Landscape science
Course: «Geoecology and Ecosystem Services»
Structural unit: The Faculty of Geography
Title
Landscape science
Code
ОК 22
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2025/2026
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO01. Collect, process, and analyze information in the fields of Earth sciences, geoecology, sustainable nature management, ecosystem services marketing, and international geoecological cooperation.
PLO06. Determine the key characteristics, processes, history, and composition of the Earth as a planetary system and its geospheres.
PLO13. Participate in the development of projects and practical recommendations in the fields of Earth sciences, geoecology, ecosystem services, and international geoecological cooperation.
PLO17. Identify geoecological risks to sustainable nature management amidst increasing anthropogenic pressure.
PLO19. Assess the state, stability, and reliability of geosystems for organizing sustainable nature management based on spatial information.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know the key provisions of the theoretical foundations of the disciplines of the physical and geographical cycle, taught during the 1st-3rd semesters (general geology, geomorphology, soil science, hydrology, meteorology, biogeography, general ecology, etc.) 2. Be able to apply the principles, approaches and methods of research into the landscape organization of territories and space; 3. Possess the methods of geographical analysis and synthesis, basic knowledge of landscape mapping, methods of statistical and mathematical analysis; 4. Possess the tools for searching for landscape information and data in various information sources
Course content
The range of theoretical and applied problems of modern landscape science is highlighted, as well as the content and approaches of its individual areas - scientific (geophysics, geochemistry, landscape, historical, cultural landscape science, the study of anthropogenic changes in landscapes, landscape classification, etc.) and applied (landscape science justification of spatial planning, land reclamation landscape science, landscape radioecology, justification of the restoration of post-war landscapes, etc.). The features of the state, structure, dynamics and evolution of natural and anthropogenically changed landscape complexes that have formed on the earth's surface, their main properties, processes occurring in them, etc., as well as methods and techniques of modern landscape science research are considered.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Знати ключові положення теоретичних засад дисциплін фізико-географічного
циклу, що викладаються впродовж 1-ІІІ-го семестрів (загальна геологія,
геоморфологія, ґрунтознавство, гідрологія, метеорологія, біогеографія,
топографія з основами геодезії, основи ГІС тощо)
1. Вміти застосовувати принципи, підходи й методи дослідження ландшафтної
організації територій;
2. Володіти методиками географічного аналізу й синтезу, базовими знаннями з
картування об’єктів природного середовища, методами статистичного й
математичного аналізу;
3. Володіти інструментарієм пошуку ландшафтознавчої інформації та галузевих
даних в різноманітних інформаційних джерелах.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
practical
work,
discussion,
solving
specific
tasks and
situations
Assessment methods and criteria
performance of creative analytical and computational work, discourse, examination.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology
The Faculty of Geography
The Faculty of Geography
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology
The Faculty of Geography