ESF:BPR_REGE Regional Geography - Course Information
BPR_REGE Regional Geography of Europe
Faculty of Economics and AdministrationSpring 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Petr Tonev, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Tonev, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Markéta Novotná, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Petr Tonev, Ph.D.
Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Iveta Suchomelová Vašíčková
Supplier department: Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration - Timetable
- Mon 12:50–14:30 P304
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- (! PRREGE Regional Geography || ! KRRGEC Regional Geo. of Europe and CR || ! BKR_RGEC Regional Geo. of Europe || ! BTR_RGEC Regional Geo. of Europe || ! C_KRRGEC Regionální geografie Evropy a ČR )
- 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: 0/90, only registered: 0/90 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS)
- Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS, specialization Reg. Develop. & Admin.)
- Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, M-HPS)
- Course objectives
- The course introduces students to the problems of European regions and indirectly presents the methods used in the regional research. Students will be introduced to new facts about location, development and spatial differentiation of decisive economic and social phenomena and processes in Europe.
Main stress will be placed on the following topic areas:
geographic and geopolitical location, demographic and social phenomena and processes, structure of settlement and its development, economic sphere and its dynamic and structural aspects, transport and infrastructure, living environment, regional disparities in Europe.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
demonstrate an awareness of the geographic dimensions of economic and social issues in Europe;
understand geographic concepts and theories used to explain Europe patterns and distributions of population and economic activities;
understand the interconnections between Europe's regions, identify and interpret contemporary issues from a regional perspective;
demonstrate how social, economic and political processes are interrelated in producing inequalities and difference between regions and societies;
analyse economic and social issues in different European countries and contexts; - Syllabus
- 1. Course introduction, object of study, basic terminology of spatial planning.
- 2. Some geographical characteristics and regionalisation of Europe.
- 3. The Czech Republic.
- 4-5. Central Europe and the Baltic States.
- 6. Northern Europe.
- 7. British Isles.
- 8-9. Western Continental Europe.
- 10. Western and central Mediterranean region.
- 11. Southeastern Europe.
- 12. Eastern Europe.
- Literature
- required literature
- VITURKA, Milan, Stanislav ŘEHÁK and Michal VANČURA. Regionální geografie Evropy a ČR (Regional geography of the Europe and C.R.). 2. vydání. Brno: MU - ESF, 2004, 126 pp. ISBN 80-210-3504-8. info
- recommended literature
- SKOKAN, Ladislav. Evropa : sociogeografický přehled. Vyd. 1. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 2009, 130 s. ISBN 9788074140822. info
- BLOUET, Brian W. The EU and neighbors : a geography of Europe in the modern world. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2008, viii, 552. ISBN 9780471655541. info
- ANDĚL, Jiří and Roman MAREŠ. "Starý svět" Evropa :encyklopedický přehled zemí. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2001, 292 s., [3. ISBN 80-7182-115-2. info
- Teaching methods
- This course is taught by a combination of lectures (every week) and seminars (2 periods once a fortnight). The seminars will involve a range of exercises to complement and supplement lecture coverage and to give students experience of individual and group work with oral and written outputs.
- Assessment methods
- The methods of assessment are twofold. The first involves written and oral presentations (25% contribution to the course assessment) on an agreed topic. The ability to work independently and as part of a team is required and written and oral presentation skills are developed.
The second is a written examination (a combination of multiple choice and short answer format, 75% contribution to the course assessment). The examination seeks to test students’ knowledge, understanding and learning competencies from the lecture and seminar series, and their ability to synthesise that knowledge and answer specific questions relating to the course material.
It is necessary to gain more than 60 % of overall assessment (presentations + written examination) to pass the exam.
Students should attend all seminars or similar classes. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Information about innovation of course.
- This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2015, recent)
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