Course: Selected Chapters in Human Geography: Field Trips

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Course title Selected Chapters in Human Geography: Field Trips
Course code KGG/VKHT
Organizational form of instruction Field Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Frajer Jindřich, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Halás Marián, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Klapka Pavel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Daniel Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course is designed as a series of half-day excursions in Olomouc and its immediate surroundings. In the field, we will document the knowledge gained in the areas of urbanism and spatial planning (construction, transport, ecology), municipal policy, and the perception of the city and its historical changes. The issues will be presented in various urban and suburban environments.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Observation, Demonstration
  • Excursion - 24 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 24 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 18 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 24 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course is designed as a practical field course. Students will be introduced to selected problems of human and regional geography directly in the field.
Understanding the interrelationship between space and society.
Prerequisites
The prerequisite is the completion of the subjects Municipal Economics and Municipal Policy (a); Urbanism and Spatial Planning (b).

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog, Written exam

Before fieldwork, students will be referred to selected lectures from other relevant subjects, which will be necessary to study. The subject concludes with a written test that verifies the knowledge acquired in a specific area.
Recommended literature
  • Bičík, I., Jeleček, L., Štěpánek, V. (2001). Land-Use Changes and their Social Driving Forces in Czechia in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Land Use Policy 18 (1), s. 65-73.
  • Graham, B., Nash, C. eds. (2000). Modern Historical Geographies. Harlow.
  • Hall, P. (1993). Urban and Regional Planning. London.
  • Healey, P. et al. (1995). Managing cities : the new urban context.
  • Hrůza, J., Zajíc, J. (1995). Vývoj urbanismu I a II. Praha.
  • Knox, P., Pinch, S. (2000). Urban social geography: an introduction.
  • Lynch. The image of the city. Cambridge.
  • Maier, K. (2005). Hospodaření a rozvoj českých měst 1850-1938. Praha.
  • Vitková, Ľ. (2001). Urbanistická ekonómia ako faktor územného rozvoja. Bratislava.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Geography and Regional Development (2020) Category: Geography courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer