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Lecturer(s)
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Novotná Marie, Doc. RNDr. CSc.
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Dokoupil Jaroslav, Doc. PaedDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Geographical approach to the study of economy. Terms essential for understanding the principals of economic geography. Economic networks: new economic geography (evolution of economic and geographic thinking, spatial technological development, transport). Geography of institutions (country, company, multinational and international companies). Geography of technology. Geography of finance. Geography of workforce. Economic geography of the natural environment (commodification, etc.). Geography of consumption. Cultural and economic geography (media influence on economic development, culture as a driving force, etc.).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Students' portfolio, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 44 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 60 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to have a basic knowledge about the world's economic activities within the scope of the bachelor's degree of economic geography. |
| to have a basic knowledge about methods within the scope of the bachelor's degree of economic geography. |
| Skills |
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| to create and professionally benefit maps with economic content and the use of economic-geographic database. |
| to can graphically and cartographically process socio-economic data |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to explain economic geography approach to the study of economic processes, |
| to think critically about economics, economic processes and their various concepts and interpretations, |
| to explain the basic differences between the various theoretical approaches in economic geography and in economy as a whole |
| to describe the most important current economic trends at different hierarchy level |
| to identify the most important driving forces of economic globalization (technological development, multinational corporations and countries) |
| to explain the reasons and consequences of uneven economic development |
| to describe the key trends in contemporary economic geography |
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| to process geographic data from a geographic database in the form of graphs and thematic cartography |
| analyze economic processes in space and time |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
| Students' portfolio |
| Skills |
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| Seminar |
| Skills demonstration |
| Lecture with visual aids |
| Students' portfolio |
| Competences |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Aoyama, Yuko; Murphy, James T.; Hanson, Susan. Key concepts in economic geography. Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84787-895-3.
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CLARK, Gordon L., GERTLER, Meric S. and FELDMAN, Maryann P. The Oxford handbook of economic geography. Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-925083-7.
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COE, Neil M., YEUNG, Henry Wai-Chung a KELLY, Philip F. Economic geography: a contemporary introduction. 2nd ed.. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons,, 2012. ISBN 978-0-470-94338-0.
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WOOD, Andrew a ROBERTS, Susan M. Economic geography: places, networks and flows. London: Routledge, 2011. ISBN 978-0-415-40182-1.
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