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Course: English for Humanities

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Course title English for Humanities
Course code KFI/AOH
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Schuster Radek, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kyška Jakub, Mgr.
  • Darrow Clay Thomas, B.A.
Course content
In seminars the English scholarly texts are read and interpreted. The supervised reading is focused on acquiring terminology as well as specifics of the academic style in the humanities. Working with text is guided in Czech nevertheless students are led to be able to present the main theses of the text in English. A list of particular texts is published on the Courseware.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 10 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 38 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to use English at level B1 according to the SERR
tp characterize basic terms and concepts from the field of philosophy and humanities at a basic level
Skills
to use English terminology from the field of philosophy and humanities
to summarize an authentic professional text adequately
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize methods of reading specialized texts
to describe and explain the basic concepts of the field of study in a foreign language
Skills
to actively use technical terminology
to interpret authentic texts from the given field appropriately
to characterize the main features of a given text based on your understanding of it
to present a chosen topic from a given field in English
to produce a professional written presentation and adequately evaluate the assigned topic in it
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Self-study of literature
Skills
Seminar
Self-study of literature
Textual studies
Skills demonstration
Competences
Skills demonstration
Textual studies
Seminar
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Test
Skills
Combined exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Test
Competences
Combined exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Test
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Analysis. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
  • British journal for the history of philosophy. Bristol: Thoemmes.
  • Canadian journal of philosophy. Edmonton: Canadian Association for Publishing in Philosophy.
  • Ethics : an international journal of social, political and legal philosophy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • History of religions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • International studies in the philosophy of science. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
  • Journal of the history of philosophy. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  • JSTOR Journal Storage.
  • Mind. Oxford: Basil Blackwell ; London : Williams and Norgate.
  • Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society for the Systematic Study of Philosophy. London: Williams and Norgate.
  • The philosophical review. Boston: Ginn and Company.
  • Audi, Robert. The Cambridge dictionary of philosophy. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-521-63722-8.
  • BLACKBURN, Simon. The Oxford dictionary of philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0198610130.
  • BROOKS, Clem. Religious Influence and the Politics of Family Decline: Trends, Sources, and U.S. Politoval Behavior.. In American Sociological Review 67.
  • Bunnin, Nicholas; Tsui-James, E. P. The Blackwell companion to philosophy. 1st ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 0-631-18789-8.
  • Craig, Edward. Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. vol. 1, A posteriori to Bradwardine. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415-18706-0 (vol.
  • Craig, Edward. Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. vol. 10, Index. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415-18715-X (vol.
  • Craig, Edward. Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. vol. 2, Brahman to Derrida. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415-18707-9 (vol.
  • Craig, Edward. Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. vol. 3, Descartes to gender and science. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415-18708-7 (vol.
  • Craig, Edward. Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. vol. 4, Genealogy to Iqbal. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415-18709-5 (vol.
  • Craig, Edward. Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. vol. 5, Iragaray to lushi chunqiu. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415-18710-9 (vol.
  • Craig, Edward. Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. vol. 6, Luther to Nifo. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415-18711-7 (vol.
  • Craig, Edward. Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. vol. 7, Nihilism to quantum mechanics. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415-18712-5 (vol.
  • Craig, Edward. Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. vol. 8, Questions to sociobiology. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415-18713-3 (vol.
  • Craig, Edward. Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. vol. 9, Sociology of knowledge to zoroastrianism. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415-18714-1 (vol.
  • Hewings, Martin. Advanced grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-521-49868-6.
  • Honderich, Ted. The Oxford companion to philosophy. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-926479-1.
  • Christensen, Kit Richard. Philosophy and choice : selected readings from around the world. Mountain View: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN 1-55934-964-6.
  • Murphy, Raymond. English grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students : with answers. 1st publ., 14th print. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-521-28723-5.
  • Priest, Graham. Beyond the limits of thought. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2002. ISBN 0-19-924421-9.
  • RAIMES, Ann. How English works : a grammar handbook with reading. New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. ISBN 0312012764.
  • SCOTT-KAKURES, Dion. History of Philosophy. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1993.
  • Warburton, Nigel. Thinking from A to Z. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 1996. ISBN 0-415-09686-3.


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University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 01.09.2026 23:53. Data created for academic year 2026/2027