The course will also analyze the most relevant drivers of the process of globalization, including
technology change, emergence of global economy, constraints for and of the nation states,
culture, business management, and the security notion. It will strive to show complexities of
the issue and its contemporary meanings for daily lives and overall, global prospects.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
elective (MA)
Holocaust and Genocide
Maciej Kozłowski, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
Before The Second World war Poland had the biggest Jewish population in the world – nearly
3, 5 million people. Invasion of Poland by Germany in September 1939 and the subsequent
occupation gave Nazi Germans free hand in conducting its policy of extermination of Jewish
population Poland. Here all the “death factories”, extermination camps were located and Jews
from all over Europe were brought here for their death.
The course will teach students about the background, the history and the meaning of the
Holocaust. It will be a combination of frontal lectures field trips to the sites connected with
Holocaust, film screenings and discussions, workshops in the museums and the meetings with
the witnesses of Holocaust both the survivors and those who helped them to survive.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
webinar
(20h)
elective
Human Rights and Current Controversies in
Europe
Katarzyna Ważyńska - Finck, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
Our times are marked by multitude of beliefs and worldviews, the advent of new technologies
giving the unprecedented possibilities of surveillance, international terrorism, scientific
development and rapid changes of mores. This seminar will approach some of the debates and
challenges faced by the European societies from the human rights perspective.
Human rights are a moral ideal and a political project. But they are also a branch of law, a part
of European and national legal systems. Through an analysis of specific issues we will verify
whether human rights are an effective tool to resolve some of the controversies of our times.
We will in particular look into instances in which rights of individuals clashes with each other
or with important public interests, such as security.
The proposed topics include: human rights and the fight against terrorism and crime, with a
particular focus on the prohibition of torture, the place of religion and religious symbols in the
public sphere, freedom of speech, blasphemy and other taboos, the right to privacy in the age
of new technologies, the right to die with dignity and the sanctity of human life and the
problem of discrimination.
The seminar is open to all students interested in human rights and legal background is not
required. The analysis of specific issues will be preceded by a general introduction, providing
the students with the necessary information and tools to approach legal texts.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
Human Rights Organizations
elective (MA)
Dominik Smyrgała, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
The course aims at presenting the historical/political background of the growth of the HROs in
the 20th century and familiarizing the students with international organizations dealing with
human rights. It presents the presenting legal bases of the HROs and discusses the activities of
the most important HROs, as well as presents the role of the organizations in the modern
world. The course adopts a form of a seminar with an active participation of students.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
In-depth Reporting
obligatory (MA)
Grzegorz Lindenberg, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The course is being prepared.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (BA
students)
Indian Civilization
Krzysztof Maria Byrski, prof.
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
A thesis will be formulated and defended that the only way out of the present entanglement
in the Southernmost subcontinent of Eurasia is the creation of the South Asian Union. First of
all the nature of this entanglement will be analysed, which found its expression in conflict
between the two states created in the aftermath of the British withdrawal from the
Subcontinent. This conflict is determined by the radically divergent way, in which Hindus and
Muslims define their mega-tribal identity. An overall effort will be made to challenge some of
universally current stereotypes in the way the Indian Subcontinent and its cultures are treated.
The final aim of the course is to change the optics of students regarding South Asia in the global
context.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory (MA)
International Advertising & Public Relations
Rafał Mrówka, prof.
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
The major assumption underlying the course is to present the role of advertising & public
relations in contemporary organizations operating in multinational environment. During the
course it will be outlined to which extent PR affects other areas within an organization.
Another topics presented during the course will comprise a contemporary reasoning of public
relations, followed by modern techniques and tools applied in modern PR. A special focus will
be placed on building PR strategy within an organization in the context of other
communication activities carried out within an organization. Respective stages necessary for
building successful communication strategy will be outlined and discussed. A strong emphasis
will be given to the analysis of the environment in which an organization is operating, as well
as interactions and cooperation with stakeholders. In addition to this, a wide variety of
available PR tolls enabling for the strategy implementation will be outlined during the course.
Practical usage of PR tools will be illustrated with numerous case studies from multinational
organizations. Students will be analyzing real strategies and communication campaigns. On
top of that, students will be responsible for planning their own communication strategies and
become acquainted with respective PR tools and techniques.
After attending the course students are expected to: recognize the meaning and importance
and PR for contemporary organizations; be able to plan communication strategy for an
organization; be able to enumerate and apply in practice PR techniques and tools; be able to
prepare a plan of PR campaign focused on selected communication goals.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory (BA)
International Corporate Governance
Maria Aluchna, prof.
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 3
The main aim of the course is to present the information and case studies on governance
mechanisms and then to provide the understanding of the functioning of control structure that
emerged and function in developed as well as in transition economies. However, the course is
not only to provide information and develop the understanding on control mechanisms, but
aims also at the development of the certain skills such as analytical skills, critical thinking,
knowledge integration of different topics, awareness and openness for current initiatives in
the economy, understanding of interdependence of social, economic and legal systems both
on the national as well as on the international level.
two semesters
lecture/seminar
(30h)
obligatory (BA)
International Economics
Michał Brzozowski, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall and spring
semesters
ECTS: 3
We live in a global economy in which international trade and international capital flows are
now more important to an economy than it used to be. The subject matter of the course will
consist of issues raised by the special problems of economic interaction between sovereign
states. The International Economics course provides tools of analysis for understanding
international economic relations and evaluating international economic policies. The first half
of the course covers international trade issues. Students examine alternative explanations of
the pattern of trade among countries and the potential economic gains from trade. The course
pays particular attention to differences in technology, the availability of capital, labour and
other factors of production, and the existence of economies of scale. It assesses the
consequences of policies to restrict international trade and considers possible motivations for
protectionist policies that are chosen. The second part of the course is devoted to international
finance and covers a broad range of topics including exchange rate determination, monetary
and fiscal policy in an open economy, balance of payments crises and the relative advantages
of fixed and flexible exchange rate systems. The insights provided by these theoretical
frameworks will enable students to discuss topics such as the single currency in Europe,
currency crises, government intervention in the foreign exchange market and the role of
international factors in a nation’s economic performance. The course has five main objectives.
It develops an understanding how international trade and financial relations affect consumers,
firms, and economic policy. Students learn to critically evaluate the claims of politicians and
other policymakers regarding the economic effects of their proposals of macroeconomic policy
and international trade. They gain factual knowledge about international trade and finance.
Finally, they develop the ability to use a set of theoretical tools that will assist the international
professional/business person to make better decisions related to the global economic
environment. By working in groups on projects, they also learn about teamwork, managing
complex assignments and communicating professionally.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory (MA)
International Marketing
Krzysztof Owsianny, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
International Marketing is highly related to international trade and international law.
Subject is based on 5 modules:
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Introduction to International Marketing (basic terms and theories),
International business environment,
Strategies of entering international markets,
4 P’s (product, place, price, promotion),
Marketing researches for foreign markets.
This course allows students to use international marketing tools in practice.
Also, students will understand how the global economy evolves and how can they
use these changes to maximize profits and benefits. It is very important due to process of
globalization. Completion of IM will be based on the short test and project preparation.
International Marketing is recommended to all students, who desire to work for
transnational companies and corporations.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture/seminar
(30h)
obligatory (BA)
International Mass Media
Tomasz Płudowski, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 3
The seminar is designed to familiarize students with issues relating to the global
communication system. As a result they should become more acquainted with the industries
and forces behind the international media images and networks. Students should be able to
identify and critically assess the various journalistic traditions shaping media content in the US
and Europe. The seminar will focus on the major international media players in the most
powerful nation states. The main goal of this seminar is to present, analyse and discuss the
ways in which the media and politics interact within the United States and some European
countries, and on the international level. The following topics will be covered: global
communication systems, media ownership and regulation, the political importance and
functions of mass media, and the various journalistic traditions shaping media content in the
US and Europe, such as the polarized pluralist, democratic corporatist and liberal models. In
the second part of the seminar the condition and role of the media in the US and Europe will
be explained in a comparative perspective. Finally, a detailed analysis of the media in Southern
Europe, the mass media in Northern Europe, and the media in Central Europe after 1989 will
be offered.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory (MA)
International Negotiations (MA)
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The course is being prepared.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory (BA)
International Organizations
Dominik Smyrgała, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 3
The goal of the course is to present the contemporary structure of the most important
international organizations, both intergovernmental and non-governmental ones. It focuses
on historical and geopolitical analysis, showing the major processes and turning points in the
development of international organizations and their place in the system of international
relations.
Grading: 100% - written test (open-ended questions).
Requirements: basic knowledge of political geography and history of the 20th century.
one year
lecture
(30h)
International Public Law
Aleksander Gubrynowicz, PhD
obligatory (BA)
2015/2016
academic year:
fall and spring
semesters
ECTS: 43
The main goal: As a tool setting legal frameworks for actions undertaken by states and other
actors active within international relations international public law remains of crucial
importance for any expert in international politics or IR. Thus, the main goal of the lecture is
to make students familiar with some basic mechanisms of the international public law
machinery so that they could understand the mutual interaction between international law as
such, (i.e. certain branch of law specifying the rights and duties of states in their mutual
intercourse) and international relations, where –during lecture the “law in action” is to
supersede the classical discourse focused more upon the “law in the books”. At the end of the
course students participating in lectures are supposed to:
a) Have some basic information on the basic principles and rules of the international law,
as applied by states in their day-to day diplomatic and administrative practice.
b) Be aware of existence certain limits and minimal standards which must be met so that
any action performed by subjects of international law could be classified as a legal one
(including so called norm of ius cogens problem).
c) Being aware of existence non-state actors and subjects and have some information on
their legal status.
d) Be able to describe the basic mechanisms of creation of norms of the international
public law
e) Be aware of the complicated problems dealing with the enforcement of international
law and to address the main tools of enforcement being applied by states and other
subjects.
f) Have elementary knowledge on the mechanisms of the international judiciary.
g) Be able to address some basic rules dealing with the diplomatic and consular
intercourse.
Methodology: The course based on the interactive relations between students and lecturer.
The basic materials used in teaching are treaties, domestic laws and judgements of the courts
(international as well as domestic ones). During every lecture some standard reading is placed
before students so that they could follow the line of reasoning adopted in the case in question
by the decision-makers and judges being in charge to settle a dispute in question.
one semester
lecture/seminar
(30h)
International Relations in South and Central
Asia
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
obligatory (MA)
Krzysztof Dębnicki, prof.
ECTS: 4
The student will have acquired:
- knowledge about international relations in South and Central Asia with special emphasis on
the main players in the area: India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Iran, Afghanistan;
- knowledge and understanding of the impact of Afghan wars (since 1979) on regional
relations, including the great power rivalry;
- knowledge of the wider regional interests, especially of the great and regional powers:
USSR/Russia, USA, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China;
- knowledge about economic interests of the main players in the region;
After completing the course student should:
- understand the interests of the regional players as well as those of the great powers in
South and Central Asia;
- be able to point out the main friction points and conflicts of the major states in the region;
- understand the social, political and economic factors contributing towards international
relations in the region;
- understand the importance of cultural factors and tradition in the politics of South and
Central Asia.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture/seminar
(15h)
obligatory (BA)
International Trade Law
Ruairi O’Neill, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 2
This module will focus on international trade transactions from a private and public
international law perspective. Lectures will cover topics such as the drafting of international
sales contracts, conflicts of law issues in trade disputes, and cross-border payments. In
addition, the lectures will consider the role of the World Trade Organisation in facilitating
international trade, and trade and cross-border dispute resolution within the European Union.
This module is relevant to students who have studied public international law, or who have an
interest in international business or international commerce.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory (BA)
Introduction to International Relations
Radosław Stanczewski, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
This course is designed to introduce students to the major theoretical approaches to
international politics, to explore important historical and contemporary questions and debates
in international affairs, and to teach students to think critically about international relations.
In order to understand connections among states, the course will explore vital topics such as
war, cooperation, international law, political economy, human rights and the forms of conflict
that characterize the international system. Upon successful completion of the course the
student will have learned to identify and critically analyse:
 The various theories of state behaviour and their application to current and past
political events;
 The causes of war and other forms of conflict, such as ethnic conflict;
 The influence of non-state actors such as international organizations on the actions of
states;
How and why cooperation occurs in the international system;
Issues concerning current international relations and the way they shape the foreign policy decisions
of states.
one semester
seminar/lecture
(16h)
obligatory (BA)
Introduction to Law
Aleksander Gubrynowicz, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 2
This course introduces students to basic legal concepts about the law, its sources, principles
and procedures. It is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the structure
of Polish, English and European legal system including the role of the judicial, legislative, and
executive branches of law, as well as human rights, civic duties, criminal law and some aspects
of international law. After the course the student is aware of the basic notions and concept of
law as such, has certain knowledge on key legal terms (i.e. legal norm, comity, custom,
responsibility, liability, guilt etc.), is able to indicate the key differences between the main legal
branches (private, criminal, administrative, state and international law) and knows some basic
principles of those branches as well. He/she is aware of the existence of the two big European
legal cultures (common law, civil law countries) and can indicate some key differences
between the Transatlantic legal communities and Islamic law and the Chinese legal tradition.
He/she can explain the key factors stimulating the legal exchange between international law,
European law and domestic law of the EU Member States. During the lecture some emphasis
will be put on some other question such as the idea of rule of law, some rules of interpretation
as well as on mechanism of creation, application, modification and expiration of a legal norm.
This lecture is interactive in its character. During the lecture some cases or classical text
produced by the top legal scholars are submitted for discussion with the participants. The
exam is an oral one. The main idea of the exam is based on a sort of simulation aiming at
establishing if a student is able to reconstruct a line of reasoning as adopted on day – to – day
basis by state and international organs when settling disputes between individuals, public
administration and other actors.
one semester
lecture/seminar
(30h)
obligatory (MA)
Introduction to Management
Oskar Szumski, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The course focuses on contemporary issues in theory and practice of management. The course
will be divided into parts related to functions of management: Planning, Organizing, Staffing,
Directing (Leading) and Controlling. As an introduction will be presented modern management
with particular reference to concepts and skills. This will be a background for comparison of
historical and current issues of management. During part related to planning there will be
presented principles of planning, planning tools, making decisions and strategic planning.
Participants will be prompted to think about role of planning in successful organisations and
how to properly evaluate plans. Outcomes of planning are input to the process of organizing.
This function of management will be discussed in terms of fundamentals of organizing,
responsibility, authority, delegation and organizational change. In this context students will
discuss how to execute organizing in efficient and effective way with use of IT. Staffing and
directing will present issues of human perspective in organization. There will be presented role
of Human Resource Management, influencing and communication, leadership, motivation,
groups and teams in organization and organizational culture. Students will be encouraged to
discuss role of leadership in modern organization and what are the contemporary problems of
motivation of highly qualified employees, especially in the era of the information society. In
the last part of the lecture will be discussed controlling, as a tool of ensuring effective
management. During the course, in addition to the presentation of the theory, strong
emphasis will be put on practical aspects of management. Cases will be background for
students’ discussion, as well as their professional experience. The course will present
management science not only as a collection of theories and techniques, but also as a
philosophy and method for approaching problems in a logical manner. By the end of the course
students will have acquired knowledge about theoretical and practical aspects of management
in modern organization. Students will also gain a general understanding of efficient
management system design. Active participation in lecture is expected and participants should
ensure that they do the weekly mandatory reading. Each class will consist of lecture (half of
class time) and student’s presentation and discussion (second half of class time).
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
Introduction to Online Journalism
Robert Bogdański, MA
obligatory (BA)
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The course is being prepared.
one semester
lecture
(16h)
Introduction to Political and Economic
Geography
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
obligatory (BA)
Izabella Łęcka, prof.
ECTS: 2
In the lecturer we will talk about politics and economy in the context of major set of problems
as poverty, inequality, population growth, health, environmental degradation, globalization
and political instability. Certain part of lecturer we will devote for observation of some political
changes on the world map. Also we will focus on questions concerning some
theories/conception of economic wellbeing and on the international aid policy. Lectures
complement fragments of films.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory (BA)
Introduction to Politics
Marcin Gajek, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 3
The course offers an introduction to the basic concepts, theories and scientific approaches
used in political science. It will present different definitions of politics and various dimensions
of political life. Mutual relations between political science and other fields of social science (e.
g. international relations, sociology, economy, law) will be explained. Basic theories and
methods of political analysis will be briefly presented. Separate classes will be devoted to
analysis of such concepts as:
- the state;
- society, political community, ethnic groups, nation and nationalism;
- political power – its dimensions, institutions and legitimacy;
- governments, political systems and regimes;
- political culture and political communication;
- political parties and party systems;
- elections and voting;
- political ideologies;
- interest groups and social movements;
- division of power and different branches of government;
- political process and its dimensions.
After completing the course, student will be prepared to conduct basic analysis of
contemporary political life and social phenomena, to compare and contrast different political
and social institutions as well as to engage in political debates on the broad scope of issues.
one semester
lecture
(16h)
obligatory (BA)
Introduction to Sociology
Monika Nowicka, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 2
The aim of the lecture is to familiarize students with sociology as a useful tool to analyze
social world. The lecture will make students familiar with basic sociological theories, concepts
and problems. The course covers topics ranging from micro to macro level of society including
among others: socialization, identity, culture, media, stratification and globalization.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory
(MA)
Investment Project Evaluation
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
Andrzej Bień, prof.
ECTS: 4
On classes You will be training:
 Definition, notion and types of investment projects.
 Investment project decision making process.
 The elements of investment projects evaluation.
 Evaluation of investment project financing by sources.
 Evaluation of lending financing, co-financing. Equity and its sources.
 Evaluation of loan financial instruments issue as the source of investment project
financing.
 Investment project risk evaluation.
 Investment project risk evaluation related to types of project financing.
 Feasibility study as a tool of investment project evaluation.
 Follow-up evaluation of investment project.
 Summary and conclusions of the investment project evaluation process.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (MA)
It is not all about Violence? Modern Terrorism
and Counterterrorism
Kacper Rękawek, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
We all know terrorists use violence but they do not, at least in their eyes, use it for violence’s
sake. They rationalize its usage as they try to convince the public of the righteousness of “their”
violence. This course will offer the students a chance to study these rationalizations, and
debate terrorist motivations, their likes and dislikes, allies and enemies etc. We will find out
what they are truly saying and where their priorities are. This to offer a snapshot on what
makes terrorists tick, and how we could use these explanations and their own words while
opposing the most popular form of 21st century terrorism – jihadism.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(15h)
elective (MA)
Lessons from the past: can history make us
better thinkers?
Agnieszka Marczyk, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 2
The failure of the Weimar Republic is one of the most widely debated topics in European
history. Explorations of the collapse of democracy started within months of Hitler’s
appointment as Germany’s Chancellor in January 1933 – and they continue to this day.
Historians have been asking difficult questions, often within the context of wider public
debates about issues like responsibility for the Holocaust, the social bases of totalitarianism,
German national identity, or the durability and future of Europe’s unity. Historians have
investigated, for example, whether Germany was uniquely predisposed for Nazism, whether
the 1919 Constitution and electoral system hastened the demise of Weimar democracy, how
economic volatility encouraged political radicalism, and who comprised the 14-million-strong
Nazi electorate in 1932.
The fate of the Republic continues to command interest in our times, when Western
democracies are increasingly perceived as dysfunctional and ineffective, when Putin’s Russia
is aggressive and unpredictable, and other autocracies are regaining momentum and selfconfidence. Weimar has great symbolic power as a warning, a reminder that democracy is
vulnerable to extremist assaults – that it can crumble from within. But this symbolic potency
can also tempt us with overly simplistic historical analogies – it can discourage carful
comparative analysis.
How can the study of the Weimar Republic help us think more clearly and more critically about
the present times? Which comparisons are warranted and illuminating, and which are only a
reinforcement of ossified stereotypes? In this seminar, we will explore a few key historical
debates about the failure of Weimar democracy with two related goals: to sharpen our
historical thinking skills and to explore what it takes to make meaningful connections between
the past and the present.i
We will practice and analyze the skills, mental habits, and attitudes cultivated by historians –
the ability to build arguments with sources and approach the past on its own terms, refusing
to reduce it to a foil of our own times. We will assume that the past – as historians like to quip
– is a foreign country. Precisely because it is so different from what we know, it demands
attentiveness, empathetic understanding, and the willingness to be challenged and surprised.
It is this encounter with something initially beyond our own experience that we then bring
back to sharpen our thinking about our own historical moment.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture/semina
r
(30h)
Lobbying in International Environment
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
Agnieszka Cianciara, PhD
obligatory
(MA)
ECTS: 4
Analysis of international politics requires thorough understanding of interactions and impact
made within the multi-level and transnational networks of policy-makers, business groups,
non-governmental organizations, policy and strategic communication advisors, media and
think-tanks, all involved in shaping decisions that crucially affect international organizations,
states and citizens. The aim of this compulsory course is to familiarize students with lobbying
activities at the international arena, with particular focus on lobbying in the European Union.
Class participants acquire knowledge about the essence of lobbying at the national and
international level, while looking at a variety of political, legal, historic and economic scope
conditions in respective institutional settings. The focus of the course is on international
lobbying in the context of globalization, lobbying as a tool of modern diplomacy, as well as the
role of interest groups in the consolidated democracies and possible links of lobbying with
corruption and other pathologies of power. The aim of this interactive lecture is also to show,
while taking example of the EU lobbying arena, how political objectives are achieved by means
of public affairs strategies. Participants of this course are expected to have basic background
in international relations and/ or political science as well as basic understanding of the
functioning of EU institutions and decision-making process. All students are expected to
actively participate in the course: read the assigned texts in advance of each class, actively
contribute to class discussions, prepare oral presentations and write group reports based on
case studies. At the end of the course students are expected to be able to use the theoretical
knowledge and skills acquired to independently interpret the interest game in the decisionmaking process at the international and supranational/ EU level. The tasks assigned during the
course allow students to develop their individual research skills, cooperate on a project within
a group, as well as to prepare and deliver an oral presentation and to draft a report.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (MA)
Lost Identity: Rediscovering Music in Central
& Eastern Europe
Agnieszka Topolska, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
Where is the border between Central and Eastern Europe? What are the characteristics of
the region? Does anything like Slavonic identity exist? And Slavonic culture - can it be
distinguished? During the course we will try to examine the place where East meets West.
Central and Eastern Europe appears as a realm where history meets memory, where Christian
and Byzantine influences intersect and where the past is both local and global. Here
different national histories can be recognized and in the common memory every nation can
face its own. Culture appears as a field where all the mentioned issues gain together. Identity
can be emphasized through the culture, it borns where culture meets politics, where art
intersects with international relations, where music meets social life. Music of Central and
Eastern Europe will be the field of experiment. During the course we will focus on music of
Maydan, on the musicians who became political leaders, on punk rock music as an example
of the political protest and many others.
one semester
lecture/semina
r
(30h)
Macroeconomics
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
Joanna Siwińska, PhD
obligatory (BA)
ECTS: 3
The course will introduce students to the models and techniques used in modern
macroeconomic theory. The models will be linked to a discussion of the performance of the
Polish, European and the U.S. economy. This course will provide students with a basic
understanding of the mechanisms that drive inflation, unemployment, and output. It will
cover: equilibrium in the goods and assets markets, the determinants of the rate of economic
growth; the cyclical behaviour of the economy and the stabilizing role of fiscal and monetary
policy.
one semester
lecture/workshop
(30h)
obligatory (MA)
Management across Cultures
Zofia Telakowska, MBA
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
The aim of this course is to introduce students to difficult problem of management in
multicultural environment. They will acquire knowledge of different cultures and their
characteristics. They also will learn various organizational cultures, associated people
behaviours and possible problems. Students will be introduced to problems occurring in
multicultural teams and difficulties associated with management of such teams. Additionally,
rules of international marketing will also be presented.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(15h)
Management in International Business
Marek Zborowski, PhD
obligatory (BA)
2015/2016
academic year:
spring
semester
ECTS: 3
The lecture contains wide variety of subjects related to main aspect of International
Management. It begins with some aspects of historical and theoretical basic of IM like:
international trade theory or strategic complexity in international business. Further subject
are focused on the political and policy environment ideas. It contains such topics like:
globalization, multinational enterprise, and the international political system, the multilateral
trading system and capital flows, capital controls, and international business risk. A next topic
contains several key aspects of strategy for multinational enterprises like: the multinational
enterprise as an organization or strategic alliances. The last area of the lecture contains
relevant elements related to managing the multinational enterprises. It focuses on such topics
like: innovation and information technology in the MNE, culture and human resources
management and environmental policy.
one semester
seminar
(15h)
Management Principles
Krzysztof Owsianny, MA
obligatory (BA)
2015/2016
academic year:
spring
semester
ECTS: 2
Management Principles is a basic subject to all students, interested in management and
business. It shows how to achieve goals and solve problems in a business activity. Subject is
based on 4 modules:




Role of manager. Purpose and scope of management,
Steps of planning,
Process of organizing,
Control.
This course helps students to understand the concept and evolution of management, with
special attention to skills, responsibilities and functions of management. Completion of MP
will be based on the short test and project preparation.
Understanding of management principles is crucial especially for everyone, who desire to work
as professionals and managers in a highly competitive and dynamic business environment.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
Marketing Fundamentals
Magdalena Kraszewska, PhD
obligatory (bA)
2015/2016
academic year:
spring
semester
ECTS: 3
Marketing focuses on customers. Marketing deals with products, distribution, promotion and
price. Marketing builds satisfying exchange relationships. Marketing occurs in a dynamic
environment. In this introductory marketing course lectures are to be organised around the
above fundamental statements. The course aims to give a clear and conscise understanding of
marketing concepts, problems, processes and applications. Along the course students will
become familiar with the cornerstones of marketing principles such as analysis of marketing
environment, consumer behaviour, segmentation, targeting, positioning, brand building,
pricing, communications, and marketing research. In the same time students will have an
opportunity to analyse and discuss marketing applications using real-world examples both
from the business world and their personal lives.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
Marketing Strategy and Marketing Campaign
Krzysztof Owsianny, MA
Obligatory (MA)
2015/2016
academic year:
spring
semester
ECTS: 4
Marketing Strategy and Marketing Campaigns is a specialised course, designed for students,
who are interested in developing marketing skills and competences. It is based on 4 modules:




Strategic management. Business strategies,
Strategic analysis and options,
Planning marketing campaigns,
Implementation and control process.
This course provides students a set of analytical tools, useful to create and implement
marketing strategies and campaigns. It is recommended to everyone who want to work for
marketing departments or advertising agencies. Completion of mentioned subject will be
based on the short test and project preparation.
one semester
webinar
(20h) and
seminar (30h)
Media and Communication in Modern Political
Campaigns
Michał Kuź, PhD
elective
(BA/MA)
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
(webinar for BA
students)
and spring
semester
(seminar for
MA students)
ECTS: 4
“The medium is the message” as Marshall McLuhan famously claimed. The course will be an
attempt to examine the historical development of strategies used in campaigns to
communicate political messages to a wide audience. How has the passage for pamphlet or a
newspaper to radio shaped the political landscape? Who was the great winner in the TV
revolution? Have the new media given victory to Obama? All those questions are extremely
pertinent. America has always been a forerunner in trying out new forms of political
communication and new campaign strategies adjusted to those forms. The negative
newspaper campaigns, the radio talk shows, the televised candidate debates, the use of the
internet and the social media to mobilize activists for specific tasks. All those are political
communication techniques first started in the USA. Perhaps now, if we want to learn about
the future of political campaigning we should also look to the other side of the Atlantic.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture/seminar
(30h)
obligatory (BA)
Media and Elections
Tomasz Płudowski, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring
semester
ECTS: 3
This is an introductory course on media and elections in the western world. The purpose of
the class is to present the theory and practice of electoral communication since mid-20th
century. Upon completion of the course the students will have learned the most important
examples of successful and unsuccessful use of media in elections. Topics include message
types, old, new and social media. The students will also have discussed major theories of media
effects as well as political science research on voter participation and choice. Finally, they will
have had the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge and produce a campaign
message of their own.
one semester
lecture/seminar
(30h)
Media and Mass Communication
Tomasz Płudowski, PhD
obligatory (MA)
2015/2016
academic year:
spring
semester
ECTS: 4
This course is an advanced-level introduction to mediated communication. First, various
components of mass communication are explained. Then the role of media in the social and
political world as well as its relationship with culture is discussed. Both government and
economic aspects are taken into consideration. The course also looks at various types of media
and at the history of mass communication, e.g. the so-called six information revolutions. Other
issues include: media content and media audiences. Finally, a great deal of attention is paid to
media effects, including normative, critical, cultural and empirical theories such as the limited
effects perspective, agenda-setting, framing and priming. The main textbook is the current
edition of Baran & Davis’ Mass Communication Theory.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Media Evolution- Past, Present, Future
Robert Kozak, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
Nowadays we live in a world, where every area of our life changes and those changes become
bigger and faster every day, week, month etc. It happens due to the development of
technology and social media, as well as the growth of globalisation and many other
phenomena.
A lot of significant changes exist also in the media. During the workshop: “Media
Evolution – Past, Present, Future” our lecturers will focus on the changes, which occurred in
the media during the past few years.
Both the lecturers and workshop’s participants will be put into discussion about the
future of the media in today’s ‘fast-changing’ environment. You
Is there any
will focus mainly on the changes happening in the radio, TV, the
New Media as well as the press.
place for
Trying to extrapolate today’s changes is another question
Editorial
for participants of the workshop to cope with. This will be done in
Office left?
order to predict what the role of the media and the journalism will
be in the following years. Moreover, have you ever ask yourself what are the factors that
won’t ever change? Nowadays anyone can single-handedly reach the millions of audience.
then?
During the lectures you will find an answer for many questions through the discussion
about business models that exist in the media and changes, which can be easily observed.
Furthermore, you will discuss the nature of relationship between media or business as well
as politics and ask yourself how these modify in relation to the
development of technology. We will also deal with the problem of the Explore the
media’s law regulations and discuss the changes that need to be done in
nature of
order to adjust them to Social and New Media ages.
the media
As explained above, the main goal of the workshop “Media Evolution –
Past, Present, Future” is to understand the nature of the media and the
changes occurring in it due to the fast-developing technology.
one semester
lecture/semin
ar
(15h)
obligatory
(BA)
Mediation and Arbitration
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
Ruairi O’Neill, MA
ECTS: 2
This module will introduce students to the different types of ADR, subdivided into
determinative and non-determinative forms, and then will focus on practical skills necessary
for effective mediation and arbitration. This course is relevant for students who wish to
develop practical mediation and negotiation skills for use in commerce and international
relations.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Microeconomics
Joanna Siwińska, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 3
The course aims at providing students with an introduction to economic theory that applies
to decisions made by consumers and producers within a larger economic system. The course
covers basic concepts and approaches needed to undertake the analysis of markets from
microeconomic perspective. It introduces economic models and shows how they can be
applied to solve real policy issues and problems.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
Migration and Immigration in the Visegrad
Region
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
obligatory
(MA)
Kerry Longhurst, PhD; Zsolt Gal, PhD; Aniko Bernat,
PhD
ECTS: 4
The course will provide students with a sophisticated overview of migration and immigration
issues relevant to the Visegrad region and wider Central European space. Students will gain
knowledge and understanding of the various types and definitions of migration and learn how
to classify different categories and waves of migrants. The challenges of immigration for
individuals and their new host country and society will be addressed, with students being
encouraged to think about issues to do with tension, assimilation and integration, in terms of
both opportunity and challenges. Questions of ethnicity and diasporas will provide a further
focal point, with such issues considered through prisms of the Roma issue and that of
citizenship and belonging. The case of EU enlargement will be taken up as a means to get
students thinking about questions to do with labour mobility and economic migration from
Central Europe into Western Europe.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
elective (MA)
Music in International Relations
Agnieszka Topolska, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
When has music emerged? Why French fighted with Italians for the opera? Can a gifted pianist
become a prime minister? Can music kill? Does leftish music exist? Where has been sent music
by postmodern society? These and more other questions emerge between sociology and
musicology. The meeting cycle will be focused on the role played by music in the society, on
its significance and on changes fluctuate along with the social, political and economical
processes.
Lecture with workshop elements (discussions, outdoor activities) will be focused on music as
a social phenomenon. During our meetings we will be discussing selected topics from music
history (19th-21st century) by using methodological tools of sociology, anthropology and
musicology. The main criteria of the topic selection will be the social changing. Among them
you can find not only those general in character (e.g. music in mass culture), but also more
specified ones (music in Nazism and communism, music as a strategy of defiance, social
background
of
punk
music
emergence
etc.).
AIMS OF THE COURSE:
The students:
will have been familiar with the basis of music sociology
will have known some facts from the music past and present
will have been the familiar with social theories employed by musicology
will have been familiar with musicological terms
will have been able to critical analyse the music phenomena
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory
(MA)
National Branding
Krzysztof Kasprzyk, amb.
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
One semester course of national branding will focus on the transfer of knowledge – both
theoretical and practical – originating from the quarter of a century long lecturer’s experience
in the field of public diplomacy and the image of the country promotion. The role of national
branding on the international arena will be examined thoroughly, particularly as an important
factor of competing in the global game focused on the position and role of the country. The
course will be highly interactive, with wide use of internet and the media world. The students
will familiarize with the techniques and instruments of shaping the national brand, image of
of the country and the national community. Importance of culture, politics and the economy
will be discussed in this context. Vast space of public diplomacy will bez presented, both
traditional and the contemporary one reaching out for the modern tools of communication
(digital diplomacy). Another part of the course will concentrate on and analyze the role of
stereotypes, both positive and negative, in the process of national brand shaping. Related
with these will be in-depth presentation of the national brand promotion, its strategy,
methodology and participants in the process. The course will be concluded with a few
spectacular case studies performed in the past by the lecturer during his career in the foreign
service of Poland.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture/semin
ar
(30h/20h)
obligatory
(MA)
New Media and Society
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
Natalya Ryabinska, PhD
ECTS: 4
The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the relationships between the media
and society, with particular focus on the Internet and social networks. It enables students to
understand the complex interactions between media and society, and think critically about
the content and form of media messages and the behavior of the main actors responsible for
their production. The course identifies the last technological developments in
communications and mass media and describes how they influence the society on micro- and
macro- levels. It also helps students to develop an awareness of unintended consequences of
new information and communication technologies.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
New Media in Socio-Political Context
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
elective (MA)
Michał Kuź, PhD
ECTS: 4
The use of internet and social media is changing politics and social campaigns. This becomes
especially pertinent with the rise of web 2.0, which is based on user-generated content.
The process has huge implication for politicians, journalist and campaigners who need to
acknowledge the change and create massages targeted to a new type of citizen – the digital
native (i.e. a person born into the digital society).The old paradigm of reaching for the
undecided center with the help of the old media (Radio, TV, newspapers and
advertisements) is slowly being substituted with the new logic of building a patch-work
collation of different “tribes” (Mafessoli). Facebook and Twitter “armies” of supporters are
instruments of campaigns, revolutions, political movements, they even play a role in real
military conflicts. The new media also reshape the way the digital natives think about issues
such as rights, privacy and political ideologies.
The course will consist of two components. The theoretical part will focus on insights based
on readings from some of the major theorists of media (Giovani Satori, Michel Maffesoli, Don
Tapscott, Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford and Joshua Green etc.). The practical component will be
an analysis of particular techniques used in campaigns and cause-based movements. I will also
draw on my personal experience as an executive editor of an on-line journal of political ideas
and a social media communication coordinator.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
News Writing part I
Michał Broniatowski, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 5
Journalists not only need to be good writers but they must know professional rules of genres
in which they want to specialize. Covering a developing story requires different skills from
writing a commentary or analysis or a piece to camera.
The series of news writing lectures will include a lot of examples and a live training in
structuring news items, editing and publishing. And not only for traditional but also for social
media like Twitter or You Tube.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
News Writing part II
Robert Bogdański, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
News, information, headline, title, lead, background. What these words really mean? What’s
the difference between news and information? And between headline and title? How to write
o good headline and lead? How to handle with sources? How to treat the quote? How to
extract news from press releases, boring official documents, news conferences, interviews
and
piles
of
data.
In general: how to write a decent story and make it both attractive and informative?
What distinguishes journalists from “ordinary people”? And what’s the point of being
journalist? What’s is the role of the journalist? And what is the goal of writing news? Why we
do it? To grab people’s attention? To entertain them? To support democracy?
Is correspondent just a person that went to some distant areas to report about unrests or
conflicts? Or maybe all journalists have chance to become correspondents in some areas
inaccessible to their audiences? Documents could sometimes be as difficult to get through as
deserts.
If you think any of these questions could be relevant to you, come to News Writing classes led
by Robert Bogdański, former president of the Management Board of Polish Press Agency,
journalist of Reuters Poland and BBC World Service.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Opinion Writing
Robert Bogdański, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The course is being prepared.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Organizing Social Media
Lisa Marie Bochneak, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
The course is being prepared.
two semesters
lecture
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Philosophy
Nina Gładziuk, prof.
2015/2016
academic year:
fall and spring
semesters
ECTS: 4 per each
semester
The proposed course is aimed at presenting to students in a compact way diverse views,
concepts and ideas that shaped Anglo-American and European-Continental traditions of
philosophical thought since Greek antiquity till contemporary post-modern theory.
Why these days it is important to be familiar with main currents of western philosophy? And
– to ask more specifically – why it is important to understand them for a student of Collegium
Civitas? The answers are simple. In a present digital culture students have to confront a true
overabundance of easily accessible information and quite often get lost in the middle of it.
Therefore having some conceptual criteria for selecting and comprehending information
seems to be indispensable. Philosophy delivers intellectual tools to deal with the problem.
Understanding the Past always helps to understand the Present. Studying philosophy provides
valuable history-of-ideas-perspective that makes perception of our own problems and
dilemmas more substantive and better structured. Thanks to this course students can learn
how many out of historical concepts proved to be essential to inform our contemporary
concerns and debates. Since Collegium Civitas is designed as a school for social-political
studies, philosophy provides most general body of knowledge to discuss further, on other
social science courses, issues such as: state and society, individual and community, democracy
and dictatorship, constitutionalism and rights, property and free economy, independence and
autonomy, human equality and dignity, liberty and power, authority and tolerance, human
nature, race and gender. Studying philosophy can make students more reflective when they
choose other social science courses. It is so because philosophy makes one more attentive to
the language of any discourse. For instance, the political can be today comprehended by such
popular yet contradictory metaphors as: organism, mechanism, architecture, spectacle,
bargain or war and campaign etc. It is important to be aware that such popular metaphors
are not innocent, they highlight certain ways of understanding political phenomena and at
the same time they downplay other. The main method of this course will be common reading
and interpretation of the essential texts of the Western Canon. Personal contribution to the
class will be expected and encouraged in many ways such as individual presentations,
participation in task groups, exercises in debating and argument. Philosophy will turn to be a
solid academic companion when students will learn how many old ideas seem to still inform
our contemporary concerns and dilemmas.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Polish Foreign Policy
Tadeusz Diem, amb.
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 3
The critical analysis of fundamental goals of foreign policy of Poland in the XX century. The
statehood formation in I World War period and diplomacy. The main problems of
international security of Europe 1918-39. The totalitarian regimes and foreign relations, the
consequences for the Euro-Atlantic sphere. The policy of the government on asylum 1939-45.
The "cold war" period and bipolar world. The collapse of the Yalta agreement system and new
European order. The role of international organizations and multilateral diplomacy. The
knowledge of main objectives and methodology applied in the field of international relations.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory
(MA)
Political Marketing
Sergiusz Trzeciak, PhD
"Political marketing
An interactive lecture with workshop elements.
The workshops will comprise three key parts:
1) film presentations and teem presentations, e.g. developing strategy and
election campaign plan,
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
2) case studies for election campaigns,
3) simulation games.
The course will cover the following topics:
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Political marketing & communication – introduction
Strategic planning
Campaign planning
Organisation and management in campaign
Analysis of election materials
Political image
Direct campaign
Media campanile
Targeted campaign
Negative campaign
Political marketing in the Internet
Interactive workshop: Strategy and planning of selected election campaign
The aim of the course is to familiarise with the topic of political marketing in a way allowing
not only to acquire knowledge, but most of all practical skills of using marketing tools in a
political, social or election campaign.
Apart from the basic theory of political marketing the participants will be familiarised with
the process of strategy building and planning of political and election campaigns and of
conducting direct and media campaigns, and also targeted and negative campaigns. The
latest state-of-the-art political marketing tools in the Internet will also be discussed.”
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (BA)
Populism and Identity
Rafał Pankowski, prof.
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
The course will discuss the dynamics of national identity construction and highlight the multidimensional character of national identities. Moreover, it will assess possible applications of
the emergence of nationalism and populism as a cultural-political movement. In this context
it will also highlight the concept of discursive opportunity structure vis a vis nationalist and
populist movements. In addition, elements of cultural studies theory are to be used especially
in the analysis of national identity construction through popular culture. In particular, the
specific cultural resources of nationalist populism are to be analysed because they are
deemed to be of crucial importance to contemporary identity politics.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Professional Standards
Grzegorz Lindenberg, MA
2014/2015
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 3
If we believe that high quality media are indispensable for democratic societies to stay
informed on public affairs and for controlling their governments than excellent, professional
journalists are needed to do the job. For journalists “professional” means much more than
just “technically” proficient, it also means behaving according to professional standards.
This lecture/seminar/workshop will aim at explaining:
 what is the role of media in democracy
 why professional standards for journalists and media are needed
 what are the most important ethical rules/professional standards of news gathering
and news publishing/broadcasting.
During the course students will:
 learn examples of journalists' professional standards from several major news and
journalists' organizations
 discuss cases from media publications/broadcasts that are incongruent with
journalism standards (mostly from state-controlled media such as Press TV Iranian
agency or Russia Today but also from other media)
 prepare and discuss cases of media/journalists from their home countries
discuss cases of ethical dilemmas facing journalists.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory
(MA)
Project Management
David Kalisz, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
Project Management is recognized as one of the fastest growing professions today. Project
Management Course provides the basics of the topic by introducing essential project
management concepts and methods. This course provides essential knowledge and skills for
efficient and effective management of projects. It covers the fundamentals of project
management from project planning, execution and monitoring to management, and
concludes with soft issues in project management. It consists of a combination of lectures,
case analysis and group discussions. At the end of the course, students would understand and
articulate the importance of Project Management in any business project and would be
equipped with essential skills and know-how to manage a project.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Public Administration
Andrzej Zybała, prof.
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 3
The course is designed as an introduction to the basic questions of public administration. The
subject is regarded as a wide range of analysis concerning its political and legal environment
at the national, European, and international levels. The course explores the growing
importance of public administration in the modern state and in governing essential socioeconomic processes (is it bureaucracy, red tape or strategic resource of the state?). Public
administration will be examined as an academic discipline and a field of practice. The course
provides an overview of the structure of public administration (local, regional and central
government administration), the concept of civil service (civil servants and their political
superiors, professions in the public administration, recruitment processes, corps of civil
service, decision making process), the instruments of governing (legislation, cooperation,
divers types of budgeting), the ethics in civil service, the modes of management. The
important aspect of the course refers to the role of public administration in public policy
making and in designing public services. The significant part of the course focuses on
reforming the public sector with the aim of making it more efficient and more responsive to
citizens’ needs. The concept of New Public Management has emerged as a dominant
approach in reforming public administration in many countries. Another key topic of the
course concerns the emergence of the public governance issues. Public administration is
regarded as a part of a wider network and strategy for service production.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Public Relations
Agnieszka Biernacka-Szpunar, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 4
The main goal of Public Relations program is to provide students with the knowledge of
ethical and reliable communication’s management and transparent rules concerning the
creation of the company’s image.
Public Relations Program consists of:
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Internal Relations
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External and Media Relations
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Corporate Social Responsibility Projects
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Crisis Communication Management
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Social Media Relations
During the program students will have an opportunity to analyse real life case studies of Public
Relation activities of companies from different market sectors... Additionaly, the program
leading as a workshop, will give a chance to practice the creation of Public Relations strategies
and image-plans. Students equipped with various PR techniques & tools will have a chance to
develop necessary skills & competences for successful PR activity.
one semester
lecture/semin
ar
(30h)
obligatory
(MA)
Rethinking the Postwar: culture, society and
state
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
Stefania Bernini, PhD
ECTS: 4
The course provides a wide-ranging introduction to the social, cultural and political history of
Europe since 1945, both east and west. The topics covered include the legacies of the war
(from the lingering memories of wartime to the impact of WW2 on the civilian population),
economic reconstruction and the role of the state, the communization of Eastern Europe, the
Stalinist era and its show trials, the Cold War and some of its major crises, decolonization,
European integration, the revolts of the '60s, and the fall of the wall. Throughout the course
we will discuss key issues such as consumerism, generational conflicts and the transformation
of class and Gender relations. By crossing the fixed frontier between east and west, the course
encourages students to regard the history of Europe as a unity. Similarly, the course brings
together political, social and cultural history with the aim of engaging students in the
exploration of the complex nature of historical analysis. Cultural texts (from novels to cinema
and popular music), political writings and ego-documents (such as letters, diaries and
memoirs) will be discussed throughout the course, allowing students to consider their
relevance as historical sources.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(16h)
Russia's policies in the Post-Soviet area: from
the 'near abroad' to 'Russian world' concept
elective (MA)
The course is being prepared.
Konrad Zasztowt, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 2
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory
(MA)
Social Marketing
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
Lisa Marie Bochneak, MA
ECTS: 4
The course is being prepared.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory
(MA)
Social Media Marketing
Lisa Marie Bochneak, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
No longer are we bound to and bored with traditional mediums like TV, Radio, Print.
Technology evolved Mass Communications to Community Management. As more companies
leverage the power of social, more employees must understand and incorporate social media
strategies and benefits. This course is a fun and hugely interactive game of creativity and
technological prowess which prepares the student to understand social media marketing, its
platforms and analytical uses.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students. The course will be available to choose by students
only if the SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING specialization will be run.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture
30h
obligatory
(MA)
Sociological Theory
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
Rafał Pankowski, prof.
ECTS: 3
The course will cover both classical and contemporary elements of sociological theory. It will
emphasize the diversity of sociological traditions and theoretical perspectives. Students will
be encouraged to exercise their sociological imagination and apply social theory to social
issues. The relevance of social theory to active citizenship will be explored.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Statistics
Piotr Goldstein, PhD
2014/2015
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 3
Aims of the course: (1) Practicing and description of large collections of data and reading
graphs of random variable distributions. (2) Discussing: the questions of correct sampling,
estimation of population parameters from sample data and the question of proper choice of
the tests, depending on the tested hypotheses and measurement scales. (3) Practical
exercising in formulation of hypotheses, and testing the hypotheses with a spreadsheet. The
contents of the course encompasses: measures of central tendency (mean, median, modes),
then measures of: dispersion, asymmetry and deviations from the normal distribution. Also
two-variable statistics with calculation of correlation and graphing of the mutual dependence.
Next, random variables, theory of estimation, problems and errors in sampling, basic
statistical tests (various applications of the Student-t test, Fisher-Snedecor test and chi-square
test).
one semester
seminar
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Strategic Management
David Kalisz, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 3
To succeed in the future, managers must develop the resources and capabilities needed to
gain and sustain advantage in competitive markets—traditional and emerging. The way in
which organizations attempt to develop such competitive advantage constitutes the essence
of their strategy. The Strategic Management Course focuses on identifying and understanding
the sources of superior firm performance. This course introduces theoretical concepts and
frameworks useful for analyzing the external and internal environment of the firm, and
guiding the formulation and execution of different types of strategies. Strategic issues are
examined from the perspective of a chief executive or general manager, focusing on how they
can formulate effective strategies and develop the necessary resources and capabilities to
achieve sustainable competitive advantage in a global and volatile competitive environment.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
Terrorism and Other Security Threats
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
elective (MA)
Katarzyna Maniszewska, PhD
ECTS: 4
This course is primarily designed to assist students in a) deepening their knowledge of the
history and development of terrorism and political extremism in the 20th and 21st century,
as well as b) enhancing analytical skills, with a special focus on critical media literacy. We will
study links between historical events (such as e.g. Munich attack in 1972) and current
developments (incl. but not limited to the Middle East) as well as discuss case studies. As the
modern terrorism is an occurrence strongly and inseparably related to the media (and often
garners a disproportionately large amount of news coverage) we will also analyze examples
of media content related to security threats. We will ponder the question how the media
could contribute to counter-terrorism. In addition, we will take a look at the role of the
Internet and social media in the broad context of security. Through this course we will have
much to debate and discuss.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
The Europeanization of Polish Foreign Policy
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
elective (BA)
Molly O’Neill
ECTS: 4
The Net Generation
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
The course is being prepared.
one semester
seminar
(30h)
elective (MA)
Robert Sobiech, PhD, Andrea Lanoux, PhD
ECTS: 4
The course is being prepared.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
The World Media and Correspondent’s Work
Robert Kozak, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
The course is being prepared.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Theory of International Relations
Rafał Trzaskowski, PhD
2014/2015
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 3
The course is designed as an introduction to fundamental theories of international relations
and regional integration, the acquaintance with which is indispensable to any IR student. It is
devoted to main IR theories - realism, liberalism and globalism, and more modern theories of
IR, such as constructivism, postmodernism, discourse theories, as well as theories of regional
integration (neo-functionalism or liberal intergovernmentalism). The course will deal with
general “classical" and canonical IR theories texts as well as with more concrete case studies.
The students will be required to participate in class discussions, and pass an oral exam.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory
(MA)
Trade, aid and Partnership: External Aspects of
European Economics and Political Integration
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
Kerry Longhurst, PhD
ECTS: 4
This module is designed to provide a broad group of students non-economists, but also
students of business and finance with the tools to gain a solid understanding of the
uniqueness of the EU model of political and economic integration, with a focus in the second
part of the course on some of the external aspects of the policy area.
The course will begin with explanatory lectures on the various models and stages of economic
integration from the 1950's to the present day, taking time to define and discuss key terms
and concepts: what is meant by customs union, free trade areas, the single market, monetary
union and so on. Students will also be encouraged to think about the heterogeneous nature
of the EU economy and the different economies of individual EU member states', national
GDPs and other socio-economic indicators, EMU and the EURO currency, their introduction
and political and economic rationales, details and origins and effects of the EURO zone crisis
and attendant implications for the economies of Europe and the EU's role in global trade. The
module will then turn to key policy topics and developments, including EU budget, the
functioning of the single market and Common Agricultural Policy, Research and Development,
amongst other areas. The third part of the course will set in a comparative context the EU
with other global economies and with regional groupings and trade areas such as ASEAN,
NAFTA and Mercosur. To enrich student's understandings of the subject lectures will use data
from the World Bank, EBRD and UN to plot the state of Europe's economies vis a vis other
parts of the world according to various indicators such as the UN Human Development Index.
This will provide an innovative way for students to see emerging patterns of economic growth,
areas of divergence and to then consider the effects for the EU. The next elements of the
course will look at the EU's trade and economic relations with third countries and regions as
case studies, including the states in the EU's southern and eastern neighbourhoods and in
particular the development of Deep and Free Trade Areas, Russia and in particular energy
issues, the United States and Canada and subsequently the ACP countries and other areas of
the developing world and the uses of aid and EU development policy particularly in the
context of EUROPEAID.
*The course may be limited for Exchange program students.
Very good English in spoken and written is required.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Using Media as a Propaganda Weapon
Robert Bogdański, MA
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
The course is being prepared.
one semester
workshop
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
Video News Reporting and Publishing
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 4
The course is being prepared.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
World History 1914-1956
Alexandra Richie, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
fall semester
ECTS: 3
This course examines world events in the first half of the 20th century. When the First World
War began empires covered the globe; it was said that 'the sun never set' on the British
Empire. The First World War destroyed that order forever. The interwar period saw the
creation of new independent nation-states but it also saw the rise of ideologies from fascism
to communism. The Second World War, the most destructive in human history, ushered in
an era of independence for some (India, the creation of Israel) but also saw increasing nuclear
tension and a Cold War between the two new 'Superpowers'. The Cold War touched every
region of the globe from the Middle East to Indo-China; from Africa to Europe. The course
examines key events of the post war world in the context of the struggle between east and
west - from the Korean War to the Bandung Conference to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
one semester
lecture
(30h)
obligatory
(BA)
World History since 1956
Alexandra Richie, PhD
2015/2016
academic year:
spring semester
ECTS: 3
This course concentrates on key global historical events after 1956, from the division of
Europe with the building of the Berlin Wall to the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.
It focuses on the history of the Middle East from the Arab-Israeli conflict to the increasing
importance of oil to world politics. It looks at the cultural upheavals of 1968 and examines
the genesis of the European Union. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan heralded
intensification of the arms race as well as the rise of Solidarity. 1989 saw the collapse of the
Soviet Union and eastward expansion of NATO and the EU. The course looks at the end of the
'Superpowers' and the increasing importance of China, India and other areas. It looks at recent
events in Ukraine and examines the possibility of 'another Cold War'.