HEN586 Introduction to Environmental Studies - seminar

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Eva Fraňková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Hana Librová, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kateřina Rezková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ivona Tolarová
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 U32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Kurz je volitelný seminář. Zapsat jej mohou studenti bakalářského studia environmentálních studií, kteří jsou zároveň zapsáni v povinném předmětu/přednášce Úvod do studia environmentalistiky (ENS 114) a kteří si chtějí prohloubit přednášenou látku.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The discusion-based seminars expand on the HEN 433 Introduction to Environmental Humanities lectures and further examine in a professional manner recent events of environmental import presented in daily press.
Students will deepen their knowledge acquired in the Introduction to Environmental Humanities course and become more competent in making decisions about the focus of their further study.
Syllabus
  • Week 1 – Introductions, discussion about the seminar content and its requirements
  • Week 2 – What is science? Are environmental humanities a science?
  • Week 3– Science of multiple paradigms
  • Week 4 - Various views on the state of the World and its development
  • Weeks 5 through 7– Ecosystems and human prosperity
  • Week 8- Nature, values and nature conservationists
  • Weeks 9 & 10- Opinions on solving ecological distress
  • Weeks 11 through 13- Presentation of students’ seminar papers followed by discussion
Literature
  • KELLER, Jan. Až na dno blahobytu. 2. vyd. Brno: Hnutí Duha, 1995, 143 s. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods include:
lectures combined with presentation of relevant data
structured discussion
homework, presentations of obtained data
home prepration, preliminary reading
seminar paper
presentation of the seminar paper in the lesson
critical discussion about presented texts
Assessment methods
Seminars aim at using discussion and further readings to deepen students’ knowledge of the material presented in the Introduction to Environmental Humanities course. The discussion topics listed in the course overview will be further expanded and announced during lectures. Seminar requires students to read in advance Czech, English and German texts in preparation for the discussion as well as to write a mandatory research essay.
Evaluation of students’ performance is based on the following; Mandatory attendace (maximum of three absences are allowed during the semester), reading of assigned literature, a short essay titled ‘Attempt at an environmentalist commentary on a newspaper/journal article’, short presentation of one’s essay at the seminar
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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