HEN197 Ecology

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Supervisor
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies - Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Eva Táborská, CSc.
Course Enrollment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Fields of study the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to acquainte students with the meaning of ecology as science. Specific attention is paied to environmentally friendly systems of food production including their social aspects. At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain the basic terms of ecology and environmental science including global environmental issues; understand basic principles of food chains; examine the strength and weaknesses of industrial food production including its energy demands; understand environmental and social benefits of organic agriculture.
Syllabus
  • Global environmental issues.
  • Mad and Food I – population, ecological limits.
  • Man and Food II - global aspects of food production.
  • Basic terms of ecology: bioms, agroecosystems, urban ecosystems, energy and material flows and cycles.
  • Organic agriculture as applied ecology I – production principles.
  • Organic agriculture as applied ecology II - quality of products.
  • Social aspects of organic agriculture - strategies and activities of NGOs in the field of agriculture and food.
Literature
  • LAŠTŮVKA, Zdeněk and Pavla KREJČOVÁ. Ekologie. 1. vyd. Brno: Konvoj, 2000. 184 s. ISBN 80-85615-93-2. info
  • URBAN, Jiří and Bořivoj ŠARAPATKA. Ekologické zemědělství :učebnice pro školy i praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí ČR, 2003. 280 s. ISBN 80-7212-274-6. info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Ekologická dimenze udržitelného rozvoje. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, 2001. 102 s. ISBN 80-246-0246-6. info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. (Ne)udržitelný rozvoj :ekologie : hrozba i naděje. Edited by Hana Kolářová. 2. vyd. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, 2003. 141 s. ISBN 80-246-0769-7. info
Assessment methods
Lectures; readings; final essay. Final examination - written and oral.
Further comments (probably available only v češtině)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
Teacher's information
Uvedená literatura je doplněna v podrobném sylabu, který je umístěn ve studijních materiálů IS a v jeho interaktivnioch osnovách. Tam také budou v průběhu kursu zavěšovány všechny důležité dodatky a materiály. Literature to be studied is desribed at greater details in the more concrete syllabus that can be found in Study Materials of IS (Information System).
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011.
  • Enrollment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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