6 weeks

                                   Six week program courses (June 12th-July 28th)*

* These courses may be taken by students on the six and nine week programs

TIMETABLE: Summer Timetable 2012


ART 131 PRAGUE ART AND ARCHITECTURE
This course examines the key developments in Czech visual arts and architecture from the early medieval to the contemporary period. Slide-based lectures are complimented with visits to monuments, art collections and galleries. This course will provide students with an overview of the history of art in Prague. In this respect, the course intends to have students acquire knowledge of the main characteristics of art styles while observing and analyzing paintings, sculpture, and architecture first-hand.
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ART 252 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
The aim of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of photography as a digital medium. Coursework will provide a platform for students to explore technique and process as well as their own creative pursuits. Particular emphasis will be placed on concept development, digital capture, editorial technique, digital presentation, and printing. Post-production software programs will be introduced, but not highlighted in this class. In addition to practical application, students will be introduced to a wide variety of contemporary visual artists through gallery visits and discussions. Upon completion of the course, students will have an improved understanding of digital photography in both form and function, laying the foundation for further exploration of the digital process.
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ART 431 UNESCO SITES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
The Czech Republic is currently home to the highest number per capita of UNESCO World Heritage sites, with fifteen further sites still pending inscription on the list of protected monuments. This course will explore the mission of UNESCO based on its founding charter, focusing on the organization’s activities in the preservation of world heritage, the criteria for monument inscription, and the issues typically encountered in these designated sites. In particular we will examine the sites in the Czech Republic, and discuss how the country has preserved and managed its cultural heritage. The course will be a combination of class lectures and on-site visits to several UNESCO sites in the country.
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COM 351 CREATIVE WRITING
This summer course covers the main techniques of creative writing utilizing a blend of workshops, class discussion and teaching. This course is designed for both novice and intermediate writers of fiction, the techniques and practices discussed will be common to both short story and novel writing.
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CZE 100 ELEMENTARY CZECH LANGUAGE & CULTURE
This course aims at stimulating students to interact in a new language and cultural environment, and develop their own approach towards the Czech language and culture. The course introduces relevant topics of Czech Studies; the students will comprehend Czech culture, arts and linguistic legacy. Cultural, historical, and heoretical contexts will be provided and discussed. The course is also a journey into the Czech ñonsciousness, soul and values. It explores Czech language and culture that is formed by centuries of traditions. Field trips will be organized and selected films by Czech directors will also be viewed.
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HIS 236 JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN CENTRAL EUROPE 9:00-12:10 Tuesday & Thursday-This course will provide an inside look at Jewish history in the Czech lands. It will explore the subject from different aspects--legends, traditions, religion, art, philosophy and history. The emphasis on “experience” means that students will have the opportunity to experience (through field trips) all the various characteristics of Jewish life and presence in Central Europe–both in the past and at present. The course will consist of lectures from notable speakers and several field trips.
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HIS 237 CENTRAL EUROPEAN HISTORY 18:00-21:10 Monday & Wednesday. This course is an advanced survey of East Central Europe. It will trace political, social and cultural developments in this area from the early Middle Ages to the presence. Emphasis will be given to the comparative aspects of the various nationalities and regions of East Central Europe. The course will examine in greater detail the 20th century upheavals of the region with the climax of the events of 1989.
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JRN 250 INTRO TO BROADCAST NEWS AND FILM PRODUCTION 14:00-17:10 Tuesday & Thursday- Find out what it takes to transform your great idea into a compelling visual story for television and film. This course teaches students basic broadcast writing of news and features, camera work, editing techniques, and talent performance. Students will explore basic techniques and tools to transform their feature stories into short documentaries. By the end of the course, students will have their own finished scripts for a TV story, and will understand what it takes to transform it visually onto tape. This course is a perfect introduction for students thinking about making a career in the visual media or simply those who are curious about the world of TV and film.
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HIS 360 MUSIC IN THE CZECH LANDS - This course introduces students to Czech musical culture, in particular its traditions of art music in relation to the history of Czech politics and aesthetics. Based on assigned readings and listening assignments, the course shall develop from the cultural-geographic history of the present-day Czech territories before the national revival, conceptions of national identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, through to the cultural and political landscape of twentieth-century Czechoslovakia. A substantial portion of the course shall adress the four most internationally recognized Czech composers, i.e. Smetana, Dvorak, Janacek, and Martinu. But additional subjects shall include the famed Jesuit conservatories of the Counter-Reformation and the emigration of Bohemian musicians, Mozart in Prague, the creation of the Prague National Theater, the music criticism of Hostinsky and Nejedly,
Jaroslav Jezek and the Liberated Theater, German musical life in the Czech Lands, German-Jewish composers (e.g. Gustav Mahler; the “Terezin School,” etc.), and music under the communist dictatorship. Excursions will be made to sites of historical interest and to a number of Prague’s musical venues for performances. Depending on scheduling, destinations might include the Villa Bertramka, The National Theater, and the Dvorak Museum; musical performances will be contingent upon the Summer, 2011 concert
calendar.
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LIT 232 ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF CZECH LITERATURE - FROM KOSMAS TO KUNDERA 9:00-12:10 Monday & Wednesday - This course is a guided tour through the oldest of the Slavic literatures on its venerable 1,000 year old history of witnessing dramatic clashes as well as fruitful influences on its cultural borders. Students survey a range of Czech literature in translation and explore main directions in the history of Czech writing and poetics; the main focus, though, is on the 20th Century. Writers like Kafka, Hasek, Capek, Hrabal, Skvorecky, Klima, and Kundera are discussed together with contemporary, post-cold war authors like J. Topol. Visits to topic-related literary events as well as debates over film adaptations and rock lyrics are an essential part of the course.
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POL 251 INTRO TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
This course is an introductory course to understanding International Relations. International Relations as a subject is a branch of political science, officially established after World War I with a view to avoiding future mass conflict and ensuring peaceful change. Today the scope and complexities of world politics demand an understanding of a much wider range of issues. Moreover, new conceptual frameworks and theories are required to improve our understanding and assist in the development of better policies and practices.
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POL 330 EAST-CENTRAL EUROPEAN POLITICS - 9:00-12:10Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - this course will address the issues facing East-Central Europe as a region, beginning with an historical overview of the region, followed by a discussion of the 1989 revolutions and the collapse of communism. Students will address issues such as the re-emergence of nationalism, the break-up of states, and the desire to join Western security institutions, and they will study how specific countries in the region are addressing the current political and economic challenges of transition.
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POL 381 MULTICULTURALISM IN EUROPE
This course aims to introduce students with historical and contemporary issues of multiculturalism in Europe from an interdisciplinary perspective. In recent years, the territorial frontiers towards the outside and the internal political frontiers between the community and its members states have been changed significantly. Throughout the course, we will analyze how the controversial process of Europeanization is trying to guarantee the coexistence of different ethnic, religious and political forms across national borders based on the principle of cultural diversity and cosmopolitan tolerance. One of the main goals is to rethink Europe as an idea, a project and a reality. European integration will be analyzed as a highly complex, dynamic and open process future-oriented. Besides the theoretical framework and conceptualization, ethnographic cases studies, among other literature, will be discussed in class in order to support the topics covered in the course.
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SOC 273 CULTURE, IDENTITY & FILM
Cultural identity and its representation are central to questions of our contemporary experience. The focus moves from binary notions of cultural identity: self, other, difference to Hall’s notions of “identity as cultural and personal memory in constant production.” We will explore these and other notions of identity and culture in relation to their representation in films. The course will be concept or topic driven, and thus not chronological in a historical sense. Aspects of history, cultural context and film theory will be included to enrich our understanding of the production of meaning in films, and the construction and representation of “cultural identity.”
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                                                      BUSINESS COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

ECO 110 INTRO TO MACROECONOMICS
A basic introduction to macroeconomic theory. This course looks at the economy as a whole and we try to explain the factors that make it work. Therefore, we want to know the signs that indicate whether the economy is growing or declining. We look at national income, unemployment, inflation, the role of banking and monetary activity, the government’s role, and how international economic relationships operate.
Learning outcomes:
* To be familiar with the main economic categories for understanding the macro-economy in an advanced
capitalist country
* To be able to apply economic thinking on practical examples
* To master supply and demand analysis of macroeconomic events
* To connect fluctuations in inflation, unemployment and economic growth
* To understand the goals and tools of fiscal and monetary policies
* To become aware of international linkages between macroeconomics

MGT 260 LEADERSHIP
This course is a detailed study of the principles and theories of leadership and management. The student will learn a systematic, logical way of thinking about leadership and management within organizations. Through various instructor administered and self-assessment instruments, students will be able to personalize leadership development profiles for their personal and professional advancement. Topics covered include: compare and contrast management and leadership, ethical behavior of leaders, emotional intelligence, change management, motivation of followers, power and influence, leading teams, and life-long learning.
Objective of the Course:
* To gain understanding and to be able to discuss the nature of leadership, its main aspects, the main theories, and current trends
* To develop own view of leadership through analysis of various concepts, models and writings
* To learn to critique the sources against own personal experiences
* Students will develop a framework for understanding moral and ethical issues in different leadership and management styles and consequently they will recognize the need for flexibility in their approach to solving organizational problems
* Students will engage in self-management in terms of time, planning and behavior, motivation, individual initiative and enterprise. This applies equally to effective performance within a team environment including leadership, team building, and influencing as well as project management skills.

MKT 280 DIRECT MARKETING AND SALES
The aim of the class is to present students the techniques of direct marketing, its role in the marketing strategy, identification of the target groups and determinants of the successful implementation. The class will cover the traditional and experimental methods of direct marketing: telemarketing, multi-level marketing, personal sales, trade fairs, catalogues, showrooms, loyalty programs, web-retail, interactive TV and digital marketing, reflecting different marketing and consumer needs in the customer lifecycle. Direct marketing media will be analyzed from the perspective of a manager, aimed at maximizing the efficiency of the direct marketing initiatives, building on the general knowledge of media from previous courses. The course will cover the technical requirements of direct marketing (BIS) and legal framework particularly
focused on data protection and privacy.
Learning Outcomes
* To be familiar with the traditional techniques and current development of direct marketing, impact of
technology and new approaches, increasing interactivity
* To be able to analyze the market and choose the appropriate technique to address the specific target group
* To create an effective targeted marketing in different stages of consumer lifecycle
* To be able to evaluate efficiency of the selected technique