Prague University of Economics and Business - Faculty of International Relations

Bachelor of International and Diplomatic Studies

1st Semester

• Mathematics for Economists I 6 credit
• Basic Microeconomics 6 credit
• Marketing and Business Policy 5 credit
• Introduction to International Studies and Diplomacy 5 credit
• Optional Course (Faculty level) 3 credit
• Czech/Foreign Language 3 credit

2nd Semester

• Introduction to Law 6 credit
• Basic Macroeconomics 4 credit
• Principles of Management 6 credit
• Geography of the International Relations 6 credit
• Statistics 6 credit
• Czech/Foreign Language 3 credit

3rd Semester

• Accounting I. 6 credit
• Culture in International Relations 3 credit
• Diplomacy and Diplomatic Protocol 6 credit
• Optional Course (Faculty level) 9 credit
• Optional Course (University level) 3 credit
• Czech/Foreign Language 3 credit

4th Semester

• Current International Relations 6 credit
• Financial Theory, Policy and Institutions 5 credit
• International Economics 7 credit
• Law and Ethics in International Relations 6 credit
• Corporate Finance 6 credit
• Czech/Foreign Language 3 credit

5th Semester

• Informatics 3 credit
• International Security Relations 6 credit
• World Economy 9 credit
• Bachelor’s Thesis Seminar 3 credit
• Optional Course (University level) 6 credit
• Czech/Foreign Language 3 credit

6th Semester

• Theories and Methodology of International Relations 6 credit
• Czech Political System in Comparative Perspective 4 credit
• Optional Course (Faculty level) 7 credit
• Czech/Foreign Language 3 credit
• Defense of the Bachelor´s Thesis 3 credit
• Final State Exam 3 credit

Professional know-how

A graduate:

• Has interdisciplinary knowledge of International Relations (International Politics, International Economy, International Law, and International Security) and multicultural issues including ethical aspects;
• Comprehends principles of World Economy, financial markets, and behavior of economic entities, understands causes of market failures and possible solutions;
• Knows elementary mathematical apparatus, basic probability theories, descriptive statistics, and information technology;
• Knows the structure and principles of foreign services and international institutions, knows diplomacy, diplomatic practice, and protocol, knows state political systems and their foreign policies, and knows the law, especially International Law;
• Is able to apply major theoretical concepts in the area of International Relations (International Politics, International Economy, International Law, and International Security), identify key dimensions, organization structure, management models and
• Instruments used in diplomacy, and are able to interconnect International Studies and Diplomacy with related issues, e.g. economic and political development of states, and internal legal aspects;
• Is able to evaluate aspects of the link between Foreign Policy and other areas of the state development and is able to assess benefits and risks when implementing various models in Foreign Policy and the legal context of individual instrument implementation.

Professional skills

A graduate is able to:

• Analyze international political and economic phenomena, international institutions, and other actors of international relations and ideas;
• Analyze the causes, consequences, and wider context of international political events using the basic concepts of the field;
• Understand basic principles of the world economy, financial markets, and behavior of economic subjects, to understand the causes of market failures and the possibilities of solving them, to know basic mathematical apparatus, the basic theory of probability, and descriptive statistics and information technology;
• Identify main characteristics and tendencies of international development and clarify causes and contexts of current international conflicts, and apply knowledge of International Law, diplomatic protocol, principles of international negotiations, and intercultural communication;
• Decide independently using basic tools of management and finance control in the changing international environment;
• Communicate in oral and written form at least two world languages at the C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in the field of International Relations;
• Apply knowledge of individual management models of foreign services and cooperation of various actors, implement the analysis of political, economic, legal, cultural, and security situations in a particular country, and apply in practice knowledge of foreign relations management, diplomatic communication, and International Law;
• Establish relations with foreign partners, lead negotiations, and present views, both to partners and media, contributing to the self-presentation of the state.

Graduate Profiles, Labor Market, and Job Opportunities

Graduates acquire knowledge of an interdisciplinary nature as required by experts in current international practice. The graduates can work as agents of the foreign service, assistants of international departments in the field of state administration, junior managers in European and international political and economic institutions and organizations, managers of international projects in NGOs, UN agencies, other international governments, and NGOs at lower and junior management levels, and also employees in mass media.