Course: Professional excursion abroad 1

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Course title Professional excursion abroad 1
Course code DVU/MEZ1
Organizational form of instruction Excursion
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Horáček Martin, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Hrabová Martina, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Čehovský Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Horníčková Kateřina, PhDr.
  • Jakubec Ondřej, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Krummholz Martin, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Zapletalová Jana, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Kundračíková Barbora, Mgr. PhD.
  • Macurová Zuzana, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Waisser Pavel, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Field trips cover regions relevant to the students' professional development. Students generally cover their own travel expenses (transportation, admission fees) unless otherwise arranged in advance. Destinations are selected by the program coordinator or instructor in connection with coursework or current cultural events (exhibitions, ongoing or completed monument restorations, etc.). Students may sign up for excursions to various locations multiple times during the school year (versions 1-2). Thematic areas - examples: 1. Tuscany and the birth of the Renaissance 2. Rome 3. The Netherlands - Cities and modern architecture 4. Belgium - Gothic cathedrals and Baroque painting 5. Bavaria - aristocratic estates and parks 6. Saxony - the mining landscape of the Erzgebirge 7. Berlin and its surroundings 8. Salzburg - from Prehistory to the present 9. Wachau - a landscape of monasteries and an untamed river 10. Pannonia - from Roman province to modern Hungary 11. Eastern Slovakia - Medieval Towns on the border of the "West" 12. Silesia - Czech artists on the move 13. Kraków and Lesser Poland - From Leonardo da Vinci to the dark heritage (Auschwitz)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Observation, Demonstration, Group work
Learning outcomes
The excursion covers regions relevant to the professional growth of students.
Students gain an understanding of the cultural heritage in a historically defined European region (sites and settlements with art-historical and heritage value, cultural landscapes), including the documentation, preservation, and presentation of this heritage in situ and in memory institutions (museums, galleries, libraries), as well as the current state of knowledge regarding relevant professional issues.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Participation in the field trip and a written report on a visited site, presented during the field trip, drawing on relevant foreign literature.
Recommended literature


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Art (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Art (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Art with the Specialization on Heritage Conservation (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -