Bases of nature tourism

Course: Geomorphology and Environmental Tourism

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Bases of nature tourism
Code
ВБ 2.1.
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
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. P05. Collect, process and analyze information in the field of geographical sciences. 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. 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.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1) successful mastery of such educational disciplines as "Fundamentals of general and historical geology", "Geomorphology", educational practice on the basics of natural and geographical field research; 2) possession of elementary skills of analysis of cartographic materials of various content.
Course content
The educational discipline consists of two content modules. Content module 1 aims to highlight the methodological foundations of nature tourism as a relatively new scientific direction, in particular to form a system of knowledge regarding the object and subject of nature tourism, to analyze existing approaches to defining the essence of nature tourism, its main concepts and definitions, and their relationships. This part of the course examines the genetic categories of objects that are of interest to consumers of nature tourism products, as well as the organizational forms of these objects. Content module 2 is devoted to the consideration of issues of creation of a nature tourism product, starting from the justification of its scientific and cognitive value, assessment of the nature tourism potential of the territory, and ending with measures to preserve and maintain geosites. Considerable attention in the academic discipline is given to specific examples of positive experience in the development of the nature tourism industry in the world, forms of protection and preservation of the nature tourism heritage.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Geotourism: sustainability, impacts and management. Edited by Ross K.Dowling and David Newsome. – Elsevier Ltd., 2006. – 260 s. 2. Geotourism: The Tourism of Geology and Landscape / David Newsome, Ross Kingston Dowling. – Goodfellow Pub.: 2010.– 246 р. 3. Migon P. Geoturystyka / P. Migon. – Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2012. – 265 s. 4. Miśkiewicz K., Doktor M., Słomka T. Naukowe podstawy geoturystyki – zarys problematyki. – – № 4 (11). – 2007. – S. 3–12. 5. Montgomery C.W. Environmental Geology. – New York: McGraw–Hill, 2013. – 534 p. 6. Słomka T., Kicińska-Świederska A. Geoturystyka – podstawowe pojecia / T. Słomka, A. Kicińska-Świederska // GeoTurystyka. – 2004 – T. 1 – № 1 – S. 5– 7. Геотуризм: практика і досвід. Збірник наукових праць. – Львів: «Каменяр», 2020. 188 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes
Assessment methods and criteria
Defense of practical works, surveys in test and written form, exam.The recommended minimum for admission is 32 points. Students who received a score of 20 to 32 for the semester evaluation receive an additional task in the form of writing an essay. The final assessment (exam) is conducted in written form. The maximum number of points on the exam is 40 points, the minimum number of points added to the semester ones is 28 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Volodymyr Vasyliovych Stetsiuk
Department of Earth Science and Geomorphology
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Earth Science and Geomorphology
heohrafichnyi fakultet