aFAEK1_PrF General Ecology and Ecology of Human Health

Faculty of Pharmacy
Autumn 2025

The course is not taught in Autumn 2025

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: Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
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.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
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.
Key topics
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.
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • GIČEV, Jurij Petrovič. Ecological determinants of common diseases and life expectancy decline. Translated by Anastasia Kariagina. 3-rd revised and updated edi. Sofia: Ankos, 2023, 120 stran. ISBN 9786199007631. info
  • CAMPBELL, P. G. C.; Peter V. HODSON; Pamela WELBOURN; David A. WRIGHT; Valérie S. LANGLOIS; Christopher J. MARTYNIUK; Christopher D. METCALFE and Louise M. WINN. Ecotoxicology. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, xviii, 576. ISBN 9781108819732. info
  • LANDIS, Wayne G.; Ruth M. SOFIELD and Ming-Ho YU. Introduction to environmental toxicology : molecular substructures to ecological landscapes. Fifth edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2018, xx, 470. ISBN 9781498750424. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Lectures
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Written examination
Language of instruction
English
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