FSS:ENS202 Global Ecosystems - Course Information

ENS202 Global Ecosystems and Biotic Crises in the History of Earth

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Rostislav Brzobohatý, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ivona Tolarová

Timetable

Wed 10:00–11:40 G1,01004

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

• Environmental Studies (programme FSS, B-HE) (2)
• Environmental Studies (programme FSS, B-HS)
• Environmental Studies (programme FSS, B-KS) (2)
• Environmental Studies (programme FSS, B-MS) (2)
• Environmental Studies (programme FSS, B-PL) (2)
• Environmental Studies (programme FSS, B-PS) (2)
• Environmental Studies (programme FSS, B-SO) (2)
• Environmental Studies (programme FSS, B-SP) (2)
• European Studies (programme FSS, B-HE)
• Gender Studies (programme FSS, B-HE)
• Media Studies and Journalism (programme FSS, B-HE)
• European Studies and International Relations (programme FSS, B-HE)
• International Relations (programme FSS, B-HE)
• Political Science (programme FSS, B-HE)
• Psychology (programme FSS, B-HE)
• Social Anthropology (programme FSS, B-HE)
• Social Policy and Social Work (programme FSS, B-HE)
• Sociology (programme FSS, B-HE)

Course objectives

The main objective of the course is to present a comprehensive information on litosphere, atmosphere and biosphere, their interactions, dynamics, and development through geological periods. As result of lectures thus the picture of the Earth in archaic, proterozoic and phanerozoic periods emerges.
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain paelontological aspects of evolution and the present picture of the Earth and its risks as a result of the plane revolution.

Syllabus

• The oldest periods of history of Earth - prekambrium
• Origin of life
• Kambrium
• Ordovik
• Silur, Devon
• Karbon, Pm
• Trias
• Jura, Cetraceous Period
• Kenozoikum
• Epistemology of crisis
• Review of evolution theories
• Geological risks

Literature

• KALVODA, Jiří, Ondřej BÁBEK and Rostislav BRZOBOHATÝ. Historická geologie. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2002, 199 s. ISBN 8024404109. info
• LIEBES, Sidney, Elisabet SAHTOURIS and Brian SWIMME. A walk through time : from stardust to us : the evolution of life on Earth. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998, 223 s. ISBN 0471317004. info
• Dějiny planety Země. Edited by Stephen Jay Gould. Vyd. 1. Praha: Knižní klub, 1998, 256 s. ISBN 8085928884. info
• BRENCHLEY, Patrick J. and D. A. T. HARPER. Palaeoecology : ecosystems, environments and evolution. 1st ed. London: Chapman & Hall, 1998, xxv, 402. ISBN 0412434504. info
• RAUP, David M. O zániku druhů :je Darwinova teorie o přežívání nejkvalitnějších druhů jediným vysvětlením vývoje života na Zemi? Translated by Anton Markoš. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1995, 187 s. ISBN 80-7106-099-2. info
• LOVELOCK, James. Gaia : živoucí planeta. Translated by Anton Markoš. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1994, 221 s. ISBN 8020404368. info

Teaching methods

The course is based on lectures and individual work with the study recourses.

Assessment methods

Written examination.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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