Course: Conflict Areas in the Noneuropean Areas

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Course title Conflict Areas in the Noneuropean Areas
Course code MRS/CACW
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Dušková Lenka, Mgr. PhD.
  • Fňukal Miloš, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Seminar is in form of presentation of seminar works of students on themes selected from following fields: state, border, development and contemporary state of world political map, basic geopolitical theories, contemporary geopolitical conceptions, geography of power (zones of interest, geo-economic competition, state security), global cultural and civilization factors of policy, local conflicts etc.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
Course extends and deepens knowledge from course Fundamentals of Political and Regional Geography and applies it to current political-geographical problems of contemporary world.
Identify current political geographical problems of the world.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Seminar Work

Recommended literature
  • Baar, V. (2002). Národy na prahu 21. století. Ostrava: Tilia.
  • Blacksell, M. (2006). Political Geography. London, New York: Routledge.
  • Bufon, M. (2001). Osnove politične geografije I. Ljubljana: Univerza v Ljubljani.
  • Cox, K. R. (2002). Political Geography : Territory, State, and Society. Oxford, Malden: Blackwell.
  • Ištok, R. (2004). Politická geografia a geopolitika. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove.
  • Ištok, R. (1997). Štát na politickej mape sveta. Prešov: Katedra geografie a geoekológie FHPV PU.
  • Liščák, V., Fojtík, P. (1998). Státy a území světa. Praha: Libri.
  • Šlachta, M., Burda, T., Holeček, M. (2007). Ohniska napětí ve světě. Praha: Kartografie Praha, Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti.
  • Tesař, F. (2007). Etnické konflikty. Praha: Portál.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2012) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -