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KGE / PKGA
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KGE
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PKGA
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Political and Cultural Geography
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
6
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[Hours/Week]
Seminar
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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28 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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10
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Substituted course
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KGE/PKG
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Preclusive courses
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KGE/PKG
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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To introduce students with the current state of political, economic and cultural division of the world at different scale levels, embedded in an historical context. To provide students with the main premises of the world's geopolitics, theory of the state and nationalism, as reflected in the global geographical research.
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Requirements on student
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Conditions for obtaining credit:
- Active participation in the seminar lessons - reading and discussing scientific articles from peer-reviewed political-geographical journals, review of contemporary political-geographical topics, work with the political map of the world. It is possible to receive max. 10 points.
- Processing and submission of two research texts from scientific articles, and one seminar thesis (text version, presentation) in the field of electoral geography reflecting spatial polarization and fragmentation of the political system. It is possible to receive max. 40 points.
- Test at the end of the semester. It is possible to receive max. 70 points. The test has one reparative term. In order to obtain the credit, it is necessary to receive a minimum of 80 points in total (from the test and particular seminar assignments) of 120 possible points (plus up to 10 possible bonus points for specified extra seminar paper content).
Combined exam:
- Questions from the topics discussed during the lectures and from the elementary literature on the subject matter.
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Content
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Introduction to the scientific discipline of political and cultural geography - subject and object of study, basic concepts and notions, research paradigms, scientific journals.
Methods of political-geographical research - spatial polarization and fragmentation, MAUP, spatial dependence in a multi-scalar context.
Macro-regional differentiation of the world according to political, economic and cultural criteria, dependence theories, theory of cyclical development over time and across space.
Classical geopolitics - main schools of thought, assumptions, hegemonic-state strategies and geopolitical codes in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Critical geopolitics and subaltern studies as a responses to the crisis of classical geopolitics, disputed territories, research methods and main scholars.
Geography of conflicts - political, cultural and environmental resources, theory of causes of wars, de iure and de facto states.
Modern state - attributes of the state, power and sovereignty, border disputes and perception of borders, orientation at the political map of the world in the 20th and 21st centuries, both historical and contemporary.
Forms of the state's constitutional organization, components of the state territory, decentralization, regionalism and role of the geographical organization of society.
Nation and nationalism - nations and states, processes of the emergence and formation of nations, typology of nationalism and main scholars of nationalism.
National and regional identity - political aspects of spatial identity formation, landscape iconography and construction of national landscapes.
Regional nationalism in the context of European integration, practical examples, the concept of Europe of regions and typology of nationalist responses.
Electoral geography - electoral systems, spatial context of elections, voter-party-locality relations, contemporary electoral trends.
Local politics and conflicts in the global cities - social stratification and spatial segregation, gentrification and its consequences.
Environmental political geography - climate change and economic restructuring in institutional and civil politics and policies.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Gallaher, Carolyn; Dahlman, Carl; Gilmartin, Mary; Mountz, Alison; Shirlow, Peter. Key concepts in political geography. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4129-4672-8.
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Basic:
Anděl, Jiří. Kulturní geografie : jazyk, národy, náboženství, kulturní dědictví. Ústí nad Labem : Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity J. E. Purkyně, 1998. ISBN 80-7044-193-3.
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Basic:
Flint, Colin; Taylor, Peter. Political geography: World economy, nation-state, and locality..
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Basic:
Baar, Vladimír; Rumpel, Petr; Šindler, Petr. Politická geografie. 1. vyd. Ostrava : Přírodovědecká fakulta Ostravské univerzity, 1996. ISBN 80-7042-737-X.
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Extending:
Agnew, John; Mitchell, Katharyne; Toal, Gerald. A companion to political geography..
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Extending:
Baker, Alan R.H. Geography and History. Bridging the Divide. Cambridge, 2003. ISBN 0521288851.
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Extending:
Jelen, Libor. Konfliktní regiony světa. ISBN 978-80-87476.
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Extending:
Anděl, J., Bičík, I., Bláha, J. Makroregiony světa: nová regionální geografie. Karolinum, 2019. ISBN 978-80-246-4273-4.
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Extending:
Graham, Brian. Modern historical geographies/. Logman, 2000. ISBN 0-582-35779-9.
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Extending:
Baar, Vladimír. Národy na prahu 21. století = Emancipace nebo nacionalismus?. Vyd. 1. V Šenově u Ostravy : Tilia, 2002. ISBN 80-7042-807-4.
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Extending:
Šlachta, Mojmír; Burda, Tomáš; Holeček, Milan. Ohniska napětí ve světě. Praha : Kartografie Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7011-926-6.
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Extending:
Chlupatý, R. Orwell na steroidech : průvodce chaosem 21. století. ISBN 978-80-88268-43-7.
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Extending:
Agnew, John. Political geography: A reader..
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Extending:
Cosgrove, Denis E. Social formation and symbolic landscape. Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0-299-15514-8.
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Extending:
Jehlička, Petr; Daněk, Petr; Tomeš, Jiří. Stát, prostor, politika : vybrané otázky politické geografie. 1. vyd. Praha : Univerzita Karlova, 2000. ISBN 80-238-5566-2.
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Extending:
Ó Tuathail, Gearóid; Dalby, Simon; Routledge, Paul. The geopolitics reader..
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Recommended:
Skokan, Ladislav; Bursa, Milan. Geografické tabulky. Praha : Fortuna, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7373-018-5.
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Recommended:
Murphy, Alexander B. Geography : why it matters. Cambridge, 2018. ISBN 978-1-5095-2300-9.
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Recommended:
Heřmanová, Eva; Chromý, Pavel. Kulturní regiony a geografie kultury : kulturní reálie a kultura v regionech Česka. Vyd. 1. Praha : ASPI, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7357-339-3.
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Recommended:
Lexikon zemí 2000. Praha : Fortuna, 1999. ISBN 80-86144-35-6.
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Recommended:
Baňouch, Hynek; Fedorko, Martin. Mezinárodní organizace. 1. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2000. ISBN 80-210-2474-7.
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Recommended:
Waisová, Šárka. Mezinárodní organizace a režimy ve středovýchodní Evropě. 1. vyd. Praha : Eurolex Bohemia, 2003. ISBN 80-86432-46-7.
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Recommended:
Hnízdo, Bořek. Mezinárodní perspektivy politických regionů. Praha : Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1995. ISBN 80-85241-95-1.
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Recommended:
Marshall, Tim. Moc geografie v 21. století. Praha, 2022. ISBN 978-80-87950-38-8.
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Recommended:
Romancov, Michael. Námořní slepota. Praha, 2022. ISBN 978-80-88433-10-1.
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Recommended:
Brinke, Josef,; Gardavský, Václav. Otázky geografie. [Díl] 1. 1. vyd. Praha : Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 1994.
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Recommended:
Brinke, Josef,; Gardavský, Václav. Otázky geografie. [Díl] 2. 1. vyd. Praha : Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 1995. ISBN 80-901863-1-9.
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Recommended:
Otázky geografie. [Díl] 3. 1. vyd. Praha : Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 1995. ISBN 80-901942-4-9.
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Recommended:
Frajer, Václav; Gardavský, Václav. Otázky geografie. 4. 1. vyd. Praha : Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 1997. ISBN 80-86034-11-9.
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Recommended:
Kristensen, Niels N?rgaard. Political identity and democratic citizenship in turbulent times. Hershey, 2020. ISBN 978-1-7998-3677-3.
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Recommended:
Kaplan, Robert D. Pomsta geografie : co mapy vyprávějí o příštích konfliktech a boji proti osudu. Praha, 2013. ISBN 978-80-905173-6-3.
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Recommended:
Krejčí, Jaroslav. Postižitelné proudy dějin : civilizace a sociální formace, struktury a procesy, kultura a politika, revoluce a renesance, náboženství, národy a státy. Vyd. 1. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2002. ISBN 80-86429-09-1.
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Recommended:
Veselý, Zdeněk. Smlouvy, pakty, dohody : slovník mezinárodně politických a diplomatických aktů. 1. vyd. Praha : Epocha, 2002. ISBN 80-86328-05-8.
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Recommended:
Huntington, Samuel P. Střet civilizací : boj kultur a proměna světového řádu. Praha : Rybka Publishers, 2001. ISBN 80-86182-49-5.
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Recommended:
Bičík, Ivan. Školní atlas dnešní Evropy a Česka. 1. vyd. Praha : Terra, 2003. ISBN 80-902282-5-9.
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Recommended:
Školní atlas dnešního světa. Praha : Terra, ----. ISBN 80-902282-4-0.
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Recommended:
Klímová, Eva. Školní atlas světa. 1. vyd., 1. dotisk. Praha : Kartografie, 2004. ISBN 80-7011-730-3.
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Recommended:
Duch, Raymond M.; Stevenson, Randolph T. The economic vote : how political and economic institutions condition election results. Cambridge, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-70740-4.
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Recommended:
Marshall, Tim. V zajetí geografie : jak lze pomocí deseti map pochopit světovou politiku. 2018. ISBN 978-80-87950-49-4.
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Recommended:
Jusko, Karen Long. Who speaks for the poor? : electoral geography, party entry, and representation. Cambridge, 2017. ISBN 978-1-108-41231-5.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Contact hours
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26
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Practical training (number of hours)
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26
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Preparation for an examination (30-60)
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55
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Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
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26
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Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
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20
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Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
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10
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Total
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163
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
To achieve a basic knowledge for the work with literature, texts and internet resources. |
To achieve a basic awareness of and orientation in the political map of the world. |
To achieve a basic awareness of the current political events in the world. |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
To work with data and digital geographical databases. |
To understand the scientific text and locate key ideas within it. |
To orientate himself/herself in the text written in English. |
Competences - students are expected to possess the following competences before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
To know the basic concepts, methods and research paradigms in political and cultural geography. |
to orientate in the political map of the world and understand selected geopolitical and nationalist problems. |
To analyze literature and, based on the knowledge from this literature, find interconnections between political events and spatial organization of political units at various scale levels. |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
To apply the theoretical knowledge onto particular states or regions. |
To analyze the state's territory using the methods of multi-scalar polarization and fragmentation. |
To analyze the collected political-geographical information and contextualize it in the development of the geographical organization of society. |
Competences - competences resulting from the course: |
N/A |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
Test |
Combined exam |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Seminar work |
Competences - competence achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Written exam |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Continuous assessment |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Lecture |
Interactive lecture |
Seminar |
Multimedia supported teaching |
Textual studies |
Individual study |
Discussion |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Lecture with visual aids |
Textual studies |
Discussion |
Seminar |
Individual study |
Students' portfolio |
Competences - the following training methods are used to achieve the required competences: |
Textual studies |
Discussion |
Individual study |
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