Palacký University Olomouc

Graduates find occupation in regional development agencies, public authorities and other organizations engaged in the management and planning of spatial units. The department also provides higher education for future teachers of geography at secondary schools in several teaching qualifications in full-time as well as distant form of study. The department also offers three-year undergraduate, two-year Master, and four-year Doctoral degree programme in International Development Studies, which is one of the first of its kind in the Czech Republic and Central and Eastern Europe.

https://www.prf.upol.cz/en/departments-and-facilities/earth-sciences/

Basic and applied research at the Department of Geography is based on processing digital spatial information through GIS technologies. The research focuses on issues such as urban climate, renewable energy, gambling and other social pathologies. Other research of the department is directed to four main areas: indicators of development and sustainability, evaluation of development interventions, the impact of policies of developed countries to developing countries, and internal conditions of developing countries.

https://www.prf.upol.cz/en/departments-and-facilities/earth-sciences/

Geography; Regional geography; Development & Environmental Studies

The programme is conceived as academic, it comprises of block of theoretical courses from the fields of physical and human geography with emphasis on more detailed analysis of phenomena relevant for regional dimension of economic and social development.

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The programme is conceived as academic, it extends basic knowledge from individual disciplines of human and physical geography, from regional geography of the world and the Czech Republic. Emphasis is put on individual assessment of specific issues in regions, search for wider context and rules of spatial differentiation of nature and society.

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Environmental studies and sustainable development offers a comprehensive introduction into the area of environment protection, with regards to global aspects of environmental issues and with the aim of discovering sustainable ways of life among the Western societies. Study subjects cover both the key areas of environmental issues as well as the practical skills. This interdisciplinary curriculum is set up in a way as to enable a deeper understanding of mutual links and connections among the three key pillars of sustainable development: environmental, economic and social ones.

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Emphasis is placed on geographic orientation of the field and on a balance of the other disciplines, which contribute to understanding the progress in development countries (e.g. development economics, international relations, environmental problems in developed countries). Specialized subjects are an inseparable part, which are focused on the developed issues. The practical part of the study is focused on the expansion of the skills, mainly in area of gaining, processing and evaluating information (quantitative and quality research methods), language competencies and management.

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The aim of the master´s programme International Development Studies is to prepare professionals for careers in development policy and practice. Besides complex geographical disciplines, students will acquire profound knowledge in development related issues as well as research methodology and environmental or social sciences. They can choose from a variety of specialization courses to best suit their needs and interests. Upon successful completion of the programme, students will be equipped to work in state as well as private and non-governmental sector on national and international levels.

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The Department offers an intellectually challenging comparative and multi-disciplinary graduate and postgraduate academic training on all aspects of the history and culture since prehistoric times to the 21st century. It provides an excellent academic gateway to the comparative history and culture of Central and Western Europe in general, and to a variety of specific issues and research topics in particular.

https://historie.upol.cz/incoming-students/

With a strong track record especially in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Urban History, Cultural Anthropology and/or Modern Exile Studies, the Department prides itself with being an elite research and academic institution in the Czech republic and Central Europe. One of the integral part of the study programme of e. g. archaeology at the Department of History is a professional practice in the field excavations as well as in conservatory laboratories.

https://historie.upol.cz/incoming-students/

Historical Sciences; Archival Works; Euroculture

The study programme provides a basic overview of historical development from the earliest periods to the end of the 20th century, with a focus on the Euro-American cultural area. The first course: knowledge of thehistory of Prehistory and Antiquity, basics of auxiliary historical sciences, introduction to historian's work; it is complemented by seminar in history and an optional foreign language. The second course: the Middle Ages, Early Modern period, 19th century history and 20th century history - which is dependent on a coherence among general, world, national and regional history.

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The core of the programme consists of an optionally selected block of courses given by a wide range of specialized lectures and seminars aimed at certain periods of history, geographical areas (for instance, the history of Russia in the 20th century, the history of Latin America, Turkey) or concrete issues (for instance, the history of nobility, witch trials, women in the Middle Ages). It is compulsory to select a set number of courses dealing with a historiographical topic. Other additional courses may be chosen at student's discretion and according to the free capacity of all programmes.

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The Department of Sociology, Andragogy and Cultural Anthropology offers bachelor study programs in Adult Education - Personal Development, Educational Leadership, Cultural Anthropology, Migration Studies, Religious Studies, Social Work and Sociology. The department allows for continuing studies at the master's degree in Adult Education, Cultural Anthropology, Religious Study and Sociology. The third level of study is represented by Adult Education, Cultural Anthropology, Migration Study, Religious Study and Sociology. These study programs can be studied in full-time or part-time form of study.

https://ksa.upol.cz/en/

The research profile of the Department of Sociology, Andragogy and Cultural Anthropology entails various topics such as family & ageing; housing, migration; teaching & learning at university; atheism, secularization & continuity of religious memory; subnational political leadership; sexual minorities, disability studies, gambling; modernization & life style changes; Islam in the CzR, Roma people, African studies; managerial decision-making, professionalization, education in organizations & spirituality in education etc. Since 2015 there were seven projects supported by Czech Science Agency.

https://ksa.upol.cz/en/academics-research/grants/

Sociology; Cultural Anthropology; Andragogy

The bachelor's degree program in cultural anthropology is a discipline which focuses on study of cultures. This being the complex of sociocultural norms, ideas and artefacts which are created, shared and transferred by people. It examines dynamics and the nature of cultural changes in a local context, but also considers their connection with global processes. Cultural anthropology also engages in the study of topics related to minorities, migration, ethnicity, forms of local institutions and kinship in European and other environments.

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This master's degree program in cultural anthropology can only be studied in combination with another master's degree program accredited at FF UP in Olomouc. The master's degree in cultural anthropology broadens the obtained knowledge and skills, which focus on the study of cultures, including theoretical knowledge, methodology and the history of anthropology. It focuses on understanding the processes of migration and transnationalism, enabling students to to react to interpretations and presentations of different cultural or ethnic groups, for example in the media.

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The bachelor's degree program in andragogy is focused on the possibilities of educational intervention which meets the needs of society. As a result of this relationship between society and adult education/andragogy, the bachelor's degree program in Andragogy is linked with the study of sociology. The degree program consists of andragogical, pedagogical, psychological and managerial subjects. These subjects deal with issues involving the knowledge and skills needed to take part in occupational life in a world of constant change. The study of andragogy is only combined with sociology.

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The master's degree program in andragogy follows up on the bachelor's degree program in andragogy and other related study programs in social sciences and humanities. It deepens the knowledge of learning and education theory and the fundamental disciplines. The andragogy degree program is based on an interdisciplinary approach to integral andragogy as a science dealing with adult education, educational care and adaptation of human potential. Adult education is conceived not as an independent subject of andragogy but as one of the social intervention tools.

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The bachelor's degree programme in sociology combines theoretical knowledge in the field of sociological theory, theories of the basic areas of social life (family, education, the economy, religion, etc.), and methods and methodology of sociological research and life in Czech society. Its core disciplines are: History of Sociology, General Sociology, Methodology of Sociological Research, Fundamentals of Statistics, Data Analysis, Fundamentals of Management, Family Sociology, Sociology of Education and Sociological Practice.

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The master's degree program includes the following core disciplines: History of Sociology, Current Sociological Discourse, Methodology of Sociology, Sociology of Way of Life, Social Deviances, Sociology of Work, Sociology of Business, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Politics. It also overlaps with other social sciences, such as philosophy, adult education, cultural anthropology, history and religion. The teaching promotes a multi-paradigmatic and interdisciplinary approach to sociological knowledge.

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