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Human Geography

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Course Unit Code116-0361/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
S1O70RNDr. Ivan Šotkovský, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
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
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
Required Reading:
1. KNOX, P. L., AGNEW, J., MCCARTHY, L. The Geography of the World Economy. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2014. ISBN-13: 978-1444184709.

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:
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.
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.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
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Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 51
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