Minorities in the EU

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Course ID:	4003-204MNUE
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.6 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	Minorities in the EU
Name in Polish:	Mniejszości narodowe w UE
Organizational unit:	Centre for Europe
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	Students should be prepared field of international relations, general geography, geography of Europe, general history, history of Europe and political systems of the European countries.
Short description:	The course aims to present and discuss the theoretical domention of national minorities, to characterise the protecion system of national minorities, to describe the largest national minorities existing within the European Union and to show their problems.
Full description:	The aim of this course is to present the most important problems deriving from ethnic minorities currently existing in Europe. Content of lecture National minorities – theoretical dimension (definitions, systems of protection of national minorities); European states and national minorities; Hungarian problems in Europe – Hungarian minorities in Slovakia, Romania and Serbia; Russian minorities in Baltic states – Russians in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania; National minorities in Ukraine (Russians, Tatars, Poles) National minorities in Poland and Polish minorities in Lithuania and Belarus; Separatist movements in France – (Corsica, Bretagne) National minorities in Germany Albanian problem in Macedonia Student's workload: lecture - 15 h preparation to the lecture - 15 h preparation to the exam - 30 h total - 60 h
Bibliography:	D.J. Galbreath, J. McEvoy, European integration and the geopolitics of national minorities, “Ethnopolitics”, Vol. 9/2010 E.Godlewska, M. Lesińska-Staszczuk ( red.), Mniejszości narodowe w państwach Unii Europejskiej, Lublin, 2013 B. Halczak, Mniejszości narodowe w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej po upadku komunizmu, Uniwersytet Zielonogórski, Zielona Góra, 2006 G. Janusz, Ochrona praw mniejszości narodowych w Europie, UMCS, Lublin, 2011 M. Johns, The New Minorities of Europe: Social Cohesion in the European Union, Plymouth 2014 D. Lalak, Migracja, uchodźstwo, wielokulturowość : zderzenie kultur we współczesnym świecie, Warszawa, 2007 T. H. Malloy, National Minority Rights in Europe, Oxford, 2005 Ch. Pan and B. Pfeil, National Minorities In Europe, Purdue University Press, 2004 H. Szczerbiński (red.), Problemy narodowościowe w Europie I ich wpływ na stosunki miedzynarodowe na przełomie XX I XXI w., Warszawa, 2009 M. Waldenberg, Rozbicie Jugosławii. Od separacji Słowenii do wojny kosowskiej, Warszawa, 2003 H.Chałupczak, R.Zenderowski,W.Baluk, UMCS 2015 (red.), Polityka etniczna współczesnych państw Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
Learning outcomes:	By the end of the course, students should be able to: Within the sphere of knowledge: • Have an in-depth understanding of the theory of national minorities; • Know about the international systems of national minorities protections; • Understand the processes of integration and their influences on the pacification of a conflict situation relating to national minorities; Within the sphere of skills: • Explain the reasons of international problems relating to national minorities; • Define the methods of resolving problems of national minorities; Within the sphere of social competence: • Formulate their own opinions on situation of national minorities; • Criticize political events relating to national minorities within Europe.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Writing exam

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