FSS:BSS163 Value and Int. Conflicts II. - Course Information

BSS163 Value and Interest Related Conflicts II.

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Josef Kraus, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Tomáš Šmíd, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Josef Kraus, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies

Prerequisites

! BSSb1163 Resources Conflicts && !NOW( BSSb1163 Resources Conflicts )
No prerequisites and co-requisites demanded.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The course aims to introduce the most important conflicts connected to strategic resources, such as oil, water, gas, precious metals and minerals, etc. Moreover, the students will be introduced to basic theoreties and typologies connected to the study of this phenomenon.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge of the most important types of conflicts and chosen case studies related to them. Students should be able to analyze chosen conflict. All based on their knowledge of theoretical background and proper methodology.

Syllabus (in Czech)

• Přesnou osnovu lze nalézt v sylabu kurzu vždy na začátku semestru. Tematicky lze v kurzu nalézt následující: Teorie a koncepty významu etnicity a nacionalismu (S. Prtina) Teorie a koncepty konfliktů o suroviny Případové studie z různých částí světa a v různých regionech

Literature

• Ruské produktovody a střední Evropa. Edited by Bohuslav Litera. 1. vyd. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2003, 241 s. ISBN 8086432475. info
• KLARE, Michael T. Resource wars : the new landscape of global conflict. 1st ed. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2001, 289 s. ISBN 0805055762. info

Teaching methods

lecture, seminar paper

Assessment methods

The course will have the form of lectures, the attendance to which is not obligatory, but we can strongly recommend it. The lecturers postulate the right to give the students informations about the course only during the lectures, thus it is not necessary to send all the students an email afterwards. Each student will work out a seminary paper of 10-15 pages length, which will be classified by 0 - 20 points. Each student will choose his/her issue for the seminary work till 11th March. If he or she doesn't choose his/her issue till this term, he/she will not be classified in this course. The seminary paper will be worked out and handed in the Information system till 29th April, 23:59, otherwise the student is not classified. It is not possible to make a seminary paper anew. The areas classified on this paper will be originality, resource relevance and richness (we strongly recommend not to use internet encyclopedies without any responsible editor etc.), the quality of the issue, paper structury, stylistics and orthography and the quality of the outcome. Formal quality of the paper is also an important aspect; the paper without proper annotation will not be accepted. The classification of seminary paper is an integral part of overall classification of the student! The written test will consist of 10 questions, each by 4 points maximum, so the overall maximum is 40 points. The overall classification will be like this: Maximum - 60 points. A - 60-56 B - 55-51 C - 50-46 D - 45-41 E - 40-36 F - 35 and less.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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