PřF:Z5790 Landscape of South Moravia - Course Information

Z5790 Landscape of South Moravia

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science

Prerequisites

KREDITY_MIN(40)
Interest in the topic of South Moravia landscapes and general knowledge about geography of the Czech Republic.

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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 1/15

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The goal is to stimulate students to deeper recognition and deeper knowledge of typical Landscapes in wider outskirts of our university.
To give them concentrated information about this territory in unconventional form.
This course offers also possibility of enjoyment of explorer in an unknown landscape.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students should be able to:

Explain specifics and similarities of Southmoravian Landscapes in the comparison with Landscapes of remaining part of the Czech Republic;
Define and analyze Landscape regions of Southern Moravia; Compare Southmoravian Landscapes one with another and explain the differences;
Identify the main attractions of respective Landscapes from the tourist travel point of view;
Apply knowledge of Physical Geography in the Southern Moravia region.

Syllabus

• 1.-4. Geological, geomorphological, climatological, pedological and biogeographical overview of Southern Moravia and its comparasion with neighbouring territories.
• 5. Prehistory and history of Southern Moravia, its settlement, development of the landscape - selfstudy.
• 6.-12. Landscapes of respective Southmoravian (bio-)regions, their geology, geomorphology, peculiarities - attractive rocks, important summites, valleys, main and interesting water courses, rapids, waterfalls, peat-bogs (mires), fens, halophilous grasses, sand-dunes, (pseudo-)carstic forms, mineral springs. Peculiarities of landuse, settlememt shape, important buildings, roads and dams, important protected areas and environmental conflicts will be mentioned too. Totally 16 regions will be studied.
• 13. Ethnography of Southern Moravia - selfstudy.

Literature

required literature
• Kolektiv: Atlas krajiny ČR. 2009. VÚKOZ, Průhonice

not specified
• CULEK, Martin, Vít GRULICH, Zdeněk LAŠTŮVKA and Jan DIVÍŠEK. Biogeografické regiony České republiky (Biogeographical regions of the Czech Republic). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 448 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6693-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-6693-2013. Munispace info
• MACKOVČIN, Peter, Matylda JATIOVÁ, Jaromír DEMEK, Petr SLAVÍK and Marek HAVLÍČEK. Brněnsko. Praha: AOPK ČR, EkoCentrum, VÚKOZ, 2008, 932 pp. Chráněná území ČR, svazek IX. ISBN 978-80-87051-16-0. info
• Jihlavsko., Chráněná území ČR. Sv. VII. (Variant.) : Chráněná území ČR. Sv. VII, Jihlavsko. info
• Neživá příroda (Variant) : Vlastivěda moravská : země a lid : nová řada. Svazek 1, Neživá příroda. info
• Pardubicko., Chráněná území ČR. Sv. IV (Variant.) : Chráněná území ČR. Sv. IV, Pardubicko. info
• Živá příroda (Variant.) : Vlastivěda moravská : země a lid : nová řada. Svazek 2, Živá příroda. info
• DEMEK, Jaromír, Peter MACKOVČIN, Břetislav BALATKA, Antonín BUČEK, Martin CULEK, Petr ČERMÁK, Daniel DOBIÁŠ, Marek HAVLÍČEK, Mojmír HRÁDEK, Karel KIRCHNER, Jan LACINA, Tomáš PÁNEK, Petr SLAVÍK, Irena SMOLOVÁ and Jaroslav VAŠÁTKO. Zeměpisný lexikon ČR. Hory a nížiny (Geographical Lexikon of the Czech Republic. Mountains and Lowlands). Brno: Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2015, 610 pp. 1. a 2. díl. ISBN 978-80-7509-113-0. info
• LOW, Jiří, Martin CULEK, Pavel HARTL and Jaroslav NOVÁK. Krajinné typy České republiky (Landscape types of the Czech Republic). In Sborník 23. výroční konference Fyzickogeografické sekce ČGS. 1st ed. Brno: Geografický ústav MU, 2006. info
• ŠAFÁŘ, Jiří. Chráněná území ČR. VI., Olomoucko. Vyd. 1. Praha: Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny České republiky, 2003, 454 s. : o. ISBN 80-86064-46-08. info
• MACKOVČIN, Peter and Matilda et al. JATIOVÁ. Zlínsko (Zlínsko (Landscape of the city Zlín county)). Vydání první. Praha: AOPaK a EkoCentrum Brno, 2002, 376 pp. Chráněná území II. ISBN 80-86064-38-7. info

Teaching methods

Oral lectures are held with help of powerpoint presentations with great number of snaps of respective Landscapes. Lecture presentations are available for the students in university Information System and during the lectures are commented.

Two class excercises will teach students to identify the landscapes on snaps.
instead of 5 class excercises a half-day excursion in Brno surroundings will be held, students are to prepare some information on visited Landscapes.
Important part of the course is homework - "discovering trip" to Landscape selected by lot - and powerpoint presentation of the trip results.

Assessment methods

Oral exam (length about 30 min.) with possibility of preparation. Identifying of a landscape picture on the computer monitor is part of the exam too. Exam makes cca 70% of final mark and the level must be at E or higher.
30% of the final evaluation makes student´s activity in seminars and quality of the seminar powerpoint presentation.
Before the exam, students will present own notes of the organized field trip.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• Z7900 Landscape Evaluation

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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