Practical experience of several leading countries are compared within a historical context. Strategies for integration with the EC and a united Europe are analyzed. Basic game theoretical models and their applications to topical problems of transitional economies are examined, especially to auctions and collusive behavior on oligopolistic markets. One course each in economics and mathematics. Experience with spreadsheets is advisable.
Emphasis is on the way history is reflected in Czech art and literature.
A brief outline of the history of art and architecture presents important periods, supported with slides of significant places of interest. The important role of music in the cultural life of this nation is demonstrated with recorded music. This course goes beyond national histories and focuses on the continuity and discontinuity, as well as similarities and differences of this part of Europe. The goal is to identify broader currents and fundamental issues in central and eastern European social and cultural history, and to better understand the complexities of this region. Analysis of Freud and the Vienna school is included as well as the philosophy of totalitarianism and reform and an analysis of the moral and ethical underpinnings of the Velvet Revolution.