Course: Human Geography 1

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Course title Human Geography 1
Course code KGE/KHG1A
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Boháč Artur, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Rypl Oldřich, Mgr.
  • Švec Martin, Ing.
Course content
1. Introduction to human geography 2. Development and distribution of the world's population 3. Demographic structures and dynamics of demographic processes 4. Demographic transitions and forecasts 5. Geography of a population of the Czech Republic 6. Urban development 7. Global cities and megalopolises 8. Geography of cities and rural areas 9. Language, language groups and mixing languages 10. Nations and the problems of nationalism 11. Race: The Rise and fall of racial theories in Western thinking 12. Geography of religion 1: Abrahamic religions 13. Geography of religion 2: Another great traditions usually considered as religious 14. Geography of religion 3: The role of religion in the 21st century

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
Learning outcomes
The subject is human geography, which, together with the physical and regional geography is one of the fundamental pillars of professional geographic education, in the first part with an emphasis on geography, population and settlement

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination

Recommended literature
  • FEREIRA, M. Lidé. 2004.
  • LeGATES, R., STOUT, F. The City Reader.. 2009.
  • MURGAŠ, F. Základy humánní geografie 1. Geografie obyvatelstva a sídel. Liberec. ISBN 978-80-7494-299-0.
  • MURGAŠ, F. Základy humánní geografie 1. Geografie obyvatelstva a sídel. Liberec, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7494-299-0.
  • MURGAŠ, F. Základy humánní geografie 2. Ekonomická geografie. Liberec, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7494-285-3.
  • RUBENSTEIN, J. Contemporary Human Geography. 2010.
  • TOUŠEK, V., KUNC, J., VYSTOUPIL, J. Ekonomická a sociální geografie. 2008.


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