Course: Regional geography of the Czech Republic

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Course title Regional geography of the Czech Republic
Course code KGE/0GC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Kraft Stanislav, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Rypl Jiří, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introducing the Czech Republic, part 1 Introducing the Czech Republic, part 2 Physical Geography of the Czech Republic Human Geography of the Czech Republic Prague and Central Bohemian Region South Bohemian and Pilsen Region Karlovy Vary, Ústí nad Labem and Liberec Region Hradec Králové, Pardubice and Vysočina Region South Moravian and Zlín Region Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian Region https://moodle.pf.jcu.cz/course/view.php?id=1018

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Activating (simulations, games, drama), E-learning, Individual tutoring, Group work
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the issues of regional geography of the Czech Republic. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of the individual geographical characteristics of each region of the Czech Republic from the perspective of physical and human geography.
Eligibility is based on the requirements for the student.
Prerequisites
Before taking the course Regional geography of the Czech Republic, it is desirable for students to complete the individual blocks of physical and human geography.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Colloquium

Independent work in the form of an analysis of physical-geographical and human-geographical characteristics of the selected region.
Recommended literature
  • BIČÍK, I., JANČÁK, V. (2004):. The transformation od the Czech Agriculture after 1940. In: Drbohlav, D. et al. (eds.) Czech geography at he dawn of the milenium. Olomouc, ČGS, s. 279-293..
  • ČERMÁK, Z. (2004):. Migrafion aspects of the Suburbanization in the Czech Republic. In: Drbohlav, D. et al. (eds.) Czech geography at he dawn of the milenium. Olomouc, ČGS, s. 319-329..
  • DOSTÁL, P., HAMPL, M. (2004):. Formation of Regional Geovernement in the Czech Reublic. In: Drbohlav, D. et al. (eds.) Czech geography at he dawn of the milenium. Olomouc, ČGS, s. 243-255..
  • HAMPL, M. a kol. (1996):. Geografická organizace společnosti a transformační procesy v ČR. Praha, UK, 395 s.
  • HAMPL, M. a kol. (2001):. Regionální vývoj: specifika čs. transformace, evropská integrace a obecná teorie. Praha, PřF UK, 328 s..
  • HAMPL, M. a kol. (2005):. Geografická organizace společnosti a transformační procesy v ČR. Praha, UK, 147 s..


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