FaF:F1EK1_12 General Ecology and Ecology of - Course Information
F1EK1_12 General Ecology and Ecology of Human Health
Faculty of PharmacyAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Milan Gelnar, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Milan Gelnar, CSc.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites
- FAKULTA ( FaF ) || OBOR ( MUSFaF )
Basic knowledge of biology, chemistry, physiology. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 90 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 90/90, only registered: 4/90 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Pharmacy (programme FaF, M-FARM)
- Cosmetic Products (programme FaF, B-KOSM)
- Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Pharmacy (programme CST, KOS)
- Course objectives
- General ecology: Lectures include overview of definitions in general ecology, its relationship to other science departments, its link to pharmaceutical education, research and practice.It also involves basic terms and their definitions.
Ecology of human health includes basic legislative of ecology, characteristics of factors negatively affecting human health. It involves factors of natural and anthropologic origin, which influence the quality of human health and possible consequences of interference of adverse factors in human health. - Learning outcomes
- Knowledge of ecology within syllabus, taking into account the impact of the environment on human health.
- Syllabus
- 1st lecture: ECOLOGY - definition, methods. ECOLOGICAL FACTORS.
2. lecture: INDIVIDUAL AND ENVIRONMENT
3. lecture: POPULATION - definition, structure, relationships within the population, population dynamics.
4. lecture: RELATIONS BETWEEN POPULATIONS. FOOD RELATIONS
5. lecture: BIOCENOSIS - characteristics, types, structure, dynamics, classification.
6. lecture: ECOSYSTEM - characteristics, productivity and production, cycles of substances, the stability of ecosystems, types of ecosystems. BIOM. PROTECTION OF POPULATIONS, COMMUNITIES, AND ECOSYSTEMS.
7. lecture: HISTORY OF HUMAN ECOLOGY. HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
8. lecture: MAN AND BIOTIC FACTORS OF THE ENVIRONMENT. ECOPATOLOGY
9. lecture: HUMAN FUNCTIONS IN ECOSYSTEMS, ENERGY ASPECTS OF HUMAN ECOSYSTEMS.
10. lecture: ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF NUTRITION. Toxicity of substances - chemical compounds - chlorinated derivatives, PCBs, organophosphates, carbamates, elements - Hg, Pb, Cd, As, Cr, Be, Mn, Ni, Al, nitrogen compounds - NO2-, NO3-. Radiation risks.
11. lecture: MUTAGENS AND TERATOGENS. HUMAN ECOGENETICS
12. lecture: ECOLOGY OF HUMAN POPULATIONS - size and density, structure, indicators of reproduction, problems of urbanization.
- 1st lecture: ECOLOGY - definition, methods. ECOLOGICAL FACTORS.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- Laštůvka, Z., Krejčová, P. Ekologie. Vydavatelství Konvoj, Brno, 2000. ISBN 8085615932. info
- not specified
- Hajn, V. Ekologie člověka. Olomouc, 1999. ISBN 8070679638. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Assessment methods
- Written examination
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- Passing lectures, knowledge of the subject within the syllabus.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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