BPV_SIPS Selected Issues of the Public

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Robert Jahoda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Eduard Bakoš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Gabriela Daniel, PhD. (lecturer)
Ing. Miloš Fišar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Laura Fónadová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Guzi, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jiří Navrátil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Delphine Strohl (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Robert Jahoda, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Jana Biskupová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Mon 14:35–16:15 P312
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Main goal of this course is to introduce students to the current issues in the subject of public policy. Topics cover different areas in which the role of government is highly important but the policy is mostly undereducated. The materials presented in the course are exclusively based on the recently published papers of recognized scholars. The course will put an emphasis on empirical research and encourage students to elaborate selective case studies into class presentations.
Syllabus
  • 1. The importance of expert leaders in the public institutions
  • 2. Beauty and the link between wages and appearance
  • 3. Solutions to income inequality and poverty
  • 4. Socioeconomic conflicts in times of crisis
  • 5. Nonprofit sector in the international perspective
  • 6. Disaster Management
  • 7. Educational chances of the Roma in the Czech Republic
  • 8. Eastern Monday - holiday
  • 9. Ethnic minorities and anonymous job applications
  • 10. Opportunuties And Challenges Of International Migration
  • 11. The price of rights: migration and EU citizenship
  • 12. Bad and good corruption
  • 13. Final exam
  • Please consult the ‘Interactive syllabus’ for the latest information.
Teaching methods
Lectures are supported by lecturer's presentations, class discussions, students’ presentations, and suggested reading materials for self-study is provided.
Assessment methods
Assessment methods
Students are expected to attend class regularly, to read the required readings, to participate actively in the class discussions and to prepare a presentation. Grading is based on presentation (30 points), discussion and class participation (20 points), final exam (50 points).

Presentation in the class
Each student will prepare a presentation in the class. Course instructor will distribute papers for presentation to students at the first seminar. Presentation will be 10-15 minutes and explain the main findings of the selected paper. Student shall send slides 24 hours before the presentation (at the latest) to the course instructor for the review. Students are welcome to support findings with an experience from their home country. In the very last slide of presentation, students will formulate two multiple choice questions with the list of four possible answers. To receive full points from presentation student shall clearly explain the research question explored in the paper and present the main findings to other students. The quality (and difficulty) of two test questions prepared by a student will be evaluated as well.

Final examination
Final exam is organized in the last week of semester at the class. The only way to pass the exam is to attend the class on exam date. The exam will include multiple choice questions from topics covered during semester. About 30% of questions in the test will be adopted from students' presentations. Cheating will not be tolerated and student will be ordered to leave the exam room on any sign of cheating with zero points awarded from exam.

Academic dishonesty
The offense of academic misconduct includes (not exclusively) the representation of the work of others as one’s own, including plagiarizing the ideas or words of another without proper attribution to the source of those ideas or words, whether intentional or not, or submitting work that have been previously submitted elsewhere.

Final grades are based on your overall score:
A more than 91 points
B 81 – 90 points
C 71 – 80 points
D 61 – 70 points
E 55 – 60 points
F less than 55 points
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1456/jaro2015/BPV_SIPS/index.qwarp
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016.
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