Legal aspects of water use Field of study: Geography
Programme code: W2-S2GF19.2025

Module name: Legal aspects of water use
Module code: W2-GF-S2-618
Programme code: W2-S2GF19.2025
Semester: winter semester 2025/2026
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 1
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The learning outcomes achieved within the course module concern knowledge, skills and social competences related to the knowledge and application in professional work of the most important legal acts regulating the use of rainwater, seawater, surface water and groundwater in Poland, the European Union and beyond its borders. Particular attention is paid to the provisions of Polish legislation (acts, implementing acts) concerning the water environment and its use, implementing many European Union directives within the scope of their regulation and taking into account the recommendations of international global arrangements (conventions, protocols). The considered scenarios of legal conditions for the use of water concern their natural and landscape significance, recreational significance, nature conservation significance, socio-economic significance, e.g. water supply, fish farming and other aquatic organisms, electricity production, raw material acquisition, use in transport, military and defence functions, settlement and municipal significance, etc.
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 specialist knowledge of the legal conditions for assessing quantitative and qualitative resources, use, reclamation and protection of water (rainwater, seawater, surface water, underground water) [W2-GF-S2-618 _1]
 KGG2_W01 [4/5] KGG2_W02 [1/5] KGG2_U03 [2/5]
uses legally sanctioned principles, methods, techniques and research tools in assessing the use of water (rainwater, seawater, surface water, groundwater) [W2-GF-S2-618 _2]
 KGG2_U01 [3/5] KGG2_U02 [3/5]
has the ability to efficiently use legal standards and regulations in the field of economic use of water (rainwater, seawater, surface water, underground water) [W2-GF-S2-618 _3]
 KGG2_U01 [3/5] KGG2_U02 [3/5]
is aware of the level of his/her knowledge, skills and social competences and the need for continuous professional training in the field of legal conditions for the assessment of quantitative and qualitative resources, use, reclamation and protection of water (rainwater, seawater, surface water, underground water) [W2-GF-S2-618 _4]
 KGG2_K01 [1/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
lecture [W2-GF-S2-618 _fs_1] 10 Formal lecture/ course-related lecture [a01] 
Monographic lecture [a02] 
Problem-based lecture [b01]  		course work W2-GF-S2-618 _1 W2-GF-S2-618 _2 W2-GF-S2-618 _3 W2-GF-S2-618 _4
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
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Module description (PDF)
Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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