Geosystemic research

Course: Tourism

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Geosystemic research
Code
ДВС.01.03
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
Analyze the recreational and touristic potential of the territory (PR 5) Act in accordance with the principles of social responsibility and civic awareness (PR 16) Adequately evaluate your knowledge and apply it in various professional situations (PR 18) Reasonably defend your views in solving professional tasks (PR 19) Demonstrate the role of science in practical activities (RN 25)
Form of study
External form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
In order to successfully acquire knowledge in the discipline "Geosystem Studies", students must: have basic knowledge of geography, be able to analyze cause-and-effect relationships between natural processes and phenomena; to have the skills of searching and systematizing scientific documents and primary processing of geographical information; elementary skills of analysis and synthesis of geographical information, comparative geographical analysis.
Course content
The discipline "Geosystem studies" includes an overview of the main properties of geosystems and general laws of the structure, composition and dynamics of the geographic envelope as a geosystem at the global level. The object of study is the geographic shell of the Earth - a complex shell in which there is a deep interpenetration and active interaction of the substance of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, pedosphere, and biosphere. The subject of the educational discipline is the natural processes through which the natural geospheres that form the geographical shell interact; the main patterns of territorial and vertical differentiation of the geographical envelope. During the study of the discipline "Geosystem studies", attention is also paid to the formation of skills and abilities to plan and carry out research and report on their results, the ability to comprehensively solve tasks in the field of tourism and recreation both in the process of education and in the process of professional activity.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment / Edited by Josef Holden. London: Pearson Education Limited, 2012. 905 p. 2. The Visual World Atlas: Facts and maps of the current world. Montreal: QA International, 2008. 176 p. 3. Complete Atlas of the World. The definitive view of the Earth. New York: DK Publishing, 2012. 434 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical work, self-study
Assessment methods and criteria
The level of achievement of all planned learning outcomes in the discipline "Geosystem Studies" is determined by organizing current, thematic (by thematic parts of the discipline) and final control in the form of a credit. Forms of current, thematic and final control: - practical works (RN 2.1-2.4 – skills; 3.1, 3.2 – communication; 4.1-4.3 – autonomy and responsibility) – max 20 points / min 10; - control work (RN 1.1-1.4 – knowledge; 2.5 – skills; 4.2, 4.3 – autonomy and responsibility) – max 10 points / min 5; - independent work and its presentation (RN 3.1-3.2; 4.2; 4.4-4.6 – communication, autonomy and responsibility) – max 50 points / min 28; - credit testing (RN 1.1-1.4 – knowledge; 4.5 – autonomy and responsibility) – max 20 points
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Nataliya Vasylivna Petryna
Geography of Ukraine
heohrafichnyi fakultet
Iryna Hennadiivna Khilchevska
Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet
Diana Yuriivna Hryniuk
Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet