| Course Unit Code | 118-0339/01 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 4 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Choice-compulsory type B |
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| Level of Course Unit * | Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | First Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Summer Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| S1O70 | RNDr. Ivan Šotkovský, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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| The course grants students basic knowledges of population reproduction. The main components of this process are natural increase and migration. Demographic studies present knowledges about population development and changes of the primary population structures (age composition, national and religion structure etc.). Student learns to use demographic indicators, gets acquainted with demographic situation in Czech Republic and in the world. |
| Course Contents |
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1. Place of Demography in the Understanding
2. Demographic Events and the Approaches to their Recognition
3. Basic Instruments of the Demographic Analyses
4. Analytical Processes at the Study of the Demographic Reproduction
5. Wider Conditionalities of the Population Development
6. Demography of the World Countries |
| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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| CALDWELL, J. C., CALDWELL, B. K., CALDWELL, P., MCDONALD, P. F., SCHINDLMAYR, T. (2006). Demographic Transition Theory. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer |
1. Šotkovský, I. (2013). Demografie: teorie a praxe v regionálních souvislostech, SOET, vol. 6. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava
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| Recommended Reading: |
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| NEWEL, C. (1994). Methods and models in demography. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. |
1. Pavlík, Z., Rychtaříková, J., Šubrtová, A.: Základy demografie. Praha,
Academia, 1986, 736 s.
2. Šotkovský, I.: Aktuální problémy ČR - 5. díl: Populace. Ostrava, Scholaforum 1996, 31s.
3. Roubíček, V.: Úvod do demografie. 1 vyd., Praha, Codex Bohemia 1997, 349 s.
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Tutorials |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Exercises evaluation and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
| Exercises evaluation | Credit | 35 (35) | 0 |
| Project | Project | 30 | 0 |
| Other task type | Other task type | 5 | 0 |
| Examination | Examination | 65 (65) | 0 |
| Oral | Oral examination | 65 | 0 |