Course Unit Code | 116-0361/01 |
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Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 4 ECTS credits |
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Type of Course Unit * | Compulsory |
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Level of Course Unit * | First Cycle |
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Year of Study * | Third Year |
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Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter 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 main target of the subject of “Geography of Europe” is to give the basic knowledges about geographical background of the world and especially of the Europe and their countries and macro regions. The very much dramatic affairs are running on this continent for the last several decades. The students obtained much information about political, natural, social and economic potential of the Europe and their macro regions |
Course Contents |
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1. Development of Human Geography (Basic notes and natures of human geography).
2. Introduction to the Theory and Methodology in Human Geography (Techniques and methods).
3. Introduction to the Therory of Spatial (Geographical) Systems.
4. Changes on the political and economic world map (State and his Basic Signs and Typology).
5. Introduction to Population geography (Development of the World Population)
6. The geography of the world economy (Agricultural and Industrial Process).
7. Core - periphery System of the World.
8. The Czech Republic and geographic background (Social and Economic Characteristics of the State).
9. United Nations and Other International Integration. |
Recommended or Required Reading |
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Required Reading: |
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1. KNOX, P. L., AGNEW, J., MCCARTHY, L. The Geography of the World Economy. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2014. ISBN-13: 978-1444184709.
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1. ŠOTKOVSKÝ, Ivan (2012). Socioekonomická geografie (prostředí lidské aktivity). Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava. ISBN 978-80-2č8-2624-0.
2. ŠOTKOVSKÝ, Ivan. Hospodářská geografie. Ostrava, VŠB Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2002. 248 s. ISBN 80-248-0066-7. |
Recommended Reading: |
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1. FELLMANN, J. D., M. D. BJELLAND, A. GETIS and J. GETIS. Human Geography: Land-scapes of Human Activities. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013. ISBN-13: 978-0078021466.
2. COE, Neil, KELLY, Philip, YEUNG, Henry W. C. Economic Geography: A Contemporary Introduction. 2nd ed., New York, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2013. 576 s. ISBN 978-0-4709-4338-0.
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1. KUTSCHERAUER, A., ŠOTKOVSKÝ, I., ADAMOVSKÝ, J., IVAN, I. (2013). Socioekonomická geografie a regionální rozvoj. Regionální analýzy v přístupech socioekonomické geografie k regio-nálnímu rozvoji. SAEI, vol. 22, Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava.
2. TOUŠEK, Václav a kol. Ekonomická a sociální geografie. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7380-1144. |
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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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Credit and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 | 51 |
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Examination | Examination | | |