Institute of Security Education and Civic Education

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1 Institute of Security Education and Civic Education Courses given in English COURSE TITLE winter semester NO OF ECTS CREDITS International Humanitarian Law 3 Ethnic and national Minorities in Poland 2 COURSE TITLE summer semester NO OF ECTS CREDITS Interpersonal Communication 3 International Humanitarian Law 3

2 Ethnic & national minorities in Poland Course card Course title Ethnic & national minorities in Poland Semester (winter/summer) winter ECTS 2 Lecturer(s) Katarzyna Pabis-Cisowska Department Pedagogical Course objectives (learning outcomes) Providing based on learning outcomes of knowledge about the history of national and ethnic minorities in the historical Polish lands and Poland. Lectures will focus on the history of minority groups, as well as around the analysis of the data on the structure of national and ethnic Polish of the last two censuses (2002 and 2011). Practical, training hours are devoted to issues of political, economic and cultural and ethnic minorities in Poland. Prerequisites Knowledge Skills Courses completed K1 Have a basic knowledge of the history of national and ethnic minorities in the Polish lands and Poland. K2 Knows the elementary social and cultural problems of national and ethnic minorities in Poland and the Polish lands throughout history. K3 Knows the terminology necessary to discuss issues of national and ethnic minorities in the Polish lands and Poland. S1 Can list and describe all national and ethnic minorities living in Poland, especially in the contet of the data from the National Census of Population and Housing S2 Is able to find and use scientific sources to develop answers to the problems of national and ethnic minorities in Poland. S3 Analyzes the reasons for the course of specific processes and social phenomena associated with the presence of national and ethnic minorities in Poland. C1 Presents afterthought during evaluation of historical events. C2 Presents and creates an attitude of tolerance and responsibility towards minority groups. C3 Has the ability to assess the content presented by the mass media in the contet of national and ethnic minorities. Course organization Form of classes W (Lecture) A (large K (small L (Lab) Group type S (Seminar) P (Project) E (Eam)

3 Other Written eam Oral eam Written assignment (essay) Student s presentation Discussion participation Group project Individual project Laboratory tasks Field classes Classes in schools Didactic games E learning Contact hours Teaching methods: Lecture, a seminar lecture, discussion, analysis of source tets, preparing presentations, e-lerning. Assessment methods: Assessment criteria Assessment of lectures based on attendance & practical hours based on attendance, participation in discussions and preparing and passing the presentation. Comments - Course content (topic list) Lectures: 2h Introduction to the history of ethnic Polish lands. 1h The Law on National and Ethnic Minorities and Regional Language of 6 January h Analysis and comparison of two last National Censuses of Population and Housing (2002 and 2011). National minorities in Poland. 2h Other regional and religious minorities in Poland (besides ethnic and national minorities). 3h Selected ethnic minorities in the world. Practical hours: 2h Ethnic Minorities: Roma people in Poland. 2h Ethnic minorities: Karaites in Poland. 2h Ethnic minorities: Lemkos in Poland. 2h Ethnic minorities: Tatars in Poland. 5h Selected ethnic minorities in the world. 2h e-lerning. Compulsory reading

4 Norman Davies, God's Playground, Columbia University Press, 2005, ISBN (fragments), David Engel, Jews in Poland since 1939, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, Yale University Press, 2005 ( ), Dovile Troskovaite, Identity in transition: the case of Polish Karaites in the first half of the 20 th century ( List of declarations made with respect to treaty No. 148,European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ( &CL=ENG&VL=1), The Report on the Situation of Roma Community in Poland March 2012 ( Marek M. Dziekan, History and culture of Polish Tatars ( Janusz A. Rieger, The Lemkos (Rusyns) in Poland ( Recommended reading Poland's Lipka Tatars: A Model For Muslims In Europe? ( Academic studies Poland's Scots (

5 International Humanitarian Law Course card Course title International Humanitarian Law Course code ECTS* 3 Lecturer(s) Dr Piotr Łubiński Department Institute of Security and Civic Studies Course objectives (learning outcomes) Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: a) analyze problems related to the humanitarian law during international and non international armed conflicts, b) know sources of international humanitarian law of armed conflicts, c) undertake a critical analysis of the relationship between human rights and humanitarian law, d) undertake research which requires the application of international humanitarian law, e) know modern armed conflict (Syria, Ukraine) which requires knowledge of political, historical and legal character. Prerequisites Knowledge Skills no English speaking Courses completed No Course organization Group type Form of classes W (Lecture) A (large K (small L (Lab) S (Seminar) P (Project) E (Eam) Contact hours 10 5

6 Other Written eam Oral eam Written assignment (essay) Student s presentation Discussion participation Group project Individual project Laboratory tasks Field classes Classes in schools Didactic games E learning Teaching methods: The course will be held in the form of a lecture and seminar, including lectures and class discussions. Each student is required to give an oral presentation on a particular aspect of the chosen armed conflict. The presentation should be no more than 20 minutes each. Class attendance is required and assessed. Coming late is not permitted without a proper justification. In case of absence a summary of the reading should be sent before the net class. Assessment methods: Assessment criteria 1. Class attendance and class participation (25%) 2. Class seminar presentation and seminar paper on one of the issues assigned (25%) 3. Written eam (50%) Comments Course content (topic list)

7 Lecture topics: 1- Introduction to International Law 1 h. 2- Sources of international humanitarian law of armed conflicts 1 h. 3- Principles of humanitarian law 1 h 4- Protection of civilian population during armed conflicts 1 h. 5- Prisoners of war, enemy combatant status of participants in modern armed conflicts 1 h. 6- War on Terror interplay between human rights and humanitarian law 1 h. 7- Genocide and other most serious violation of international humanitarian law 1 h. 8- Tribunals and tribunalization International and internationalized criminal courts and tribunals - notion of international criminal law 1 h. 9- Means and methods of warfare 1h 10-Red Cross history of the movement -1h. Seminar topics: 1- Peace talks simulation: War in Syria or War in Afghanistan or War in Iraq. Compulsory reading Gary D. Solis, The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, Recommended reading Books and articles Borelli S., Casting Light on the Legal Black Hole: International Law and Detentions Abroad in the War on Terror ', International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 87 (2005), no. 857, Dinstein Y., The International law of belligerent occupation, Cambridge, 2009, Harris G. T., The Era of Multilateral Occupation, Berkeley Journal of International Law, Vol. 24, 2006, Hendin S,E, Detainess in Afghanistan: The Balance between Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian law for Foreign Military Forces, Tilburg Law Review, vol , Kaczorowska A., International Public Law, 4 th Ed. Routledge, 2010, Kilcullen D., Counterinsurgency, Hurst and Company, London, 2010, Pfanner T., Asymmetrical Warfare from the Perspective of Humanitarian Law and Humanitarian Action, 87 International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 87, 2005, p Judgements Al-Skeini v. Secretary of State for Defence, [2008] 1 A.C. 153 (U.K.H.L 2007) (appeal taken from E.W.C.A.) (holding the HRA applies etraterritorially to the acts or omissions of British Soldiers in

8 Iraq and interpreting the phrase within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom to mean within the effective control of the United Kingdom); HRA, supra note 14, 6(1). Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, 2004 I.C.J. Reports 136, p. 78 (July 9) Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (Advisory Opinion) [1996] ICJ Rep 226, p. 257., par. 76. Documents Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva, 12 August U.N.T.S. 31, entered into force Oct. 21, 1950 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, Treaty Doc No (CWC) Hague Convention IV Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Anne, art. 22, October 18, Hague Declaration Concerning Asphyiating Gases, July 29, Handbook on United Nations Multidimensional Peacekeeping Operations, Peacekeeping Best Practices Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 1125 U.N.T.S. 609, entered into force Dec. 7, Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use of Asphyiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, June 17, 1925, 26 U.S.T. 571, 94 L.N.T.S. 65

9 Interpersonal Communication Course card Course title Interpersonal Communication Semester (winter/summer) summer ECTS 4 Lecturer(s) Dr Małgorzata Bereźnicka Department Instytut Bezpieczeństwa i Edukacji Obywatelskiej Course objectives (learning outcomes) presentation of basic functions, methods, and theories of communication; familiarizing students with the basics of interpersonal communication; approaching to verbal and non-verbal communication preparing students for a more informed and effective communication, both in working life and private life; encouraging students to solve problems in communication and self-improving knowledge of interpersonal communication. Prerequisites Knowledge Skills Courses completed Basic knowledge about interpersonal communication. Basic skills in interpersonal communication. Course organization Form of classes W (Lecture) A (large K (small L (Lab) Group type S (Seminar) P (Project) E (Eam) Contact hours 15

10 Other Written eam Oral eam Written assignment (essay) Student s presentation Discussion participation Group project Individual project Laboratory tasks Field classes Classes in schools Didactic games E learning Teaching methods: Classes will have forms of seminars. Students will be acquainted with the subject and will take an active part in the activities (work on the tet and tasks relating to interpersonal communication as well as presentations). The role of the teacher consists of introduction to the subject, asking questions, supervising students individual and collective work, verification of information, commenting, provoking discussion. Valid active participation in class is required, absences should be made up for individually with the teacher. Students are encouraged to read at least one item in the bibliography, about verbal and nonverbal communication, and to verify the knowledge acquired in the eercise in practice - in everyday life. Assessment methods: Assessment criteria Students get a pass for attending classes, active participation and making a presentation. Comments Course content (topic list) 1. Eplaining students programming content, methodology classes, and bibliography. Introduction and types of communication. The division of tasks. (2 hrs.). 2. Types of intelligence. Interpersonal communication, Typologies of acts of communication (2 hrs.). 3. Theories of interpersonal communication. Basic elements and phases and general rules of conversation. The main barriers to verbal communication (2 hrs.). 4. Types of nonverbal communication. Difficulties in nonverbal communication and (2 hrs.). 5. Communication behavior and gender (2 hrs.). 6. Communication behavior and culture (2 hrs.). 7. Communication in private and professional life. (2 hrs.). 8. Summing up all the presentations and the course (1 hr).

11 Compulsory reading 1. R.M. Krauss et al, Nonverbal Behavior and Nonverbal Communication: What Do Conversational Hand Gestures Tell Us?, online: 2. Nonverbal Communication, 3. J.T. Wood, Interpersonal communication. Everyday encounters, The University of Carolina At Chapel Hill, Cengage learning 2010, online: Recommended reading: 1. M.L. Knapp and J.A. Hall, Nonverbal Communication in Social Interaction, Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, R.M. Krauss, S.R. Fussell, Social Psychological models of Interpersonal Communication, in E.T. Higgins & A. Kruglanski (Eds.), Social Psychology: Handbook of Basic Principles. New York: Guilford Press, online: 3. Verbal Communication, 4. Verbal and Nonverbal Communication,