(in Polish) Climate, Environment and History (10th-18th centuries)
1202-OG-EN-CEH
1. Introduction – Terms, Time, Definitions, Methods
2. Medieval Warm Epoch – General Remarks
3. Climate and Economic Development
4. Wars and Weather in Middle Ages
5. Floods in Middle Ages
6. Extreme Droughts in Middle Ages
7. Mappae Mundi and the Image of the World
8. Little Ice Age – General Remarks
9. Living Conditions in Winter
10. Volcanic Eruptions, Weather Changes and Social consequencies
11. Climate and Seventeenth century Crisis
12. Famines, epidemics and climate
13. Fluctuations of climate and adaptation ways of European societies
14. The einvironment of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
15. Written exam
Total student workload
Contact hours with teacher:
- participation in lectures - 30 hours
- consultations- 5 hours
Self-study hours:
- preparation for lectures - 20 hours
- writing essays/ papers/ projects - 10 hours
- reading literature - 20 hours
- preparation for test - 5 hours
Altogether: 90 hours hrs (3 ECTS).
Learning outcomes - knowledge
Student
W1: has basic knowledge in the area of History of Climate
W2: possesses knowledge about relationship between Climate and economy, culture and everyday life in the period from the 10th to the 18th centuries;
W3: possesses knowledge about crucial transformations of European Civilization in th 10th to the 18th centuries.
W4: is familiar with basic terms related to the methods of climate reconstructions
W5: is acquainted with basic knowledge about the functioning of societies in the changeable climatic circumstancies in that period.
Learning outcomes - skills
Student
U1: is able to indicate the main reasons for the period of crisis periods and development periods in Europe from the 10th to 18th centuries
U2: is capable of ordering of the most important facts of relationship between climate and historical events
U3: has basic skills in enumerating the main weather phenomena that influenced on quality of life in Europe
U4: can analyse the mechanism of adaptation of society to the environmental circumstances
Learning outcomes - social competencies
Student
K1: understands the significance of the climate changes for the modern Europe
K2: understands the need for knowledge about other cultures
K3: is well prepared to team work
K4: is aware of role of cultural heritage for European culture
K5: accepts differencies between cultures
K6: participates in discussions and tasks for group
K7: can cooperate with other students (up to 65,000 characters)
Course coordinators
Teaching methods
Expository teaching methods:
- informative lecture
- participatory lecture
Type of course
elective course
Prerequisites
Ability to work with data
Critical approach to sources
Knowledge of basic phenomena in economic and social history
Assessment criteria
Assessment methods:
- written examination
- activity
Assessment criteria:
Lecture
Discussions
Exam:
fail - 5 pts (50 %)
satisfactory - 6 pts (60%)
satisfactory plus - 7 pts (70 %)
good - 8 pts (80 %)
good plus - 9 pts (90 %)
very good - 10 pts (100 %)
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