Human Ecology WB-BI-ANG-15cw
1. List of topics for students to choose for PowerPoint presentations. Short characteristic of each topic, discussion
2. Students’ presentation concerning: biocultural adaptations to grassland ecosystems. Discussion and final conclusions
3. Students’ presentation concerning: biocultural adaptations to tropical rain forest ecosystems. Discussion and final conclusions
4. Students’ presentation concerning: biocultural adaptations to arid ecosystems. Discussion and final conclusions
5. Students’ presentation concerning: biocultural adaptations to high altitude ecosystems. Discussion and final conclusions
6. Students’ presentation concerning: biocultural adaptations to arctic ecosystems. Discussion and final conclusions
7. Students’ presentation concerning: Climate change and the spread of Homo sapiens. Discussion and final conclusions
8. Students’ presentation concerning: society and changes in its organization. Discussion and final conclusions
9. Students’ presentation concerning: Neolith, location of the first cultural centers (Old and New world). Discussion and final conclusions
10. Students’ presentation concerning: industrialization and urbanization. Discussion and final conclusions
11. Students’ presentation concerning: material and non material culture, Tools and fire, magic and applied art. Discussion and final conclusions
12. Students’ presentation concerning: civilization as the highest degree of cultural development; origin of social strata and their effect of human biology. Discussion and final conclusions
13 Students’ presentation concerning: nutritional habits and social development. Discussion and final conclusions
14. A summary of the main conclusions of tutorials, preparation for the final
test , discussion
15. Final test, passing tutorials
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Type of subject
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
BI1_WO1 - Student understands phenomena and processes in human ecology
BI1_WO4 - Student knows the main problems in different disciplines of human ecology and knows their relations with other ones in natural sciences
BI1_W05 – Student possesses knowledge about basic terminology in human ecology, knows current trends and methodological applications in human ecology.
Skills:
BI1_U02 – Student understands literature in Polish in human ecology; reads and understands uncomplicated scientific texts in English
BI1_U03 – Student is able to use existing sources of information, including electronic ones.
BI1_U10 - Student is able to prepare presentation and present it orally, concerning detailed biological problems
BI1_U11 – Student is able to learn under supervision.
Social competencies:
BI1_K02 –Student is able to cooperate and work within a group, playing different roles.
BI1_K05 – Student understands a necessity of improvements of his/her professional and personal competencies
BI1_K07 – Student shows a necessity of permanent actualization of his/her specific knowledge
ECTS - lectures
ECTS [1 ECTS=30 hours]
Participation in lectures: 30 hours
Preparation for exam: 30 hours
Total: 60 hours
ECTS: 60/30=2
ECTS- tutorials
Preparing for the tutorials: 30 hours
Preparing a presentation in PowerPoint
Preparing for the test: 30 hours
Total: 90 hours
ECTS: 90/30=3
Assessment criteria
Participation in lectures in the precondition for participation in tutorials.
Three absences from lectures is to prevent the tutorials
Effects of knowledge (BI1_W01, 04, 05)
Teaching method – preliminary lecture, individual reading
Assessment - written test
Effects of abilities (BI1_U02, 03, 10, 11)
Teaching method – individual reading, analysis of material for presentation
Assessment – PowerPoint presentation
Effects of social competencies (BI1_K02, 05, 07)
Teaching method – individual reading, discussion concerning different research problems
Assessment – written test
Final assessment by a certain number of scores from the following elements:
1. The presence during lectures (three absences are acceptable during a semester): 0-3 scores (100% presence – 3 scores; 1 absence – 2 scores; 2 absences – 1 score; 3 absences - 0 scores; each additional absence – minus 1 score).
2. Assessment of the powerpoint presentation on certain topics in human ecology: 0-6 scores (substantive aspect: 0-4 scores; formal aspect: 0-2 scores)
4. Assessment of the test: 0-6 scores; 60-65% - 1 score; 66-72% - 2 scores; 73-79% - 3 scores; 80-86% - 4 scores; 87-93% - 5 scores; 94-100% - 6 scores)
5. Evaluation of students during active learning and group discussion: 0-3 scores
Final assessment:
18-16 scores: 5
15-13 scores: 4
12-10 scores: 3
9 scores & >: 2
Bibliography
Basic literature:
1. Campbell B., Ekologia człowieka, Historia naszego miejsca w przyrodzie od prehistorii do czasów współczesnych. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1995;
2. Mackenzie A., Ball A.S., Virdee S.R., Ekologia. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2000;
3. Moran E.F. Human Adaptability, An Introduction to Ecological Anthropology. Westview Press, Boulder 2008;
4. Siniarska A., Wolański N. (eds). Ecology of Aging. Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi 2000;
5. Wolański N., Ekologia Człowieka. Podstawy Ochrony Środowiska i Zdrowia Człowieka, Tom 1 – Wrażliwość na czynniki środowiska i biologiczne zmiany przystosowawcze. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2006;
6. Wolański N., Ekologia Człowieka. Podstawy Ochrony Środowiska i Zdrowia Człowieka, Tom 2 – Ewolucja i dostosowania biokulturowe. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2006;
7. Wolański N. i B. Bogin (eds), The Family as an Environment for Human Development. Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi 1996;
8. Young G.L., A conceptual framework for an interdisciplinary human ecology. Acta Oecologiae Hominis, 1, Lund 1989.
Supplementary reading:
1. Baker P.T., Human Adaptability. In "Human Biology. An introduction to human evolution, variation, growth, and adaptability" G.H. Harrison et al (eds), 3rd edition, Oxford Science Publications, Oxford, New York, Tokyo 1988. Boothroyd J. People and the Environment. Lerner Publishing Group, 2009;
2. Ellen R., Environment, Subsistence and System: The Ecology of Small-Scale Social Formations, Cambridge University Press, 1982;
3. Fox J., Rindfuss R.R., Walsh S.J., Mishra V., People and Environment. Springer, 2008;
4. Frisancho A.R., Human Adaptation and Accommodation. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 1993;
5. Moran E.F., The Ecosystem Approach in Anthropology: From Concept to Practice. University of Michigan Press, 1991;
6. Moran E.F., Ostrom E., Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Human-Environment Interactions in Forest Ecosystems. MIT Press, 2005;
7. Siniarska A., Dickinson F., Annotated Bibliography in Human Ecology. Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi 1996;
8. Young G.L., Origins of Human Ecology. Benchmark Papers in Ecology, 12, Hutchinson Ross Publ.Comp., Stroudsbourg 1983.
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