Ge4_USP1 Introduction to the Study of Geography

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2002
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Daniel Borecký, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Stanislav Horník, DrSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Chalupa, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jozef Mečiar (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Chalupa, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Florková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! Ge4_UDP1 Introduction to the Study
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The contents of the subject is formed consist of the acquaintance with the substance and structure of geography and with its transformation into education.
Syllabus
  • The Fundamental Themes of Lectures:
  • 1) The organization of university study, the specifics of study of geography
  • 2) The development of geographical thought
  • 3) Contemporary geography and its structuration
  • 4) The contets, techniques and methods of investigation and education in physical geography
  • 5) The contets, techniques and methods of investigation and education in human geography
  • 6) Geographical synthesis
  • 7) The orientation in maps of the world and Czech republic
Literature
  • DEMEK, Jaromír. Úvod do studia geografie. Brno: Geografický ústav ČSAV, 1977, 93 s. info
  • DEMEK, Jaromír, Evžen QUITT and Jaroslav RAUŠER. Úvod do obecné fyzické geografie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1976, 400 s. info
  • HORNÍK, Stanislav and Ladislav BUZEK. Fyzická geografie. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 319 s. info
  • HORNÍK, Stanislav. Základy fyzické geografie. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1982, 398 s. URL info
  • Fyzická geografie. II. Edited by Stanislav Horník. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 319 s. info
  • IVANIČKA, Koloman. Základy teórie a metodológie sociekonomickej geografie. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladatel'stvo, 1983, 448 s. info
  • CHALUPA, Petr and Jozef MEČIAR. Socioekonomická geografie v přehledu pro studenty čtyřletého studia. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1996, 172 s. ISBN 8021014555. info
  • Ivanička, K.: Úvod do ekonomickogeografického výzkumu. SAV Bratislava, 1971. 374 s.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: přednáška a průběžná kontrola testy pro zápočet
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2002, recent)
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