Geomorphology and Environmental Tourism

heohrafichnyi fakultet

Name
Geomorphology and Environmental Tourism
Program code
31104
Qualification awarded
Bachelor
Length of programme
4 years
Number of credits
240
level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework
6
Qualification level
First (Bachelor)
Discipline
Natural sciences
Speciality
KnowledgeField EN
Specific admission requirements
Complete general secondary education
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning
Diploma of secondary education
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements
On the basis of professional mastery of competencies provided by the block of disciplines of professional orientation (minimum required criteria: the level of mastery of the block of disciplines of professional orientation with grades not less than 75 points, grade for internship in the specialty not less than 75 points, receiving a score of not less than 75 points for the complex qualification exam; as well as the defense of qualifying work with a score of at least 75 points)
Programme learning outcomes
Р01.Know, understand and be able to use in practice the basic concepts of the theory of geomorphology, the organization of naturally cognitive tourism, as well as related sciences. P02. Know and understand the main types of geographical activities, their division in general and in particular in the field of geomorphology and naturally cognitive tourism. P03. Explain the features of the geographical space organization depending on the relief, modern and ancient geomorphogenesis of the territory. P04. Analyze the geographical potential of the territory in connection with the geomorphological situation, as well as for the organization and development of naturally cognitive tourism. P05. Collect, process and analyze information in the field of geographical sciences, in particular to solve problems of geomorphology, palaeogeography and naturally cognitive tourism. P06. Use information technologies, cartographic and geoinformation models in the study of processes of relief formation and development, organization and functioning of field of the naturally cognitive tourism. P07. Determine the main characteristics, processes, history and composition of the landscape sphere in general and geomorphosystems in particular. P08. Apply models, methods of physics, chemistry, geology, ecology, mathematics, information technology, etc. in the study of processes of relief formation and development, individual objects and processes of the geosphere, for the organization and functioning of naturally cognitive tourism. P09. Analyze the composition and structure of natural- and sociospheres, which are the part of the subject area of geomorphology and naturally cognitive tourism at different spatial and temporal levels. P10. Know the goals of sustainable development and opportunities for their achievement in the professional field of geomorphology and naturally cognitive tourism, including in Ukraine. P11. Adhere to the moral and ethical aspects of research, honesty, professional code of behavior. P12. Apply skills of productive communication with consumers of nature tourism services. P13. Use field and laboratory research methods to analyze the morphology, genesis, age and dynamics of the relief, as well as for evaluation of the natural tourism potential of the territory.
Form of study
Full-time form
Examination regulations and grading scale
Written and oral exams, tests, current control (surveys, presentations, tests, modular control tests), differentiated tests, advocacy of practice reports or coursework or bachelor's thesis, certification exam.
Оbligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable)
Work placement
1.Complex discipline. Educational practice based on field natural-geographical research. 2. Training practice on methods of acquiring geographical information. 3. Training practice on methods of processing geographical information. 4. Educational Professionally Orientated Field Practice. 5. Training practice on methods of dissemination of geographical information. 6. Internship
Work-based learning
Student-centered problem-oriented learning, which is conducted in the form of lectures, seminars, practical classes, coursework, independent work based on textbooks and notes, consultations with teachers, teaching and production practices, bachelor's thesis in the last year.
Director of the course
Natalia Petrivna Gerasimenko
Department of Earth Science and Geomorphology
heohrafichnyi fakultet
Occupational profiles of graduates
Employment in excursion and tourism companies; in design and survey, research organizations; in production and research institutions of the Ukrainian Geological Survey; in emergencies and ecological safety institutions and organizations; in nature conservation institutions.
Access to further studies
They have the right to receive education at the second (master's degree) level of higher education and may acquire additional qualifications in the adult education system.

Subjects

As part of the curriculum, students study the following disciplines

Structural geomorphology
Code: ОК 36 ,
Remote sensing of the earth
Code: ОК 32,
Dynamic geomorphology
Code: ОК 31,
Morphometric analysis of relief
Code: ВБ 2.06 ,
Engineering, Survey, and Environmental Geomorphology
Code: ОК 34,
Classification and passportization of the nature tourism objects
Code: ВБ 2.04,
Sociology
Code: ВБ 3.03.01 ,
Selected sections of labour law and bases of business
Code: ОК 23 ,
Socio-political studies
Code: ОК 24,
Training practice on methods of dissemination of geographical information
Code: ОК 25 ,
Internship
Code: ОК 26,
Urbogeomorphology
Code: ОК 35,
The basis of GIS-cartography
Code: ОК 33,
Methods of geomorphological research
Code: ВБ 2.05,
Рhilosophy
Code: ОК 27 ,
Relief and geological structure of Ukraine
Code: ОК 37 ,
Soils of Ukraine
Code: ОК 38,
Climate and surface waters of Ukraine
Code: ОК.39,
Biogeography of Ukraine
Code: ОК 41,
Landscapes of Ukraine
Code: ОК 42,
History of development of planetary relief
Code: ОК 43,
Qualifying undergraduate coursework for professional direction
Code: ОК 44 ,
Nature touristic attractions of Ukraine
Code: ВБ 2.9,
Rehabilitation of natural objects
Code: ВБ 2.7,
Legal and economical bases of nature tourism
Code: ВБ 2.13,
Lithological-petrographical below relief
Code: ВБ 2.03,
Stone in architecture and art
Code: ВБ 2.08,
Rehabilitation of natural objects
Code: ВБ 2.07,
Pedagogy
Code: ВБ 3.4.1,
Paleogeography of anthropogenic and backgrounds of geoarcheology
Code: ОК 37,
Psychology
Code: ВБ 3.5.1,
Marine geomorphology
Code: ВБ 2.10,
Designing nature touristic schemes
Code: ВБ 2.12,
Special topics on nature tourism
Code: ВБ 2.11,