LF:BVEK011p Ecology - Course Information
BVEK011p Ecology - lecture
Faculty of Medicineautumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MVDr. Halina Matějová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Fri 20. 9. 13:00–17:10 A21/111, Fri 25. 10. 13:00–17:10 A21/111, Fri 8. 11. 13:00–17:10 A21/111
- 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
- Nutritive therapist (programme LF, B-SZ)
- Dietitian (programme LF, B-NUT)
- Course objectives
- Students after end of the course will be able to use the information filled with ecology in its scientific sense, basic knowledge about ecosystems and global environmental problems associated closely with the human impact on nature and the consequences resulting therefrom. Specific attention is paid to the topic of food production and organic farming.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- have basic knowledge about ecosystems,
- know the global environmental issues related to the impact of humans on nature and the consequences thereof.
- be oriented to the issues of food production and organic farming. - Syllabus
- Definitions. The natural (base science of ecosystems): biomes, agro-ecosystems, urban ecosystems, oceans, zoning, energy-material flows and cycles, biodiversity, etc. Social section (Introduction to Environmental Sciences) global issues (population, overpopulation, the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, pollution problem, tourism). Possibilities food production on a global scale. Organic farming as an example of applied ecology - principles of production, the current debate about the quality of production, social and environmental aspects of organic farming
- Teaching methods
- lectures
- Assessment methods
- Preparation of a thesis focused on the issues of ecology in relation to nutrition and presentation. Written examination
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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