HEN197 Ecology

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Eva Táborská, CSc.
Timetable
each even Monday 15:00–17:30 128A
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to acquainte students with the meaning of ecology as science. Specific attention is paied to environmentally friendly systems of food production including their social aspects. At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain the basic terms of ecology and environmental science including global environmental issues; understand basic principles of food chains; examine the strength and weaknesses of industrial food production including its energy demands; understand environmental and social benefits of organic agriculture.
Syllabus
  • Global environmental issues.
  • Mad and Food I – population, ecological limits.
  • Man and Food II - global aspects of food production.
  • Basic terms of ecology: bioms, agroecosystems, urban ecosystems, energy and material flows and cycles.
  • Organic agriculture as applied ecology I – production principles.
  • Organic agriculture as applied ecology II - quality of products.
  • Social aspects of organic agriculture - strategies and activities of NGOs in the field of agriculture and food.
Literature
  • URBAN, Jiří and Bořivoj ŠARAPATKA. Ekologické zemědělství :učebnice pro školy i praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí ČR, 2003, 280 s. ISBN 80-7212-274-6. info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. (Ne)udržitelný rozvoj : ekologie, hrozba i naděje. 2. vyd. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2003, 141 s. ISBN 8024607697. info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Ekologická dimenze udržitelného rozvoje. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, 2001, 102 s. ISBN 8024602466. info
  • LAŠTŮVKA, Zdeněk and Pavla KREJČOVÁ. Ekologie. 1. vyd. Brno: Konvoj, 2000, 184 s. ISBN 8085615932. info
Teaching methods
The course is based on lectures and individual work with the study recourses. Students are required to write an essays.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by an examination. An essay has to be submitted as a condition for taking an exam. The literature for the subject will be placed in the section “Study materials” in IS. The exact conditions of the point evaluation for the test and essays will be published in the section “Study materials”. The topics for the presentations and the instructions will be published there as well.
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 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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