Optional module I Field of study: Geography
Programme code: W2-S2GF19.2025

Module name: Optional module I
Module code: W2-GF-S2-409
Programme code: W2-S2GF19.2025
Semester: winter semester 2025/2026
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 6
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The optional module, part I, is intended to enable students to acquire knowledge and skills in solving problems within a wide range of issues addressed by spatial management, starting from theoretical approaches, through issues related to regional and urban issues in the context of their diversity, policy, management and shaping, and ending with natural resources and their environmental conditions. The laboratory part is intended to develop skills in practical use of the knowledge acquired to analyze selected issues.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
has extended knowledge of various types of social and economic structures and institutions, as well as in-depth knowledge of selected social and economic structures and institutions, as well as the processes of change in selected structures, institutions and social ties, and knows the rules governing these changes [W2-GF-S2-409 _1]
 KGG2_W01 [3/5] KGG2_W03 [3/5]
has in-depth knowledge of selected methods and description tools, including techniques for obtaining data and modeling social and economic structures and the processes occurring in them, as well as identifying the regularities that govern them [W2-GF-S2-409 _2]
 KGG2_W02 [3/5]
has an advanced ability to prepare various written works (including research) and oral presentations concerning specific issues in the field of spatial management in Polish and a foreign language plans and performs research tasks or expert opinions under the supervision of a scientific supervisor [W2-GF-S2-409 _3]
 KGG2_U04 [3/5] KGG2_U05 [3/5]
has in-depth knowledge of spatial management enabling the perception of relationships and dependencies in nature and demonstrates the ability to formulate justified judgments based on data from various sources [W2-GF-S2-409 _4]
 KGG2_W03 [3/5] KGG2_U03 [3/5]
is able to use theoretical knowledge to describe and analyze the causes and course of social and economic processes and phenomena, and is able to formulate their own opinions and critically select data and methods of analysis, and formulate simple research hypotheses and verify them, as well as correctly interpret and explain social phenomena and mutual relations between social and economic phenomena [W2-GF-S2-409 _5]
 KGG2_U02 [3/5] KGG2_U03 [3/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
lecture [W2-GF-S2-409 _fs_1] 60 Formal lecture/ course-related lecture [a01] 
Monographic lecture [a02] 
Problem-based lecture [b01]  		course work W2-GF-S2-409 _1 W2-GF-S2-409 _2 W2-GF-S2-409 _3 W2-GF-S2-409 _4 W2-GF-S2-409 _5
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Search for materials and review activities necessary for class participation [a01] Preparation for classes
reviewing literature, documentation, tools and materials as well as the specifics of the syllabus and the range of activities indicated in it as required for full participation in classes
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Consulting materials complementary to those indicated in the syllabus [a04] Preparation for classes
agreeing on materials complementary to those indicated in the syllabus, supporting the implementation of tasks resulting from or necessary for class participation
Getting acquainted with the syllabus content [b01] Consulting the curriculum and the organization of classes
reading through the syllabus and getting acquainted with its content
Consulting the schedule [b03] Consulting the curriculum and the organization of classes
getting acquainted with the class schedule, possibly in the presence of the year tutor, in order to optimize participation in classes, including those supplementary to the core subjects listed in the pursued study programme
Attachments
Module description (PDF)
Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
Semester Module Language of instruction
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