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Lecturer(s)
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Maisner Onuralp, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Reissich Václav, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Ondráš Jan, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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This course includes following items: System of studies of geographic disciplines (Phisical and Human Geographies) and department of geography; concept of world geography. History of geographical discoveries and outlook of how our world may look like in future. Literature and other sources, how to quote. Sources of geographic information, institutions, statistics, cartographic materials, geographic information systems. Earth shape - evidence, bodies replacing the Earth shape, reference surfaces of the Earth, earth-shaped consequences, geographical coordinates. GPS and its use in geography. Principles of cartographic projection, selected coordinate systems. Cartographic deformations in projections.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Interactive lecture, Individual study, Students' self-study, Textual studies, Lecture
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 27 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 25 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to know the basics of geography on graduate-level high school |
| Skills |
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| to study geographical literature |
| to understand the visually presented geoinformation and orientation in space |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to grasp the position of the geography in the science system |
| to integrate particular elements and components of the landscape and deduce relationships |
| to grasp the basic stages of geographical cognition |
| to know basic methods of geographic cognition and research |
| to know earth's basic properties as a starting point for the study of geosciences. |
| Skills |
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| to use of bibliographic citations and links to resources, literature and bibliographic records correctly |
| to explain object and subject of geography research |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Interactive lecture |
| Textual studies |
| Individual study |
| Self-study of literature |
| Skills |
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| Lecture |
| Interactive lecture |
| Self-study of literature |
| Textual studies |
| Competences |
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| Lecture |
| Interactive lecture |
| Textual studies |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Test |
| Seminar work |
| Written exam |
| Skills |
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| Written exam |
| Seminar work |
| Competences |
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| Written exam |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Brázdil, Rudolf. Úvod do studia planety Země : Celost. vysokošk. učebnice pro stud. přírodověd. a pedagog. fakult. 1. vyd. Praha : SPN, 1988.
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Čapek, Richard. Matematická geografie. Praha, 2001.
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Červený, Pavel. Matematická geografie v otázkách a odpovědích. 2. upr. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2004. ISBN 80-7043-280-2.
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Daněk, P. Geografické myšlení: úvod do teoretických přístupů. Brno, 2013. ISBN 978-80-210-6694-6.
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Demek, J a kol. Úvod do studia geografie. Praha, 1980.
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Holt-Jensen, Arild. Geography, history and concepts : a student's guide. 4th ed. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4129-4650-6.
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Novotná, Eva. Informační podpora geografie. Praha : Univerzita Karlova, Přírodovědecká fakulta, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86561-42-4.
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Novotná, Marie. Teoretická geografie. Vydání první. 2014. ISBN 978-80-261-0467-4.
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Rowntree; Lewis; Price; Wyckoff. Globalization and Diversity: geography of changing world. New Jersey, 2014. ISBN 978-0-321-82146-1.
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Siwek, Tadeusz. 120 let České geografické společnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha : Česká geografická společnost, 2014. ISBN 978-80-905642-1-3.
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