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Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleNumber of ECTS Credits Allocated
118-0502/01Human Geography5 ECTS credits
Type of Course UnitChoice-compulsory
Level of Course UnitFirst Cycle
Year of StudyFirst Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
S1O70RNDr. Ivan Šotkovský, Ph.D.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The course will equip students with the necessary knowledge of theoretical geography political geography, population geography, economic geography and regional geography including the current picture of particular states of the world, and, also, with the remarkable integration efforts. The aim of this subject is to exceed the range of the knowledges about social and economic weight of macroregions of the world and the most development countries. The next target is obtaining conception of general development of the world states, diversity central-periphery model of the world and possibilities to make a survey of living standard in a global scale.
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Common optional components are not offered, students of special interest can participate in departmental activities or can arrange consulting hours with lecturer.
Course Contents
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Fellmann, J., Getis, A., Getis, J.: Human geography (landscapes of human activities). Dubuque, Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1992.
Fellmann, J., Getis, A., Getis, J.: Human geography (landscapes of human activities). Dubuque, Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1992.
Recommended Reading:
Glassner, M., I.: Political Geography. New York, Singapore, John Wiley * Sons, Inc., 1993
Johnston, R., J. ed.: The Dictionary of Human Geography. Oxford, Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 1994
Sheppard, E., Barnes, T., J.: A Companion to Economic Geography. Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 2003
Glassner, M., I.: Political Geography. New York, Singapore, John Wiley * Sons, Inc., 1993
Johnston, R., J. ed.: The Dictionary of Human Geography. Oxford, Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 1994
Sheppard, E., Barnes, T., J.: A Companion to Economic Geography. Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 2003
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Individual consultations
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined
Work placement(s)
Course does not contain work placement.

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