OVp030 Social-Geographic Aspects of Modern World

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
OVp030/01: Mon 12:00–13:50 učebna 24, S. Novák
OVp030/02: Mon 8:00–9:50 učebna 55, S. Novák
OVp030/03: Tue 10:00–11:50 učebna 39, S. Novák
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
At the end of the course students should be able to: interpret the questions of the relationship of the people and the geographical enviros; make clear the conditionality of the people on the social and natural aspects of the landscape.
Syllabus
  • 1. Methods of statistical processing of geospatial information and its graphical interpretation. 2. Man and his position within the landscape sphere. 3. Global, regional and local dimension of the life of human society. 4. Geographical aspects of human development. 5. Sustainability of the current pace of consumer growth. 6. Food self-sufficiency. 7. Raw materials and energy as a prerequisite for economic growth and living standards. 8. Health and demographic characteristics. 9. Population's education and school infrastructure. 10. Unemployment and negative social phenomena. 11. Migrating internal and external. 12. Natural movement of population in the Czech Republic and across continents.
Literature
  • MULLER, Peter O. and Harm Jan DE BLIJ. Geography : realms, regions, and concepts. 8th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998, xv, 537. ISBN 0471291129. info
  • ANDĚL, Jiří. Kulturní geografie :jazyky, národy, náboženství, kulturní dědictví. Vyd. 1. Ústí nad Labem: Pedagogická fakulta UJEP, 1998, 146 s. ISBN 80-7044-193-3. info
  • CHALUPA, Petr. Geografie obyvatelstva a sídel v přehledu a cvičeních : učební texty pro studenty učitelského studia zeměpisu. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 109 s. ISBN 8021004487. info
Teaching methods
class discussion
Assessment methods
semester paper
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 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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