ENS210 Expert lectures IV

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ivona Tolarová
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:30 Aula
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
University teachers who live outside Brno and cannot participate for the entire term will teach a two-hour class each in this section. Experts from various professional sectors (research institutes, government,...) will share their everyday experience of solving environmental problems with students. At the end of the course students should be able to integrate knowledge of broad range of presented topics. The lectures of individual experts are grouped according to theme.
Syllabus
  • 2 hour lectures take place every week, the main theme of the spring term 2009 is "Philosophical, aesthetic, and historical aspects of environmental issues".
  • The list of lecturers and topics of their lectures is announced in greater details in the more concrete syllabus that can be found in Study Materials of IS (Information System).
Literature
  • STIBRAL, Karel. Darwin a estetika. Ke kontextu estetických názorů Charlese Darwina (Darwin and aesthetics. On the context of the aesthetic concepts of Charles Darwin). Praha-Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2006, 172 pp. Amfibios, 3. ISBN 80-86818-17-9. info
  • STIBRAL, Karel. Proč je příroda krásná? Estetické vnímání přírody v novověku (Why is Nature Beautiful? The Aesthetic Perception of Nature in the Modern Era). Praha: Dokořán, 2005, 202 pp. Bod. ISBN 80-7363-008-7. info
  • MILLER, G. Tyler. Living in the environment : principles, connections, and solutions. 12th ed. Belmont: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 2002, xx, 758. ISBN 0534376975. info
  • KOHÁK, Erazim. Zelená svatozář :kapitoly z ekologické etiky. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000, 204 s. ISBN 80-85850-86-9. info
Assessment methods
Lectures, final critical essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2011, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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