Geography of population and settlement, culture and religion

Course: Tourism

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Geography of population and settlement, culture and religion
Code
ДВС.01.02
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PR14. Show respect for individual and cultural diversity. PR18. Adequately evaluate your knowledge and apply it in various professional situations. PR24. Use existing knowledge in new uncertain situations PR25. To demonstrate the role of science in practical activities
Form of study
External form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
-Successful mastery of courses: "Basics of Tourism Studies", "Tourist Country Studies" -Knowledge of basic tourism and geographic terminology, understanding of the role of the population and settlement, its traditional and modern culture and religion in the formation of the tourist process, knowledge of the geographical features of different types of countries of the world - Possess elementary skills in searching for information and summarizing it from various sources, Internet search systems, Microsoft Office software, the ability to analyze the received data
Course content
The first module is devoted to the study of theoretical provisions and results of analytical studies on the geography of population and settlement: geodemographic peculiarities of reproduction (natural and mechanical movement of the population), population structure, ethnogeography, familiarization with modern theories of population and UN regional forecasts, classification of settlements (according to various characteristics), their typology, forms of settlement, processes of formation of settlement systems, agglomeration and urbanization, theory of world cities, the basic provisions of geo-urbanism, features of resettlement in rural areas, and the characteristics of these processes in the world and in Ukraine are provided. In the second module, the theoretical positions of the geography of culture and religion, the methodology of geocultural research are considered; the co-evolutionary connections of ethnogenesis, culturogenesis and sociogenesis with the development of the natural environment are revealed; formation of features of the geography of elements of material and spiritual culture; a description of the geocultural and georeligious situation in the world and in Ukraine is provided.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Hudzeliak I. Heohrafiia naselennia Navchalnyi posibnyk / Iryna Hudzeliak; MONU; LNU im. I.Franka ; [ nauk. red. O.I. Shablii ]. – Lviv: Lvivskyi natsionalnyi universytet im. I.Franka, 2008. – 232 s. 2. Dotsenko A.I. Terytorialna orhanizatsiia rozselennia (teoriia ta praktyka). - K.: NAN Ukrainy, RVPS Ukrainy.-K.:»Feniks», 2010. - 536 s. 3. Liubitseva O.O., Kochetkova I.V. Heohrafiia naselennia i rozselennia: praktykum – K.: VPTs «Kyivskyi universytet», 2020. – 108 s. 4. Prybytkova I.M. Osnovy demohrafii. Posibnyk dlia stud.-K.:»ArtEk», 1995.-256s. 5. Topchiiev O.H. Osnovy suspilnoi heohrafii: pidruchnyk dlia stud. Heohr. spetsialnostei vyshchykh navch.zakladiv /O.H.Topchiiev.- Odesa:Astroprynt, 2009. - 544 s. 6. Liubitseva O.O., Herasymenko H.V.Kochetkova I.V. Robochyi zoshyt z kursu «Heohrafiia naselennia ta rozselennia». - K.: Vyd. «Alfa-PIK», 2017. - 85 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical work, self-study
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment is carried out throughout the semester and during the examination session. Practical works are handed in at each practical session or at the time specified by the teacher; for works submitted after the specified deadline, the assessment is 50% of the maximum number of points. Protection of practical work is mandatory. Control work is conducted in the form of blitz tests for 6-7 weeks of study during the lecture. For students who have completed 60% or less of practical work, an additional test is held in the 11th-12th week of study. The exam is held within the time limits determined by the schedule of the exam session.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olga Oleksandrivna Liubitseva
Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet
Iryna Valentynivna Kochetkova
Geography of Ukraine
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet
Geography of Ukraine
heohrafichnyi fakultet