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Lecturer(s)
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Brychtová Šárka, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Theoretical exposition. Population geography. Settlement geography. Global view of world economic geography. Geography of agriculture. Geography of industry. Transport geography.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with basic information about economic geography and create prerequisites for the integrated conception of the analyzed issue.
Students will acquire knowledge about global outline of the socioeconomic phenomena in the contemporary world (population, settlements, industry, agriculture and transport) and will be able to interpret economic geography disciplines within particular continents.
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Prerequisites
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Presumption of the registration on this subject is knowledge of geographic disciplines on the level of secondary school.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Work-related product analysis
The assignment is granted upon completion of the following conditions: seminar work + passing the final written test.
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Recommended literature
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Combes, A. Economic geography, GB: University Presses, 2008..
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Marston, S. World regions in global context, USA: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005..
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Š. Brychtová. lessons. Universita Pardubice, 2003. ISBN 55 785 -03.
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Wood, A. Economic geography, GB: ROUTLEDGE, 2010..
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