PřF:Z0108 Seminar of economic geography - Course Information
Z0108 Seminar of economic geography
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- Z3090p Human Geography || Z3090 Human Geography
- 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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 6/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Applied Geography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, B-AG, specialization Geoinformatics and Regional Development)
- Physical Geography (programme PřF, B-GEK)
- Geographical Cartography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, B-GEK)
- Geographical Cartography and Geoinformatics (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-EB)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-CH)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-MA)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-UCZ) (2)
- Geography (programme PřF, B-GK, specialization Human Geography)
- Geoinformatics and Regional Development (programme PřF, B-AG)
- Geoinformatics and Regional Development (programme PřF, B-GEK)
- Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development (programme PřF, B-GEK)
- Social Geography (programme PřF, B-GEK)
- Course objectives
- An aim of the course is to discuss selected problems using literature review from economic geography. Students will analyze selected problems of economic development, mainly from the Czech Republic, but also from the EU. Students will elaborate seminar paper on selected topic. Seminar paper will be presented by students in the public discussion.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will elaborate seminar paper on selected topic. Seminar paper will be presented by students in the public discussion.
- Syllabus
- Discussions on selected problems using current literature. Information about the newest trends of Czech economy, development, movements. Screening of a picture about a current thesis, public discussion. Introduction of several themes for seminar work. Public presentation of seminar works.
- Literature
- KUNC, Josef, Václav TOUŠEK, Jiří VYSTOUPIL, Petr DANĚK, Pavel KLAPKA, Ondřej MULÍČEK, Daniel SEIDENGLANZ, Zdeněk SZCZYRBA, Michal VANČURA, Antonín VĚŽNÍK, Milan VITURKA and Petr TONEV. Ekonomická a sociální geografie (Economic and social geography). 1. vydání. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2008, 411 pp. učebnice vysokých škol. ISBN 978-80-7380-114-4. info
- Teaching methods
- The basic teaching methods are class discussion on the development of objectives of Homework’s and presentations of homework’s.
- Assessment methods
- The condition for a successful finishing of the course is attendance in the seminars, plus participation in the discussion. Grading is based on presentation of homework.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/sci/spring2025/Z0108