Course: Regional Geography of the Balkans

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Course title Regional Geography of the Balkans
Course code KGG/QBAL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
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)
  • Bárta Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Fňukal Miloš, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Course deals with following issues: geographical position, basic physical geographical characteristic (geological development, geomorphologic, climatic, hydrologic, pedogeographic and biogeographic conditions, nature and landscape conservation), basic socio-economic characteristics (position in the world, historic development and its influence on formation of European society, general population characteristic, agriculture, industry, transport, services and tourism), the most important political geographical, social, economic and safety problems, regional outline.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students into the fundamentals of regional geography of the Balkans.
Identify main geographical phenomena and spatial organization of the Balkans.
Prerequisites
Elementary knowledge in physical and human geography.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Knowledge within the range of lectures and literature.
Recommended literature
  • Baar, V. (2002). Národy na prahu 21. století. Ostrava: Tilia.
  • Weithmann, M. W. (1996). Balkán : 2000 let mezi Východem a Západem. Praha: Vyšehrad.


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