Why study at our department?

The Department of regional geography and regional development, its scientific and pedagogical work makes a significant contribution to ensure scientific and professional cadres for high schools, universities and various scientific, research or planning institutions.

Since the founding, more than 1500 students have finished and graduated as Master of Sciences (MSc./Mgr.) and Bachelor (Bc.), more than 80 candidates have finished with RNDr. degree (Rerum Naturalium doctor), 24 researchers have gained CSc. or PhD. degree and two researchers have been inaugurated to professor.

Study programmes

The department provides teaching at all grades of higher education: bachelor's, master's and postgraduate's degree.

At bachelor's degree provides education for monodisciplinary study within study programmes:

geography, regional development and European integration
geography and demography in state gevernment and self-government (also as external study)
geography and geoecology for landscape planning
geography, geoinformatics and remote sensing
geology in land use

The geography, regional development and European integration program is guaranteed by our department.

On master's degree the study program Regional geography, regional development and European integration is guaranteed by our department. The department is also involved in education of Geography and demography in state gevernment and self-government study program.

The department is also the guarantee of study program Regional geography on postgraduate's degree.

Our workplace is also involved in preparation of future geography teachers in combinations

mathematics - geography
biology - geography
physical education - geography
geography - informatics
geography - English language
geography - German language
geography - Slovak language
geography - history

Number of graduates since 2000

Subjects

Since the establishment, the department has been providing teaching of The Regional geography of Slovak Republic (Czechoslovakia earlier) and The Regional geography of the world.

Profiling subjects currently are

General geography
Planetary geography and the introduction to geography
Introduction to political and regional geography
Geography of the Slovak Republic
World regional geography
Geographical analysis of a small region
Historical geography
Regional policy, regional planning and development

The subjects for the Regional geography, regional development and European integration are as follows:

Theory and methodology of regional geography
Theoretical geography
Regional analysis
Sustainable development and its regional scope
Purpose properties of the landscape
Economical usage of purpose properties of the landscape
Protection and creation of environment and its economic and legal aspects
Programming and designing in regional development
Regional planning and regional development in selected countries of the EU
Management of public administration
The European Union development and its prospects
European Union - European institutions and common policies
Urban geography
Rural geography
Regional geography of Europe
World regional geography – selected regions and problems
Regions of Slovakia - selected problems
The global trends of society development
The global trends of world development
The global trends of world economic development
Geopolitical development of the world after 1945
Ethnical and religion conflicts in Europe
Behavioural geography
Geography of retail and consumption
Geomarketing
Research of tourism regions
The special seminar of regional geography
Computer usage in regional geography
Thematic cartography
New trends in regional geography
Collection, mapping and primary processing of geographic information
Photo, audio and video documentation in geography
The methods of making scientific publications
etc.

The department provide also teaching of several subjects in English. At bachelor level it is "Geography in the world and Slovakia", in the Master's program it is "Regional studies". For faculty course in English "Environmental studies" provide teaching of subject "Geography".

Field research

Along the education, the department provides students

mapping courses (field practicing within subjects Geographical analysis of a small region, Rural geography, Sustainable development and its regional scope)

specialists practice (Field practicing in regional development institutions, Specialists practice in Regional geography)

field trips and expeditions focused on regional geography of Slovakia and foreign countries (Several countries of Central and Western Europe, the Baltic states, Scandinavia, the Balkans, the Apennines and the Iberian Peninsula, Iceland Russia, and also Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Maldives, Mexico and others.
Recently, the Department also organizes geographic bicycle excursions, which are aimed at more detailed knowledge of the smaller areas.

Excursion on bicycles on the Czech - Slovak border (2015) Excursion on bicycles around Neusiedler lake in Seewinkel (2016)

The main purpose of field trips is to complete and practically apply the knowledge gained at lectures of The Regional geography of the Slovak Republic and The Regional geography of the world subjects. Students may observe and investigate basic attributes of the visited regions, their differences and particularities.

Expedition of Tanzania - under a waterfall in the foothills of Meru volcano (2015) Excursion Czech - Germany - above the surface of the coal mine Družba
in Sokolov basin (2017)

Field trips also focus on visiting specific regions such as national parks, reservations, protected landscape areas, industrial nodes and agricultural landscapes. Surveys of famous places, cultural and historical sites or settlements that are exceptional from the geographical point of view are also the part of field trips.

Georgia - beneath the Great Caucasus Crossing Pass at an altitude of 2,240 meters above sea level (2016)

Significant part of all field trips are lectures, presentations and discussions with experts working in various sectors with geographical focus.

Rafting on the Dunajec river in Pieniny,
in the foreground are professor Lauko and professor Tolmaci (2015) Slovakia - students listening to the interpretation of ornithologists
at Senianske ponds (2016)

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