Basic assumptions of spa treatment in Poland

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Course ID:	1300-WHPLU-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.303 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Basic assumptions of spa treatment in Poland
Name in Polish:	Hydrogeologiczne podstawy lecznictwa uzdrowiskowego w Polsce
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty do wyboru/specjalizacyjne na kierunku MSOŚ oferowane przez Wydział Geologii General university courses General university courses at Faculty of Geology General university subjects
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	general courses
Short description:	The lecture offers a detailed presentation of individual spa towns in Poland. The main focus is a characteristics of the type of groundwater that is the basis of balneotherapy.
Full description:	The lecture comprises general and specific topics. The general topics include: - Basic concepts and definitions related to mineral, medicinal and thermal waters and principles of their chemical and balneological classification. - History of spa treatment and studies on mineral waters in Poland. The specific topics provide an overview of individual spa towns in Poland in terms of their geographical location, history of the town and people related to it, type and method of using the curative waters, fun facts and tourist attractions.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Dowgiałło J., Karski A., Potocki I. – Geologia surowców balneologicznych. Wydawnictwa Geologiczne. Warszawa 1969. Dowgiałło J., Płochniewski Z., Szpakiewicz M. – Mapa wód mineralnych Polski 1 : 1 500 000. Wydawnictwa Geologiczne. Warszawa 1974. Paczyński B., Sadurski A., red., - Hydrogeologia regionalna Polski, t. II – Wody mineralne, lecznicze i termalne oraz kopalniane. Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny. Warszawa 2007. Pazdro Z., Kozerski B. – Hydrogeologia ogólna. Wydawnictwa Geologiczne. Warszawa 1990.
Learning outcomes:	After completing the course a student: - Defines the concept of mineral, curative and thermal water. - Qualifies a type to water according to chemical and balneological classification based on its chemical analysis. - Indicates Polish spa town on a map. - Distinguishes spa towns according to the type of curative waters.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Attendance at lectures will be checked. Final grade will depend on the results of a written examination that will comprise a dozen or so questions on the topics presented during the course.
Practical placement:	none

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