Courses at CU

                                     Courses at Charlers University
Most of the courses are offered during the fall and spring semesters, however, the final course schedule is subject to change.

LITERATURE
LIT 312 American and Czech Literature from European Perspectives: Identity and Role Play
LIT 314 Reading Prague: Literature-Architecture-Cultural History
LIT 322 Snapshots of a Changing Landscape: Currents in post 1989 Czech Literature
LIT 326 Czech Short Stories
LIT 332 Utopia East and West: the Sixties to the Present
LIT 339 Romanticism and the National Identity
LIT 341 Great European Writers: The Life and Work of Karel Capek
Literature course descriptions

ART, CULTURE AND FILM
ART 301 Czech Art and Architecture within the International Context
ART 303 Czech and European Art and Architecture
ART 321 (Mostly Czech) Photography and Genius Loci
ART 305 Opera and Film
SOC 342 Alternative Culture: Music, Literature, Lifestyles
SOC 345 Urban Semiotics: Contemporary Czech Culture, Art, Music and Literature
THEAT 368 Highlights of Czech Theatre: Performance Analysis
F 310 Central European Film: Search for Identity (Comparison between Nazism and Stalinism)
F 328 Czechoslovak New Wave
F 346 Circulating within the Modern Cinematic Image (F.A.M.U. International)
F 350 Czechoslovak Popular Cinema
F 360 Hollywood and Europe
Art, Culture and Film course descriptions

HISTORY
HIST 302 Jewish History in Central and Eastern Europe
HIST 303 “MITTELEUROPA:” Germany and East Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Century
HIST 307 From Telegraph to Twitter: How the Electronic Media Changed the World
HIST 308 Czech and European History
HIST 309 Paleolithic Period Archaeology of Central Europe
HIST 318 Czech and Central European History
HIST 406 Comparative History of Europe
History course descriptions

SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
SOC 331 Globalization
SOC 350 Global Perspectives on Critical Pedagogy
SOC 350 Topics in Education: Multicultural and Gender Issues in Central Europe
SOC 353 Landscape Sociology: Understanding of Czech and European Landscapes
PSY 321 Language, Culture and Social Cognition
PSY 355 Selected Topics in Social Psychology: Soft Skills
Sociology and Psychology course descriptions

ECONOMICS AND POLITICS
ECON 303 Recent Economic Development
ECON 305 Global Crises
POL 311 Contemporary Central-European Politics
POL 315 Contemporary Central European Politics: Transformation of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in Comparative Perspective
POL 321 Post-Communist Poland: A Laboratory of Politics
POL 337 Pursuit of Democracy and Freedom (in the Communist Czechoslovakia)
Economics & Politics course descriptions

LANGUAGES
CZE 101 Czech Language Intensive - mandatory
CZE 102 Czech Language for Everyday Use Level I
CZE 202 Czech Language for Everyday Use Level II
Language course descriptions