118-0311/05 – Geography of Europe (GEOEVR)
Gurantor department | Department of Regional and Environmental Economics | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | RNDr. Ivan Šotkovský, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | RNDr. Ivan Šotkovský, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The main goal of the subject “Geography of the Europe” is to learn the students to criticize of the Europe maturity on the world scale. They obtain the acquirement to value natural, social and economic characteristics of the Europe continent. They acquaint with living standard European countries, they be able to compare this differences not only on the European scale. Students will be more acquaint with geographic and social characters of the Czech Republic and European Union.
Teaching methods
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Tutorials
Summary
1. Basic knowledge of geographical science. Geographical approaches and spatial arrangement.
2. State-forming process and geopolitical situation of Europe.
3. Europe as an economically powerful complex interconnected space. General characteristics of the European continent.
4. Natural characteristics of the European continent.
5. Evaluation of European social development.
6. Economic environment and level of European development.
7. Macro-regions of European states with developed market economy.
8. Macro-regions of Eastern and Central Europe.
9. The Czech Republic and the European Economic Area.
10. Position and development possibilities of the European continent.
11. Differences in the level of maturity of European countries, availability of geospatial data.
12. Cooperation of European states on security and economic development issues.
13. Problems of contemporary Europe from the point of view of state-forming process.
14. Perspectives of the development of the European continent.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Active participation in seminars (preparation of materials, elaboration of seminar work in spreadsheet editor Excel by analysis of selected geographic data), active participation in lectures, credit test.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Basic knowledge of geographical science. Geographical approaches and spatial arrangement.
2. State-forming process and geopolitical situation of Europe.
3. Europe as an economically powerful complex interconnected space. General characteristics of the European continent.
4. Natural characteristics of the European continent.
5. Evaluation of European social development.
6. Economic environment and level of European development.
7. Macro-regions of European states with developed market economy.
8. Macro-regions of Eastern and Central Europe.
9. The Czech Republic and the European Economic Area.
10. Position and development possibilities of the European continent.
11. Differences in the level of maturity of European countries, availability of geospatial data.
12. Cooperation of European states on security and economic development issues.
13. Problems of contemporary Europe from the point of view of state-forming process.
14. Perspectives of the development of the European continent.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction