Course: Economic Geography

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Course title Economic Geography
Course code KGG/DEGV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bárta Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Frajer Jindřich, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
In the introduction, the importance of the discipline, its methods, and basic terminology are introduced. In addition to general economic geography, the central part is devoted to selected subdisciplines of economic geography and their key topics - geography of agriculture and food production, the geography of industry and global production networks, and the geography of transport, services, and tourism. The development and current status of the socio-economic themes in question at global and regional scales are presented, as well as the factors that cause their differentiation in different natural geographical areas, but especially in various political, economic, and social conditions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Homework for Teaching - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 40 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 40 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 70 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Course is aimed at general economic geography.
Recall basic terms and concepts used in economic geography.
Prerequisites
Knowledge within the scope of compulsory subjects that precede this subject in the study plan, geographic knowledge at the high school level.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam, Analysis of linguistic, Written exam

Credit requirements: elaboration of assigned individual and group tasks, test. Exam requirements: knowledge within the range of lectures and literature.
Recommended literature
  • Bičík, I. (1982). Ekonomická geografie I. Geografie zemědělství. Praha: SPN.
  • Dicken, P. (2007). Global shift: mapping the changing contours of the world economy. 5th ed. Sage.
  • Knox, P. L., Marston, S. A. (2004). Human geography : places and regions in global context. Prentice Hall.
  • Mackinnon, D., Cumbers, A. (2011). Introduction to economic geography. Globalization, Uneven Development an Place. 2nd edition. pearson Education Limited.
  • Maryáš, J., & Vystoupil, J. (2001). Ekonomická geografie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. Ekonomicko-správní fakulta.
  • Popjaková, D. (1997). Základné kapitoly z geografie priemyslu. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita.
  • Spišiak, P. (2007). Základy geografie poľnohospodárstva a lesného hospodárstva. Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave.
  • Štěpánek, V., Kopačka, L., Šíp, J. (2001). Geografie cestovního ruchu. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Toušek, V., Kunc, J., & Vystoupil, J. (2008). Ekonomická a sociální geografie. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk.


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