118-0502/01 – Human Geography (HUMGEO)
| Gurantor department | Department of Regional and Environmental Economics | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | RNDr. Ivan Šotkovský, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | RNDr. Ivan Šotkovský, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2009/2010 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | USP, HGF, FEI, FMT, FBI, FAST, FS, EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
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.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Summary
Compulsory literature:
FELLMANN, J. D., M. D. Bjelland, A. Getis and J. Getis. Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013.
Recommended literature:
FOUBERG, E., H., MURPHY, A., B., de BLIJ, H., J. Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture. 11th ed. New York: Wiley, 2015.
KNOX, P. L., MARSTON, S. A. Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context. 7th ed. London: Pearson Education, 2015.
RUBENSTEIN, James, M. The culture landscape: An Introduction to human geography: 12th ed. London: Pearson Education, 2016.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
The students will be elaborate the seminar paper in the electronicaly version. Results of theri work will be presented by the help of program Power Point.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Evolution of the Human Geography
Basic notes and natures of human geography, particular branch of human geography, historical development of geography and human geography, personality of the human geography.
2. Introduction to the Methodology in Human Geography
Techniques and methods.
3. Political Geography and Regional Approach
Changes on the political and economic world map. State and his basic signs and typology.
4. Introduction to Population Geography
Development of the world population, urban system and settlement.
5. Economic Development and Space Economy
Agriculture, industry and services.
6. The Czech Republic and geographic background
Location, social and economic characteristics of the state.
7. Core-periphery System of the World
Space patterns, regional disparities.
8. Quality of Life and Cooperation among States
United Nations and other international integrations, global, regional and local political organization.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction