Global ecology

Course: NATURAL GEOGRAPHY

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Global ecology
Code
ОК 05
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5
Learning outcomes
1. Evaluate the results own work demonstrate skills work in a team (PR02). 2. Freely communicate with professional and scientific questions in a foreign language (PR 03). 3. To carry out scientific pedagogical activity in institutions of higher education, to develop the necessary for this educational methodical and informative provision (PR 13).
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Successful mastering of the disciplines "Biogeography", "Protected Affairs", "Agroecology", "Urboecology", "Hydrology and Oceanology", "Geomorphology", "Cartography", "Fundamentals of geoecology", "Ecogeography of Ukraine", "Landscapes of Ukraine". 2. To be able to establish the nature of relationships between the causes of occurrence, consequences and ways of solving global environmental problems. 3. To be able to analyze the negative consequences of economic activity of a person with positions of the ecological approach to solving the problems of nature use. 4. To know the main theoretical provisions of global ecology, the history of its formation of this science, its structure and regularities of functioning of the biosphere. 5. To know modern quantitative and qualitative methods of ecological research, methodology studies of ecosystems and the biosphere, the basics of ecological forecasting and modeling, organization of environmental monitoring, etc.
Course content
This educational discipline dedicated to the study of the peculiarities of the functioning of the biosphere, its dynamics and evolution, the impact on it of various environmental and economic factors human activity, the essence of the concepts "ecosystem" and "biosphere", as well as formation of skills and abilities to solve the main environmental problems in plane of the subject area of natural geography, principles and modern methods used to solve them. Discipline "Global ecology" aimed at deepening theoretical geoecological knowledge, formation of special professional, social and personal skills in students competencies, accumulation of knowledge regarding the possibility of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis, the ability to search, process and analyze information from various sources, the ability to identify, formulate and solve problems in various areas nature management and environmental protection. Separate components of the discipline are the study of methods and methods increasing sustainability and ensuring sustainable development of ecosystems; ways management of environmental protection activities; principles of rationality use and protection of ecosystems of the biosphere from adverse effects anthropogenic and technogenic factors; methods of research of consequences adverse changes in ecosystems. The functional block of the discipline involves mastering the following components, such as the ability to apply basic knowledge of natural sciences and information technologies in the field of nature management and environmental protection, the ability to apply quantitative and qualitative methods of ecosystem research, the ability to independently investigate and analyze spatio-temporal changes in the biosphere for the purposes of balanced nature use and environmental protection.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Гавриленко О.П. Геоекологія і природокористування: монографія. Київ : Видавець Бихун В.Ю., 2018. 393 с. 2. Гавриленко О.П. Екологія з основами геоекології: підручник. Riga : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2018. 462 с. 3. Гавриленко О.П., Шищенко П.Г. Геоекологічні проблеми України: Київ : ПВТП «LAT&K», 2022. 379 с. 4. Гродзинський М.Д. Ландшафтна екологія: підручник. Київ : Знання, 2014. 550 с. 5. Добровольський В.В. Екологічні знання: навч. посіб. Київ : ВД «Професіонал», 2005. 304 с. 6. Олійник Я.Б., Шищенко П.Г., Гавриленко О.П. Основи екології: підручник. Київ : Знання, 2012. 560 с. 7. Царик Л.П., Лісова Н.О. Глобальні і регіональні екологічні проблеми: навч. посіб. Тернопіль : Наук-вид. відділ ТНПУ, 2018. 168 с. 8. Шищенко П.Г., Гавриленко О.П. Основи екології: підручник (вид. 2-ге, випр. і доп.). Київ : ДП «Прінт Сервіс», 2015. 517 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lecture, analytical work, practical occupation
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral poll, blitz poll, implementation analytical works, tests, presentation, discourse
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

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Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology
heohrafichnyi fakultet