Field Research - Southern Poland Field of study: Geography
Programme code: W2-S1GF19.2024

Module name: Field Research - Southern Poland
Module code: W2-GF-S1-220
Programme code: W2-S1GF19.2024
Semester: summer semester 2025/2026
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 1
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The module is designed to enable students to verify and expand their knowledge and skills in the field of the regional geography of Poland. It provides an opportunity for direct observation of human-natural environment relations in southern Poland's most geo- and biodiverse regions. The results of these observations visualize the mechanisms of functioning of natural systems on a local and regional scale, their spatiotemporal variability, their impact on socio-economic processes, and opportunities and threats to the region's sustainable development.
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]
the student is able to supplement and improve the acquired knowledge and skills [K01]
 K01 [5/5]
students are able to use theoretical knowledge to recognize in the field the features of the natural environment, the interrelationships between its components and the impact on the development and characteristics of settlement and forms of human economic activity. He can also distinguish natural spatial wholes and comprehensively or partially analyze the socio-economic phenomena occurring in them and their natural conditions [U01]
 U03 [4/5] U04 [4/5]
students have up-to-date knowledge in the field of a diversity of natural environments and socio-economic phenomena occurring in selected regions of southern Poland [W01]
 W01 [5/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
field practice [W2-GF-S1-220_fs_1] 36 Explanation/clarification [a05] 
Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Activating methods: a case study [b07] 
Observation [e06] 
Plein air session [e09] 
Self-education [f01] 
Individual work with a text [f02]  		course work K01 U01 W01
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
Attachments
Module description (PDF)
Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
Semester Module Language of instruction
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