Syllabus
Current Affairs: topics 1. Current presidency of the EU and its priorities. 2. Current Czech - Austrian Relations. 3. Current Czech - German Affairs. 4 Current Czech - American Affairs. 5. Current Czech - Russian Affairs. 6. Current Czech - Polish Affairs. 7. Current Czecho - Slovak Affairs. 8. Current Polish Affairs. 9. Current Hungarian Affairs. 10. Current Slovak Affairs. 11. Current Austrian Affairs. 12. Current Romanian Affairs. 13. Current Dutch Affairs. 14. Current Belgian Affairs. 15. Current Danish Affairs. 16. Current Spanish Affairs. 17. Current Italian Affairs. 18. Great Britain under PM Brown: foreign policy. 19. Great Britain under PM Brown: inner policy. 20. France under Sarkozy: foreign policy. 21. France under Sarkozy: inner policy. 22. Germany under PM Merkel: foreign policy. 23. Germany under PM Merkel: inner policy. 24. Current Bavarian Affairs. 25. USA - inner policy 26 USA - foreign policy 27. USA and Current Affairs in Iraq 28. USA and Current Affairs in Afghanistan. 29. USA and Iran. 30. USA and Pakistan. 31. US Radar in the Czech Republic and Poland32. Cureent Israeli-Palestinian Affairs. 33. Energetic Security in Europe 34. Gas Pipeline Nabucco 35. Gas Pipelines Nord Stream, South Stream 36. Russia under Medvedev - inner policy. 37. Russia under Medvedev - foreign policy. 38. Russia - Europe Relations. 39. Georgia - Russian Conflict. 40. Current Affairs of Ukraine. 41. Current Affaris of Bellaruss. 42. Current Affair s of Serbia. 43. Current Affairs of Macedonia. 44. Current Affairs of Moldova. 45. Current Affairs of Kosovo. 46. Current Affairs of Turkey. 47. Turkey and the EU. 48. Current Turkey-Cyprus Conflict.
Grading System at FSV UK
CHANGE OF GRADING SYSTEM AT FSV UK
Due to modifications of the internal regulations the Faculty of Social Sciences has changed the system of classification from 1-4 grading scale to internationally recognized A-F grading system, often referred to as ECTS grading. For easier understanding we offer an explanation of the individual grades:
A – Excellent. The student has shown excellent performance, originality and displayed an exceptional grasp of the subject.
B – Very Good. The student understands the subject well and has shown some originality of thought. Above the average performance, but with some errors.
C – Good. Generally sound work with a number of notable errors.
D – Satisfactory. The student has shown some understanding of the subject matter, but has not succeeded in translating this understanding into consistently original work. Overall good performance with a number of significant errors.
E – Sufficient. Acceptable performance with significant drawbacks. Performance meets the minimum requirements.
F – Fail. The student has not succeeded in mastering the subject matter of the course.
Z – Pass/Credit. Where a course is completed by a study requirement other than examination, it is not graded, but is recorded as “Zápočet (Z).” This is in effect a Pass in a two-tier Pass/Fail grading system.
The recommendation for using the A-F classification is as follows: To evaluate the student's performance in percentage (0-100 %) and providing the evaluation accordingly 0-50 % = F, 51-60 % = E, 61-70 % = D, 71-80 % = C, 81-90 % = B, 91% and more = A.
We hope that you will accept this change positively because of its undeniable advantages:
Simplified recognition of courses studied abroad (most European universities use the conversion scale A-F, the conversion from 1-4 grading scale was not quite accurate).
Refinement of the grading scale (6-degree scale gives the teacher the opportunity to more distinguish student performance than with the 4-degree scale).
Intelligibility for incoming/exchange students or international students studying at FSV UK (percentage or A-F grade scale is the most widespread). https://fsv.cuni.cz/en/academics/exchange-and-visiting-students/change-of-grading
Annotation
The course deals with the most important current problems of the contemporary world, what "moves" it and what is internal and international context of these problems. Territorially are monitored events in the most important countries of Europe, post-Soviet space and North America (in the spirit of accreditation of the departments of the institute).
In the cases when the crisis areas expand from the other parts of the world, which are monitored only marginally, but start significantly affect the closely observed territories, operational extension of the original delimitation may expand.