Five-week plan of LECTURES & SEMINARS for the students of

BRITISH AND AMERICAN STUDIES (one-semester course for 3rd year students only):

WEEK 1

SEMINAR: Slovak stereotypical images of Britishness

LECTURE: The Country People & their identities

WEEK 2

SEMINAR: Britishness in the light of recent constitutional changes in the UK

LECTURE: System of government

WEEK 3

LECTURE: British politics

SEMINAR: British & Slovak electoral systems compared

WEEK 4

LECTURE: The Media

SEMINAR: Features of the British National Daily Press

WEEK 5

LECTURE: Northern Ireland

SEMINAR: Public debate on immigration to the UK

N.B.: Given the fact that British Studies is part of a six-credit course taught in combination with

American Studies, the following topics ARE NOT be part of the course syllabus

(i.e. you don't have to revise for these in preparation for your final written test):

Geography & regional differences, Education, Law & Order, The Welfare State,

Scotland & Wales.

The Mid-semester written test (for students of British Studies course) on topics 1 through 6 (i.e. including topic 6 Education) will be given next week in seminars, group by group. Attendance is compulsory, the only exception granted to those on sick-leave or in need of a medical examination. If you happen to fall in the latter group (i.e. you have a medical appointment already scheduled), come to take your test at any other British Studies seminar on Monday (periods 2, 3, 4 or 5 on the 25 of March) or Wednesday (period 11, March the 27th). As far as the March 27th lecture is concerned, it WILL take place as scheduled.