"Classes were exceptional. CEU did a great job of inviting us into the community, and I was especially fond of the almost daily guest lectures or movies that were held on campus.

In general, I cannot think of a better way to have spent my time abroad. Besides being my most intellectually enriching semester, it wasalso my most enjoyable. Thank you for the opportunity to go to CEU."

—Eli Schlam, University of Pennsylvania '03

The language of instruction at CEU is English, although English may not be the first language of everyone in the classroom. Students are able to choose from graduate-level courses offered as part of CEU's general curriculum, as well as language courses and special courses designed to broaden their knowledge of Central and Eastern European history, politics, and society.

Undergraduate students enrolled in the CEU study abraod program select from master's courses offered as part of CEU's general curriculum and core courses specially designed to broaden their knowledge of the region's social, economic, and political issues. Since courses are taught at a graduate level, undergraduate students must be prepared for a rigorous academic program. A system of close advising helps undergraduate students create an academic program that is optimal for them.

Enrollment in doctoral-level courses should be discussed in advance with the Academic Director of Undergraduate Program at CEU.

"I came back feeling more practical and more grounded in what I want to study, where I want to direct my energy. I also became more reflective about what our country is. Now I can't wait to get into master's-level work. I'm hoping to go back to CEU to earn my master's degree in political studies."

—Rachel Garver, Harvard College '04

Fall academic semester at CEU starts at the beginning of September and ends in the middle of December. Spring academic semester at CEU begins in early January and ends at the beginning of April. From the second half of April till June undergraduate students can participate at the CEU Professional Internship Program in Budapest.

To download the new Bard/CEU brochure click here

Programs

• International Relations and European Studies
• History
• Nationalism Studies
• Political Science
• Philosophy
• Sociology and Social Anthropology
• Gender Studies
• Environmental Sciences and Policy
• Economics
• Medieval Studies
• Legal Studies (Human Rights specialization)
• Public Policy
• Mathematics and its Applications
• Jewish Studies
• Religious Studies
• Media and Communication Studies
• Business

 

For further information about the departments and their course offerings , go to the CEU home page at http://www.ceu.hu/academics.html

 

Interested in CEU graduate (MA) program? A special feature of the Bard/CEU program

Those students who perform well during their study abroad at CEU and achieve an average of 3.3 and two grades of "B+" or better in a single CEU department will be offered automatic admission into that department's MA program. The students will be able to apply for a transfer of up to eight (in cases of Human Rights specialization in Legal Studies Department and MS in Environmental Sciences up to six) non-degree credits towards a CEU degree, in accordance with CEU’s Transfer of Credit Policy.

Bard/CEU credit-hour policy

Maximum number of credit-hours that undergraduate students are allowed to take at CEU is 16 credits per semester. Minimum number of credit-hours needed to retain the status of a full-time student at the Bard/CEU program is 12 credits per semester.

The undergraduate students who take maximum load of credtis per semester would usually take the following combination of credit-hours:

I Option

• course on Central Europe: Politics, History and Culture (mandatory)- 2 credits (two/three-week long). A longer, 4-credit version of this course is also available.
• elective language course (Hungarian, French, German, Spanish) –1 or 2 credits (semester-long)
• elective course – 4 credits (semester-long)
• elective course – 4 credits (semester-long)
• elective course – 4 credits (semester-long)

Total: 15/16 credits

II Option

• course on Central Europe: Politics, History and Culture (mandatory)- 2 credits (two/three-week long). A longer, 4-credit version of this course is also available.
• elective language course (Hungarian, French, German, Spanish) –1 or 2 credits (semester-long)
• elective course – 4 credits (semester-long)
• elective course – 4 credits (semester-long)
• elective course – 2 credits (semester-long)
• elective course – 2 credits (semester-long)

Total : 15/16 credits

III Option

• course on Central Europe: Politics, History and Culture (mandatory)- 2 credits (two/three-week long). A longer, 4-credit version of this course is also available.
• elective course – 4 credits (semester-long)
• elective course – 4 credits (semester-long)
• elective course – 4 credits (semester-long)
• elective course – 2 credits (semester-long)

Total (max): 16 credits

 

CEU study abroad students select from graduate courses in the following areas:

 

International Relations and European Studies
The Department of International Relations and European Studies (IRES) is a center of excellence for education, training, and research. It has an interdisciplinary faculty, including international relations scholars, historians, lawyers, economists, and political scientists, and a professional staff. The department seeks to bridge the gap between cutting-edge international relations scholarship from the West and regional expertise and knowledge. In this respect, the department hopes to contribute to the development of a new tradition of international relations in Europe. IRES is one of the most competitive programs for international relation theory and the studies on the European integration in the region. The department encourages students to think of international relations scholarship, including the research on the European integration, as historically-and culturally- contingent practices. Students at IRES department can specialize in three areas of studies: Theories of International Studies, International Political Economy, and Studies on the European Union. As for the latter field of studies, the Center for the Study of the European Enlargement (CSEE) at CEU reinforces the research on the European Union and analysis on the processes of the European enlargements. For more information about IRES and its course  offerings visit: http://www.ceu.hu/ires/.

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History
The Department of History offers Interdisciplinary Historical Studies that focuses on the history of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe from the sixteenth century to the present and draws extensively on scholarship that relates to themes beyond these geographical and temporal boundaries, in order to obtain the necessary comparative perspective. The curriculum of the department of History has a multidisciplinary character and includes courses cross-listed with sociology, social anthropology, philosophy, art history, and religion, Jewish studies, and nationalism. In the department there is a special emphasis on themes of social development, cultural history and everyday life from the Reformation through the Enlightenment to modernity; problems of modernization, modern intellectual history, backwardness and unequal development; modern ideologies; comparative history of empires and imperial structures, nationhood and the nation state; varieties of authoritarianism such as fascism and communism and their historical reflection. For more information about the Department of History at CEU visit http://www.ceu.hu/hist/.

The Department of History has also specializations in Eastern European Studies and South East European Studies. The former offers a wide range of courses on the history, politics, and culture of Eastern Europe and stresses the comparative approach to the study of the early modern, modern and contemporary periods in the history of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and sub-regions that were at times under imperial or Soviet rule such as the Kingdom of Poland and Bessarabia. See: http://www.ceu.hu/hist/easterneuropean.htm. The latter specialization focuses on the area commonly known as the Balkans in an interdisciplinary, transnational, comparative way, and in all its contexts, both past and present. See: http://www.ceu.hu/hist/southeasteuropean.htm.

 

Finally, The Open Society Archives ( http://www.osa.ceu.hu)  and Past, Inc. Center for Historical Studies (http://www.pasts.ceu.hu) that are associated with CEU serve as a vehicle for reinforcing research and teaching excellence in the Department of History at CEU.

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Nationalism Studies
The Nationalism Studies Department was established by CEU with the aim of engaging students in empirical and theoretical study of issues of nationalism and self-determination; problems of state-formation, ethnic conflict and minority protection; and the related theme of globalization. Drawing upon the uniquely supranational milieu of CEU, the program encourages a critical and non-sectarian study of nationalism.

Students are encouraged to engage in interdisciplinary study of nationalism, a subject that is inherently and fundamentally interdisciplinary. For this reason, the international teaching staff has been assembled to represent a wide range of disciplinary expertise relevant to the study of nationalism, including history, social theory, economics, legal studies, sociology, anthropology, international relations, and political science. The program offers a wide selection of courses that provide a complex theoretical grounding in problems associated with nationhood and nationalism, combined with advanced training in the methodology of applied social science. Additional courses focus on placing problems of nationalism in the context of economic and political transition, as well as constitution-building in post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe, with a comparative outlook on regime transitions outside the region. For more information about the department and its course offerings visit http://www.ceu.hu/nation/

Sample Courses in Nationalism Studies:

Title	Instructor	Credit
Standing Seminar in Nationalism Studies	Maria Kovacs	2
Academic Writing	Maria Kovacs, Michael Laurence Miller	2
Nationalism, National Identity, National Feeling: The Sociological and Socio-Psychological Approach	Andras Kovacs	4
Differentiated Citizenship in the European Union	Rainer Baubock	2
Anthropological Approaches to Ethnicity, Racism and Nationalism - With Special Reference to Roms and Romany Peoples	Michael Stewart	2
States and Minorities in the Balkans	Panayote Elias Dimitras	2
Law and Ethnicity	Tibor Varady	2
Nationalism: Concepts and Debates	Erica Benner	4
Debates About Self-Determination and External Minority Protection in the 20th Century	Maria Kovacs	4
Interpreting Contemporary Nationalism in Southeastern Europe	Florian Bieber	4
The Ottoman Empire and the Post-Colonial Debate	Selim Deringil	2
Thesis Seminar	Michael Laurence Miller	2
Thesis Workshop	Maria Kovacs, Rogers Brubaker	2
The Emergence of Zionism	Michael Laurence Miller	2
Israel: Nation-Building, Political Development. War and Peace.	Shlomo Avineri	2
Paths to Jewish Emancipation	Michael Laurence Miller	4
Symbolic Foundations of Nationalism: From Sacred Geography to Ethnic Ontology	Sorin Antohi	2
The Protection of National Minorities in Europe. Standards and Institutions.	Walter Kemp	2
The Politics and Culture of Modern East European Jewry	Zvi Gitelman	2

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Political Science

The Department of Political Science provides a comprehensive program of instruction and research in the fundamental areas of the discipline: political institutions and processes; the origins, development and transformation of theory and concepts; understanding different approaches to political analysis; political philosophy; social theory; political economy; international development; public policy; political and economic sociology; constitutionalism and the legal contexts necessary for understanding politics and debates about it. It also offers the opportunity of specialization in politics and economics of democratization in a comparative perspective; international development; comparative and European politics. The diverse research agendas of the department are particular to investigating the experiences of the post-communist transformation from global and comparative perspectives to draw universal lessons and to gain a finer understanding of political and economic processes in Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. For more information about the CEU Department of  Political Science and its course offerings visit http://www.ceu.hu/polsci

Sample Courses in Political Science:

Title	Instructor	Credit
Elementary Statistics for Political Research	Andras Vetier	4
Macroeconomics and Politics	Attila Folsz	4
Rational Choice	Balazs Varadi	4
Academic Writing	Carol Harrington	0
Workshop in Thesis Research and Writing	Carol Harrington	0
Constitutional Theory	Andras Bragyova	4
Democracy, Mass Media and the Internet	Miklos Sukosd	4
Economic Reform and Privatization	Mihaly Laki	4
Foreign Policy	Tamas Meszerics	4
Comparative Political Research	Zsolt Enyedi	4
Comparative Political Research and Post-Communist Politics	Andras Bozoki, Gabor Toka	4
Lessons from Transition	Attila Folsz	4
Multivariate Statistical Analysis	Tamas Rudas	4
Introduction to International Political Economy	Nicole Renee Lindstrom	4
Social Movements	Laszlo Bruszt	4
Politics and Identity	Carol Harrington	4
Central European Politics	Andras Bozoki	4
Western European Politics	Zsolt Enyedi	4
Introduction to Political Philosophy	Lorand Ambrus-Lakatos	4
Political Ecology and Environmental Politics I-II	Miklos Sukosd	2+2
Anti-Discrimination Law and Policy	Judit Sandor	4

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Philosophy

The Philosophy department’s foci are political and moral philosophy, contemporary epistemology and metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and various topics in history of philosophy. Recently the Philosophy department has added courses in the field of seventeenth and eighteenth century continental rationalism. Students can choose from three areas of specialization: Moral and Political Philosophy; Metaphysics, Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind and History of Philosophy. The Philosophy program fulfills an important role in the field of Philosophy by bringing Western and Eastern European academic skills and standards in a singularly multicultural environment. For more information about the department of Philosophy and its course offerings visit http://www.ceu.hu/phil

The CEU-associated centers: Center for Hellenic Traditions (http://www.hellnic.hu) and Pasts, Inc. Center for Historical Studies (http://www.pasts.ceu.hu) provide additional research opportunities in the areas of philosophy and historical studies.

Sample Courses in Philosophy:

Title	Instructor
Democratic Theory	Janos Kis
Normative Ethics	Janos Kis
Value, Virtue and Responsibility: Introduction into Contemporary Ethics	Ferenc Huoranszki
Leviathan	Janos Kis
Methaphysics	Ferenc Huoranszki
Explanation and Understanding	Ferenc Huoranszki
Epistemology	Katalin Farkas
Philosophy of Mind	Howard Robinson
Conceptual Knowledge	Nenad Miscevic
Empiricism	Howard Robinson
Rationalism	Michael Griffin
Hume and Kant	Michael Griffin
Aristotle	Istvan Bodnar
Plato	Istvan Bodnar
Time, Causality and Special Relativity	Hanoch Ben-Yami
Ancient Ethics	Gabor Betegh
Seventeenth Century's Rationalism	Michael Griffin

 

 

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Sociology and Social Anthropology
The Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology accommodates a plurality of theoretical and methodological perspectives by integrating the two disciplines. In a wide range of courses on social theory, migration, globalization, institutional change, urban processes and development, students are encouraged to articulate  their own position with regards to bridging the two disciplines in  the topics they study. One of the main endeavors of the program is to develop research skills of students by offering a solid training in research methodology.

In addition to CEU’s resources, the department draws on an international network of scholars who, in various capacities, provide students with the opportunity to broaden their intellectual horizons. For more information about the CEU department of Sociology and Social Anthropology and its course offerings visit http://www.ceu.hu/soc_ant/index.htm

Sample Courses in Sociology and Social Anthropology:

Title	Instructor
Classical Sociological Theory	Andre Beteille
Thesis Writing Workshop	Dylan Riley, Balazs Vedres, Ayse Caglar
Logic of Social Inquiry	Dylan Riley
Theories of Culture	Slawomir Kapralski
Comparative Perspectives on the State	Nitsan Chorev
Law in Society	Nitsan Chorev
Class	Gaspar Miklos Tamas
Debates on Globalization	Don Kalb
Modernity: Institutions, Power, Agency	Don Kalb
Religion and Modernity	Nadia Al-Bagdadi
Key Issues in Social Anthropology	Andre Beteille
High and Low Culture	Nadia Al-Bagdadi
Economic Transformation and Their Agents in Comparative Perspective	Balazs Vedres
Ethnography and Field Methods	Ayse Caglar
Contemporary Social Theory	Nitsan Chorev
Introduction to Research Methods: Quantitative and Qualitative	Balazs Vedres
Sociology of Civil Society	Dylan Riley
Sociology of Institutional Change	Andrzej Rychard
Theories of Social Inequalities	Helmut Berking

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Gender Studies
The Gender Studies department seeks to interrelate and to bring together Women’s and Gender Studies emerging from a wide range of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. The department is built with reference to the large and growing body of high quality research and critical theory being developed internationally in Women’s and Gender Studies in the last three decades. The complexity of gender is understood as a product of the often unequal entangling of global and local forces in the region. Developing integrative perspectives in Gender Studies means investigating the complex relations between the symbolic and the social order, the entangled relations between gender, race, and class, and the dynamics combining the (re-)production of social persons and societies. Finally, focusing on gender in all of these senses implies developing self-reflective perspectives in Gender Studies. The critique of dominant patterns and global hierarchies in the construction of knowledge(s), social critique, and the development of an interrelated variety of perspectives on gender and in Gender Studies are of crucial importance in the endeavor to produce insights of regional and global relevance. With an important, but not exclusive, focus on Central and Eastern Europe, Gender Studies department seeks to contribute to the development of socially relevant knowledge based on these approaches, and to critically interrogate past and present developments related to gender in culture and society. For more information about  the Department of Gender Studies at CEU visit http://www.gend.ceu.hu/

 

Sample Courses in Gender Studies:

Title	Instructor
Reproduction, Self, and State	Judit Sandor
The  Sexuality/Gender Intersection	Erzsebet Barat
Orientalism and Feminism	Francisca de Haan
From "Visual Pleasure" to "Passionate Detachment." Feminist Film Theory and/in the Cinema.	Andrea B. Braidt
Women's Movements Worldwide: Debates, (Power) Differences, and Developments in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	Francisca de Haan
Gender and Migration	Francisca de Haan
Contemporary Literary Theory and its Feminisms	Sophie Howlett
Introduction to Feminist Epistemologies	Mona Anna Singer
Gender, Body, and Culture	Veronica Vasterling
Gender Theory and Feminist Thought: Issues and Perspectives	Linda Fisher
The Work of Gender, the Gender of Work	Eva Fodor
Feminist Rethinkings of the Concept of 'Discourse'	Erzsebet Barat
Teaching Gender: Approaches, Methods and Experience	Juliane Jacobi
Gender and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe	Milica Antic Gaber;Vlasta Jalusic
Reading Popular Culture	Jasmina Lukic
Thesis Writing Colloquium in Gender Studies	Susan Zimmermann, Elissa Helms
Contemporary Interpretation of Privacy	Judit Sandor
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology: Trends, Theories, Gender and Regional Approaches	Peter Krasztev
Biographies and Autobiographies in the 20th Century	Hanna Schissler
Historical Frames of Identity and Locating Women's Memories in History	Andrea Peto
Who Owns History? His-story, Her-story, History. Theory and Practice of European and North American Women's and Gender History	Hanna Schissler
The Body/Mind Dis-abled: The Cultural Trauma of Disability in a Gendered and Racial Perspective	Darja Zavirsek
Judaism and Gender	Andrea Peto
Universalism Ungendered: Enlightenment Political Philosophy	Gaspar Miklos Tamas
Psychoanalysis and Feminism	Veronica Vasterling
Theory of Violence and Women's Human Rights	Zorica Mrsevic

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Environmental Sciences and Policy
The environmental studies at CEU focus on issues of prime importance in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia while relating them to a critical awareness of global problems and solutions.The department provides an education that combines general academic experience and specialized knowledge in a variety of fields related to environmental policy, management, and science. It emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to solving environmental problems. In order to maintain a proper cultural balance, leading environmental academics from the region, Western Europe, and North America contribute to taught curricula as well as fieldwork. The department focuses on environmental and sustainable development problems that are international or trans-boundary in character. The studies emphasize a multi- and inter-disciplinary approach to environmental topics including legal, economic, political as well as scientific and technological control. The primary areas of research interests in the department are energy, international environmental law and policy, environmental assessment and management, business and environment, and environmental information systems. For more information about the CEU environmental studies and its course offerings visit http://www.ceu.hu/envsci/

Sample Courses in Environmental Sciences and Policy:

Title	Instructor
Environmental Systems Theory	John Corliss
Introduction to Economics	Aleh Cherp
Introduction to Environmental Thought	Alan Watt
Introduction to Energy	Diana Urge-Vorsatz
Introduction to Environmental Policy	Alexios Antypas
Introduction to Environmental Risk	Diana Urge-Vorsatz
Academic Writing	Alan Watt
Academic Writing: Thesis Writing	Alan Watt
The Non-Human Biosphere	Edward Bellinger
Humans and the Biosphere	Edward Bellinger, Ruben Mnatsakanian
Research on the Web	Victor Lagutov
Atmospheric Pollution and Climate Change	Ruben Mnatsakanian, Laszlo Bozo, John Karlik, Bert De Vries
Introduction to Agroecology	Zoltan Szocs
Marine Systems	Edward Bellinger, Dan Cogalniceanu
Conservation and Biodiversity	Edward Bellinger, Ruben Mnatsakanian, Alan Watt
Geographical Information Systems and Advanced Modeling	Ferenc Csillag, Ruben Mnatsakanian
Introduction to Geographical Information System	Ruben Mnatsakanian
Challenges for Energy and Resources in the 21st century	Szabina Torok, Kevin Lane, Paolo Bertoldi
Environmental Philosophy	Alan Watt
Urban Sustainability	Aleh Cherp, Jiri Musil
Introduction to Sustainable Development	Aleh Cherp
Practical Implementation of Environmental Research	Ruben Mnatsakanian, Edward Bellinger, Aleh Cherp, Alexios Antypas, Diana Urge-Vorsatz, Alan Watt, Zoltan Illes
Environmental Research Methods: Introduction to Data Interpretation (practical implementation)	Edward Bellinger, Galina Gussarova
Environmental Research Methods: Introduction to Data Interpretation	Edward Bellinger, Galina Gussarova
Environmental Research Methods	Edward Bellinger, Alexios Antypas, Alan Watt, Galina Gussarova
Introduction to Environmental Assessment and Management	Aleh Cherp
Environmental Assessment and Management	Aleh Cherp
Human Communities and the Environment	Vesela Veleva, Ruben Mnatsakanian, Irina Molodikova
National Environmental Performance	Ruben Mnatsakanian, Aleh Cherp
Industrial Waste and Pollution Control	Zoltan Illes, Sergey Mikhalovsky
The Collective Dynamics of Social Systems: Designing Evolutionary Change	John Corliss
Water Resources and Management	Edward Bellinger, Laszlo Ujfaludi
Environmental Politics	Tamara Steger
Food and Agriculture	Zoltan Szocs
Introduction to International Environmental Law and Politics	Alexios Antypas
Environmental Policy and Law	Alexios Antypas, Stephen Stec
Environment and Democracy	Alexios Antypas

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Economics
The Department of Economics trains economists from various regions of the world and enables them to apply the tools of modern analysis to the problems faced by by formerly centrally-planned economies in their transitions to the market. The department provides students with an understanding of the functioning of markets, the conditions under which they may work or fail, and the role of the state in an economy relying on market allocation. Students attend rigorous courses in the standard fields of economics, which serve to introduce them to economic analysis and market institutions such as banks and financial markets. The department seeks to provide valuable specialization and insight into one of the most interesting and important areas of economic transition in the world with a special focus on economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe. For more information about the department and the list of available courses visit http://www.ceu.hu/econ/econdir.html.

Undergraduates interested in Economics can also take courses from other departments at CEU.  Political Science Department and International Relations and European Studies Department at CEU offer various courses from the field of political economy and international political economy. For more information, please visit http://www.ceu.hu/polsci and http://www.ceu.hu/ires/

Sample Courses in Economics:

Title	Instructor
Mathematical Methods for Economists	Peter Medvegyev, Andras Simonovits
Econometrics	Gabor Kezdi, Eva Suranyi
Law and Economics	Antony Dnes
The Evolution of Economic Systems in Eastern Europe	Peter Mihalyi
Microeconomic Theory I	Andrzej Baniak, John Earle, Dora Benedek
Microeconomic Theory II	Andrzej Baniak, Gergely Csorba
Macroeconomic Theory I	Attila Ratfai, Nurbek Jenish
Macroeconomic Theory II	Attila Ratfai, Julius Horvath
Money, Banking and Finance	Jacek Rostowski
Money, Banking and Finance	Jacek Rostowski
Applied Econometrics I	Zsombor Cseres-Gergely, Attila Ratfai
Applied Econometrics I	Attila Ratfai, Zsombor Cseres-Gergely
Applied Econometrics II	Gabor Korosi, Adam Reiff
Intermediate Econometrics	Gabor Korosi, Laszlo Matyas
Advanced Mathematics	Peter Medvegyev
History of Economic Thought	Antoin Murphy
Public Economics and Finance	Peter Benczur
Economics of Inequality	Ivan Bicanic
Contract Theory and Property Rights	Ugo Pagano
International Economics	Peter Benczur
Industrial Organization	Andrzej Baniak, Adam Torok
Economic Policy Alternatives in Transition	Lajos Bokros
Corporate Finance and Banking	Steven Plaut
Advanced Microeconomics I	Leif Danziger
Advanced Macroeconomics I	Max Gillman
Economics of Regulation	Andrzej Baniak
Comparative Macroeconomic Policy	Jacek Rostowski
Macroeconomic Policy Issues	George Kopits
International Finance	Laszlo Halpern, Peter Benczur
Urban and Housing Economics	Steven Plaut
Health Economics	Peter Mihalyi
The Political Economy of Nationalism	Ugo Pagano

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Medieval Studies
The department’s multidisciplinary curriculum can have a particular appeal to the students interested in history, archaeology, philology, philosophy, and theology. The medieval studies at CEU focus on late antique and medieval civilization in Europe (ca.300-1550 AD) and deal with different methods of communication, migration of peoples, mobility of objects, texts, and ideas in Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa in order to offer insight into the roots of later developments, divergences, conflicts and the common heritage of Europe. A special attention is given to the interactions between Medieval Christian (Latin, Byzantine, Slavia Orthodoxa and Oriental alike) and the Jewish and Islamic cultures. Intertextual relations of different medieval source languages (Latin, Greek, Old Slavonic, Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish, etc.) are also explored. As part of its rich medieval studies curriculum the department offers Latin, Greek, Arabic and Old Church Slavonic language courses.  The study of Central and Eastern European cultural heritage is of special interest to the department with its focus on the rich medieval monuments, ancient documents, and vestiges of the past that are from the perspective of modern scholarship.

For more information about the Department of Medieval Studies and its course offerings visit http://www.ceu.hu/medstud

Sample Courses in Medieval Studies:

Title	Instructor
MA Thesis Seminar	Istvan Perczel, Marianne Saghy, Balazs Nagy, Marcell Sebok, Gerhard Jaritz, Katalin Szende
Academic Field Trip - Consultation and Bibliography	Jozsef Laszlovszky, Bela  Zsolt Szakacs
Academic Field Trip Consultation II	Bela  Zsolt Szakacs, Katalin Szende
Academic Writing I-II	Judith N. Rasson
Introduction to Medieval Studies: Research Methods and Bibliography	Marianne Saghy
Philosophical Latin Reading Class	Gyorgy Gereby, Anna Somfai
Medieval Architecture in Central Europe	Bela  Zsolt Szakacs
Latin Palaeography and Diplomatics	Janos Bak, Laszlo Veszpremy
Latin Palaeography and Diplomatics II	Laszlo Veszpremy
Economic Transformations of Central Europe in the Middle Ages	Balazs Nagy, Ian Blanchard
History of Daily Life	Gerhard Jaritz
Non-textual Research Methods and Skills I	Jozsef Laszlovszky, Gerhard Jaritz, Judith N. Rasson
Non-textual Research Methods and Skills II	Judith A. Rasson, Jozsef Laszlovszky, Alice Choyke
Textual Research Methods and Skills I	Katalin Szende, Janos Bak, Balazs Nagy
Textual Research Methods and Skills II	Marianne Saghy, Balazs Nagy, Anna Somfai
The Angels of the Nations. Introduction to Hellenistic and Medieval Theology of History, Politics and Nationhood.	Gyorgy Gereby
Self-Performance and Social Display in the Later Middle Ages	Gerhard Jaritz, Janos Bak
Medieval Historiography	Patrick Geary
Late Antique and Early Medieval Hagiography	Marianne Saghy
Topics in Medieval Philosophy and Theology	Gyorgy Gereby
Saint Augustine and His Age	Marianne Saghy
Arabic Sources on Medieval Europe	Aziz Al-Azmeh
Historiography: Arabic Historical Writing	Aziz Al-Azmeh
Birth, Marriage, Death: Aspects of Late Medieval Life in Archival and Anthropological Perspective	Judith A. Rasson, Katalin Szende
Crusaders	Giles Constable
Medieval Codex Illumination	Bela  Zsolt Szakacs, Elissaveta Moussakova
Medieval Urban Culture	Katalin Szende, Peter Johanek
Alexandrian Philosophy in Diverse Religious Contexts: Paganism, Judaism, Christianity, Gnosis, Manichaeism, and Islam	Istvan Perczel
Before the "Scientific Revolution": A History of Science in the Renaissance	Marcell Sebok, Marianna Birnbaum
Latin Intermediate	Ildiko Csepregi
Latin Advanced	Ildiko Csepregi
Arabic Beginner I	Laszlo Sarkany
Arabic Language II	Laszlo Sarkany
Classical Greek	Cristian Gaspar
Greek Beginner	Cristian Gaspar
Reading Byzantine Text I: Advanced Greek	Istvan Perczel
Reading Byzantine Texts II	Istvan Perczel
Introduction to the Study of Medieval Arabic Culture	Nadia Al-Bagdadi, Aziz Al-Azmeh

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Legal Studies (Human Rights Specialization)
The Legal Studies Department at CEU offers a unique opportunity for the students to take courses in the Human Rights program that are intended to provide a theoretical grounding in traditional and alternative approaches to human rights protection. The program is designed specifically for the students interested in the theoretical and policy implications of the human rights protection and advocacy. It offers practical instruction on the specific legal mechanisms and institutional processes which organizations can use to effectively approach the human rights issues confronting transitional and already established democracies today, such as international and regional litigation and participation in international human rights protection mechanisms. The program also includes analyses of major relevant events worldwide. For more information about the CEU Legal Studies department and its human rights program visit http://www.ceu.hu/legal

 

Sample Courses in Human Rights Law:

Title	Instructor
Elements of Comparative Constitutional Law	Renata Uitz
Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot	Tibor Tajti
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition	Christian Jensen
Legal Terminology	Christian Jensen
Introduction to US Constitutional Law	Renata Uitz
Introduction to Law	Renata Uitz
Asylum, Refugees	Boldizsar Nagy
Not-for-Profit Law	Karla Simon
Not-for-Profit Law II (Clinical Course)	David M. Moore
Privacy and Data Protection in the Information Age	Judit Sandor
Introduction to Public International Law	Bruce Broomhall
European Union Law I	Akos Toth
Romani Rights	Dimitrina Petrova
Comparative Social Protection	Csilla Kollonay-Lehoczky
Introduction to Human Rights	Jeremy McBride
The Great Traditions of Public Administration - Advanced	Denis Galligan
Introduction to the Protection of Human Rights in the Council of Europe	Karoly Bard
Academic Legal Writing and Research	Christian Jensen
Political Rights in Comparative Perspective	Daniel Smilov
Emerging European Constitution and European Citizenship	Akos Toth
Fundamental Rights in the European Union	Akos Toth
Human Rights and Criminal Justice I	Karoly Bard
Human Rights and Criminal Justice II	Karoly Bard
International Human Rights	Patrick Macklem
Minority Law and Policy	Guy Haarscher
Human Rights Internship	Karoly Bard
CEU-OSJI Fellowship Three-month Internship	Karoly Bard
Mental Disability Advocacy in Central Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union	Oliver Lewis
Comparative Federalism	Patrick Macklem
Children's Rights and Juvenile Justice	Karoly Bard
Human Rights in Practice Workshop	Karoly Bard
The Global Democratic Trend and Its Promoters	Thomas Carothers
Equal Opportunity Law	Csilla Kollonay-Lehoczky
Human Rights Protectors and Remedies	Miroslaw Wyrzykowski, Jeremy McBride
Human Rights Politics	Dimitrina Petrova
Gender and Law	Csilla Kollonay-Lehoczky
Gender and Law II	Csilla Kollonay-Lehoczky
Freedom of Speech - Foundations	Andras Sajo
Speech and Privacy - Advanced	Roger Errera
Freedom of Religion - Foundations	Cole Durham
Freedom of Religion - Advanced	Cole Durham
Training in Persuasive Argumentation - Moot Court	Karoly Bard
Patients' Rights	Judit Sandor
International Technology Transfer	Frederick Abbott
International Criminal Tribunals	Bruce Broomhall
The Law of Life and Death	Renata Uitz
Human Rights, Law and Development	Edwin Rekosh
Laws of War and International Humanitarian Law	Bruce Broomhall
Conference on Militant Democracy	Andras Sajo
Individual and Human Rights	Wiktor Osiatynski
Archives, Evidence and Human Rights	Ivan Szekely
Human Rights Litigation: Challenging Discrimination	James A. Goldstone
The Great Tradition of Public Administration	Denis Galligan
German Constitutional Law II	Alexander Blankenagel
Separation of Powers	Renata Uitz, Andras Sajo
Transitional Justice	Renata Uitz

 

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Public Policy Studies
The Public Policy program at the CEU Center for Policy Studies is designed to enhance the art of governance and evidence-based policymaking while connecting critical thinking with problem-solving dynamics and policy practice. Taught by members of the university and visiting faculty, the program is an opportunity to apply contemporary theories of public policy to real life problems, especially those confronting post-socialist countries and other emerging democracies.  The program offers three major specializations: Decentralized Governance Stream where the students analyze worldwide trends in fiscal decentralization, expenditure responsibilities and revenue authority; the design of various forms of central to sub-national transfers and local own-source revenues; credit-worthiness and the financial risks of local authorities; budgeting and local public management. International Public Policy Stream with the focus on Globalization and Public Policy, International Policy Practice, Policy-making in the European Union. And finally, Media, Information and Telecommunications Policy Stream designed to provide an understanding of the institutional framework for telecommunications, information policy and media decision-making process with a special emphasis on the policy formulation and improvement of regulatory process in emerging democracies. For more information about the Public Policy program visit http://www.ceu.hu/mpp.  

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Mathematics and its Applications

The program in CEU Mathematics and its Application Department covers major branches in both mathematics and its applications. This program is carried out jointly with the Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The Department of Mathematics and its Applications is open to interaction with other CEU departments, and strongly encourages interdisciplinary work. In particular, mathematics courses are regularly offered to students from CEU departments such as economics, business, sociology and political science.

Undergraduate students who come to the department on the Bard/CEU study abroad program are assigned tutors and engage in special independent studies and research projects. For more information about Mathematics and its Applications Department and its course offerings visit http://www.ceu.hu/math

 

Course Descriptions (PDF file)

 

Sample Courses in Mathematics

Introductory Courses

ALGEBRA
1. Basic Algebra 1
2. Basic Algebra 2
3. Basic Algebra 3

ANALYSIS
4. Real Analysis
5. Complex Function Theory
6. Functional Analysis and Differential Equations

Additional Introductory Courses
7. Enumeration
8. Extremal Combinatorics
9. Random Methods in Combinatorics
10. Convex Geometry
11. Non-Euclidean Geometries
12. Differential Geometry
13. Homological Algebra
14. Smooth Manifolds and Differential Topology
15. Algebraic Topology
16. Function Spaces and Distributions
17. Nonlinear Functional Analysis
18. Introduction to Mathematical Logic
19. Modern Set Theory
20. Algebraic Logic and Model Theory
21. Elementary Prime Number Theory
22. Combinatorial Number Theory
23. Probabilistic Methods in Number Theory
24. Probability
25. Mathematical Statistics
26. Information Theory
27. Introduction to the Theory of Computing
28. Algorithms
29. Complexity Theory
30. Ergodic Theory
31. Mathematical Methods of Statistical Physics
32. Fractals and Dynamical Systems

Advanced Courses
(These will be offered as needed, depending on the interests of the students participating in the program.)
33. Higher Linear Algebra
34. Representation Theory I
35. Representation Theory II
36. Universal Algebra and Category Theory
37. Topics in Group Theory
38. Topics in Ring Theory I
39. Topics in Ring Theory II
40. Permutation Groups
41. Lie Groups and Lie Algebras
42. Commutative Algebra
43. Algebraic Number Theory
44. Geometric Group Theory
45. Residually Finite Groups
46. Invariant Theory
47. Semigroup Theory
48. Basic Algebraic Geometry
49. The Language of Schemes
50. Galois Groups in Geometry
51. Algebraic Curves and Jacobian Varieties
52. The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves
53. Hodge Theory
54. Introduction to Classification Theory
55. Toric Varieties
56. Dynamical Systems
57. Approximation Theory
58. Partial Differential Equations
59. Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Applications
60. Functional Methods in Differential Equations
61. Complex Manifolds
62. Geometric Analysis
63. Block Designs
64. Hypergraphs, Set Systems, Intersection Theorems
65. Selected Topics in Graph Theory
66. Finite Packing and Covering
67. Packing and Covering
68. Convex Polytopes
69. Combinatorial Geometry
70. Geometry of Numbers
71. Stochastic Geometry
72. Brunn-Minkowski Theory
73. Hyperbolic Manifolds
74. Characteristic Classes
75. Singularities of Differentable Maps: Local and Global Theory
76. Four Manifolds and Kirby Calculus
77. Symplectic Manifolds, Lefschetz Fibration
78. Advanced Intersection Theory
79. Descriptive Set Theory
80. Advanced Set Theory
81. Logical Systems
82. Set-Theoretic Topology
83. Logic and Relativity
84. Frontiers of Algebraic Logic
85. Classical Analytic Number Theory
86. Probabilistic Number Theory
87. Probabilistic Number Theory, Level II
88. Modern Prime Number Theory
89. Exponential Sums in Combinatorial Number Theory
90. Information Theoretical Methods in Mathematics
91. Selected Topics in Probability
92. Invariance Principles in Probability and Statistics
93. Stochastic Processes
94. Stochastic Analysis
95. Path Properties of Stochastic Processes
96. Nonparametric Statistics
97. Multivariate Statistics
98. Information Theoretical Methods in Statistics
99. Numerical Methods in Statistics
100. Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
101. Ergodic Theory and Combinatorics
102. Data Compression
103. Cryptology
104. Combinatorial Optimization
105. Quantum Computing
106. Computational Geometry
107. Random Computation
108. Logic of Programs

Courses Offered To Other CEU Departments
109. Topics in Mathematical Analysis
110. Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control

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Jewish Studies
Jewish Studies at Central European University has played an important role in revitalizing the study of Jewish history, culture and society in a region where these topics were too often neglected or considered taboo. Established in the years of euphoria following the fall of Communism, Central European University offers a unique opportunity for students to study the ramified Jewish experience in Central and Eastern Europe from the eighteenth century until today.

In a one-year master's program, students can choose from core courses taught by the permanent faculty alongside a wide range of courses taught by visiting professors from Israel, North America, and Europe. In keeping with the interdisciplinary nature of Central European University, the Jewish Studies specialization is offered within the broader framework of the History Department and the Nationalism Studies Program, thereby encouraging students to examine Jewish history, culture and society in a comparative context using a wide range of theoretical and methodological tools. Interested applicants should apply to the History Department and/or the Nationalism Studies Program and indicate an interest in the Jewish Studies specialization.

We also offer a Jewish Studies public lecture series, which is currently in its ninth year. These public lectures are published in our bi-annual Jewish Studies Yearbook, along with other original research by students and faculty.

For more information about the Jewish studies and its course offerings visit http://www.ceu.hu/jewishstudies/about.htm

 

Sample Courses in Jewish Studies:

Title	Instructor
Debates About Self-determination and External Minority Protection   in the Twentieth Century	Maria Kovacs
Nationalism and National Feeling: Economic and Sociological Approach	Andras Kovacs
Can Western Models of Minority Rights Be Applied in Eastern Europe?	Will Kymlicka
Interpretations of Modern Anti-Semitism	Andras Kovacs
German-Jewish History from the Enlightenment to the Rise of National Socialism	Michael Brenner
Russian, Poles and Jews: An Imperial Triangle	John Klier
The Emergence of Zionism	Michael Miller
Social History of Central European Jewry	Victor Karady
Israel: Nation-Building , Political Development. War and Peace	Shlomo Avineri
Judaism and Gender	Andrea Peto
Culture, Society and Religion of Eastern European Jewry	Michael Miller

Selected Course Descriptions

 

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Religious Studies

Religious studies is a new specialization at CEU launched together by the History Department and the Medieval Studies Department of Central European University. In the program students are encouraged to approach the historical study of religious phenomena from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives. As CEU is located in a region that has been the crossroads of major religious, cultural, and political histories and lineages, this specialization comprises three areas: in-depth engagement with religious thought and traditions, focus on the three monotheistic religions in a historically- and conceptually-grounded way, comparative study of their social, societal, institutional, cultural, intellectual, political contexts and consequences. For more information about Religious studies at CEU and its course offerings see http://www.ceu.hu/hist/religious.htm

 

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Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS)

CMCS has emerged as a new center of excellence for promoting media and communication studies throughout the Central and Eastern European region. CMCS was created through the joint efforts and participation of the Annenberg School for Communication (Univ. of Pennsylvania), the Budapest Technical University and the CEU.

At CEU in Budapest, the Center offers a unique opportunity to engage in innovative media and communication studies. The program provides students with a thorough understanding of European policies, regulation, instruments and actors in the area of media and telecommunications. The curriculum is designed to provide a detailed and systematic analysis of how political institutions, processes and public policies operate, conflict and interact with one another. The emphasis on comparative approaches enables students to understand the national and global implications of the fundamental changes that have taken place in the field of information policies over the last decade. Participants will gain a solid scholarly grounding in policy analysis, as well as practical, issue-oriented knowledge. Courses address the architecture of regulatory frameworks and processes of decision-making, both at the European and international levels. Strong emphasis is also put on the implications of media law and policy in the field of Human Rights. For more information about CMCS and its course offerings visit http://www.cmcs.ceu.hu/

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CEU Business School
The main objective of the CEU Business School is to offer a curriculum in English—delivered by a prestigious international faculty—that combines global business concepts and practices with the realities and challenges of the regional business environment.  A rigorous, participative curriculum is taught by prominent international faculty with roots and experience in Central-Eastern Europe. Influential senior executives from many of the largest multi-national corporations prepare students to rise to the challenges of the local transforming economies through guest lectures, mentorships, and real-world consulting projects. The programs of the school target the current and future leaders of the transforming economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the successor states of the former Soviet Union, as well as all those who are interested in combining their interest in management and business with applications to economies in transition and an enlarging European Union. For more information about the School and the courses visit http://www.ceubusiness.com/

Sample Courses in Business Administration:

Title	Instructor
Action Learning Consulting Project	Gyorgy Bogel
Action Learning: Consulting	Gyorgy Bogel
Advanced Introduction to IT Systems	Tibor Voros
Applied Capstone Project I	Andreas Antonopoulos
Bank Operations I.	Gyorgy Szekely
Bank Operations II.	Gyorgy Szekely
Business Communications	Chris Dalton
Business Economics I.: Microeconomics	Ivan Major, Maria Findrik
Business Economics II.: Macroeconomics	Edwin Dolan
Business Ethics	Heather Elms
Business Plan Competition	Vincent Selenne
CFA Level I Review Course	Krisztina Buti
Company Valuation	Peter Ekman
Consumer Behavior	Barrie Riome
Corporate Finance II.	Laszlo Szekely
Corporate Finance II.	Peter Went
Corporate Financial Management	Anna Turner
Corporate Financial Planning	Krisztina Buti
Corporate Governance	Heather Elms
Critical Thinking and Leadership	Cedric MacKellar
Current Issues in IT & Telecoms Management	Andreas Antonopoulos
Current Issues in IT & Telecoms Management (Summer)	Andreas Antonopoulos
Database Management Systems	Graham Peace
Developing IT Strategies	Geza Morvay
E-Business: Changing Paradigm	Graham Peace
Economic Analysis of the IT Industry	Ivan Major
Entrepreneurship in IT	Paul Cheng
Ethics with Business Applications	Katherine Dolan
EU Financial Integration	Otto Heinz
Executive Dialogues	Heather Elms
Financial Markets and Institutions	Peter Ekman
Financial Statement Analysis	Krisztina Buti
Fixed Income Securities	Peter Ekman
Global Environment Resource Management	Tom McDaniel
Global Macroeconomic Environment	Edwin Dolan
Global Marketing	Charles Mayer
Independent Study in Accounting	Anna Turner, Lynn Murray
Independent Study in Business and Society	Heather Elms
Independent Study in Business Economics	Maria Findrik, Ivan Major
Independent Study in Finance	Krisztina Buti, Peter Ekman
Independent Study in General Management	Paul Marer
Independent Study in Information Technology Management	Andreas Antonopoulos
Independent Study in International Business Law	Tibor Tajti
Independent Study in Marketing	Charles Mayer
Independent Study in Operations Management	Tom McDaniel
Independent Study in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management	Cedric MacKellar
Independent Study in Quantitative Methods	Bernadette Koles
Independent Study in Taxation	Lynn Murray
Industry Analysis and Business Research	Krisztina Buti
Intermediate Financial Accounting	Lynn Murray
International Business Law	Tibor Tajti
International Competitiveness	Maria Findrik
International Entrepreneurship	Vincent Selenne
International Financial Management	Istvan Magas
International HR Management	Cedric MacKellar
International Legal Environment	Tibor Tajti
International Strategic Management: Operations	Heather Elms
Introduction to Accounting	Anna Turner, Lynn Murray
Introduction to Finance	Krisztina Buti, Peter Ekman
Introduction to Information Technology Management	Geza Morvay
Introduction to Marketing	Charles Mayer
Introduction to Operations Management	Tom McDaniel
Introduction to Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management	Cedric MacKellar
Introduction to Quantitative Methods	Bernadette Koles
Investments and Capital Markets	Peter Ekman
IT Multinationals: Strategic Transformation	Gyorgy Bogel
IT Project Management and Costing	Laszlo Turmezey
IT Suppliers: Strategic Analysis	Ray Small
Managerial Accounting	Anna Turner
Managerial Economics	Ivan Major
Managing in TREs	Paul Marer
Marketing Communications	Csaba Bazsa
Marketing High-Tech Products and Services	Jay Zif
Marketing Research	Charles Mayer
Marketing Research	Charles Mayer
Marketing Simulations	Jay Zif
Mergers and Acquisitions	Krisztina Buti
Not-for-Profit Marketing	Barrie Riome
Product Planning and Development	Barrie Riome
Relationship Marketing Management	Istvan Otto Nagy
Self Management and Leadership	Yael Zif
Services Marketing	Istvan Otto Nagy
Strategic Market Planning	Paul Garrison
Supply Chain Management	Tom McDaniel
System Analysis and Design	Graham Peace
The Manager as Leader	Yael Zif

 

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