Spatial aspects of demographic, technological and cultural processes

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Course ID:	4208-PDTK-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.6 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. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Spatial aspects of demographic, technological and cultural processes
Name in Polish:	Przestrzenny wymiar procesów demograficznych, technologicznych i kulturowych
Organizational unit:	Centre for European Regional and Local Studies
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses in Euroreg General university courses in the social sciences
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:	analysis of influence of changes in demographic, technologic and cultural factors on shaping territory on local, regional and global scale
Full description:	Full description: 1. General characteristics of interrelations between demographic, technologic and cultural factors and territory at various scales in a historical approach 2. Demography and territory 2.1.World’s and Poland’s demographic problems 2.2. Demographic dynamics 2.3. Migrations 2.4. Settlement 2.5. Summary: demography and alimentation, economic development, natural environment, society, politics 3. Technology and territory 3.1. Agriculture and food acquisition 3.2. Transport 3.3. Communication 3.4. Energy 3.5. Construction engineering 3.6. Medicine and health protection 3.7. Military technologies 3.8. Leisure and entertainment 4. Culture and territory 4.1. Definition of the term culture 4.2. Sacrum and profanum territories 4.3. Religion and territory 4.4.Nation and its symbols and attributes in territory 4.5. Cultural determinants of territorial policy and planning
Bibliography:	1.Kazimierz Kuciński, Geografia ekonomiczna, 2015, wyd. Wolters Kluwer 2. Daniela Szymańska, Geografia osadnictwa, 2019 wyd2, PWN 3. Agnieszka Krzemińska, Wstęp do geografii religii, 2010 https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/nauka/1511506,1,wstep-do-geografii-religii.read
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge (1) Student has a basic knowledge of changes in analyzed fields and is able to analyze changes in territorial structures in historical perspective (K_U03) (2) Student is able to explain interrelations between factors shaping territory in its natural and human-made dimensions (K_U03) Skills (1) He/she is able to correctly interpret the mutual relations between the demographic, technological and cultural factors in local development (K_U01). (2) She/he can use the basic theoretical knowledge to describe and solve the research problem (K_U02). Social competences (1)Student shows an attitude of openness towards the diversity of cultures and the related forms of life and organisation of territory (K_K07). (2) Student can interact and work in a group (K_K04).
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Written exam.

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