Course: Survey of Modern History

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Course title Survey of Modern History
Course code KHV/PMDX
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Novotný Lukáš, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Boček Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. French Revolution; the Napoleonic Wars 2. Europe after the Congress of Vienna and the revolutionary year 1848 3. Unification of Germany and Italy 4. World outside Europe in the 19th century I 5. World outside Europe in the 19th century II 6. Way to the First World War; the First World War 7. Europe between two World Wars I 8. Europe between two World Wars II 9. Second World War 10. Cold War a its conflicts 11. Phenomenon of decolonisation 12. The West and the East in the 2nd half of the 20th century 13. Year 1989 and the fall of the Soviet bloc

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 18 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe the basic problems of the modern history
Skills
to analyse on the basic level the problems of history of 19th and 20th century
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterise the basic tendencies of the political, economic, social and cultural development of the modern history
to describe the causes of the French Revolution
to describe the causes of the WWI and WWII
to describe the causes of the fall of the Soviet bloc
Skills
to analyse the most important events of the modern history
to analyse the causes of the WWI and WWII
to interpret the causes of the appeasement policy
to analyse the most important events in the field of international relations in the second half of the 20th century
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Skills
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written exam
Skills
Written exam
Competences
Written exam
Recommended literature
  • Durman, Karel. Popely ještě žhavé : velká politika 1938-1991. Díl I., Světová válka a nukleární mír 1938-1964. Praha : Karolinum, 2004. ISBN 80-246-0697-6.
  • Durman, Karel. Popely ještě žhavé velká politika 1938-1991. II., Konce dobrodružství 1964-1991. Vyd. 1. V Praze : Karolinum, 2013. ISBN 978-80-246-2358-0.
  • Glenny, Misha. Balkán 1804-1999 : nacionalismus, válka a velmoci. Praha : BB art, 2003. ISBN 80-7257-976-2.
  • Křen, Jan. Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha : Argo, 2005. ISBN 80-7203-612-2.
  • Moulis, V.; Valenta, J.; Vykoukal, J. P. Vznik, krize a rozpad sovětského bloku v Evropě 1944-1989. Ostrava : Amosium servis, 1991. ISBN 80-85498-01-4.
  • Opatrný, Josef. Válka Severu proti Jihu. 2., doplněné vyd., v Libri 1. Praha : Libri, 1998. ISBN 80-85983-37-0.
  • Skřivan, Aleš. Kapitoly z dějin 19. století úvod do výuky moderních dějin I. 1. vyd. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2013. ISBN 978-80-261-0208-3.
  • Šedivý, Miroslav. Zrod německého nacionalismu. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2013. ISBN 978-80-261-0320-2.
  • Tinková, Daniela. Revoluční Francie : 1787?1799. Vyd. 1. Praha : Triton, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7387-211-3.


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