Human Ecology - tutorials

biological sciences

intermediate

BI1_W01 BI1_W04 BI1_W05 BI1_U02 BI1_U03 BI1_U10 BI1_U11 BI1_K02 BI1_K05 BI1_K07

(in Polish) Brak

Objectives of the course:

To familiarize students with the assessment of the sensitivity of the human body to environmental factors (methods of reactivity assessment based on the equipment and research apparatus available).

Presentation of human ecology (EC) as a transdisciplinary science about man and his culture as a dynamic element of ecosystems.

To familiarize students with the methods of assessment and monitoring based on the equipment and research apparatus at hand.

1. Presentation and training topics - short description, students are to be prepared in advance for each topic, discussion

2. Topic: Biocultural adaptations to grassland ecosystems. Applied methods (research equipment), participation of each student, discussion and final conclusions

3. Topic: Biocultural adaptations to wet tropical forests. Applied methods (research equipment), participation of each student, discussion and final conclusions

4. Topic: Biocultural adaptations to dry (desert) ecosystems. Applied methods (research equipment), participation of each student, discussion and final conclusions

5. Topic: Bio-cultural adaptations to high mountains. Applied methods (research equipment), participation of each student, discussion and final conclusions

6. Topic: Biocultural adaptations to arctic areas. Applied methods (research equipment), participation of each student, discussion and final conclusions

7. Topic: Climate change and the spread of the genus Homo. Applied methods (research equipment), participation of each student, discussion and final conclusions

8. Topic: Society and changes in its organization. Applied methods (research equipment), participation of each student, discussion and final conclusions

9. Theme: Neolithic - the beginnings of settlement, places of the first human cultures (Old and New World). Applied methods (research equipment), participation of each student, discussion and final conclusions

10. Theme: Industrialization and urbanization. Applied methods (research equipment), participation of each student, discussion and final conclusions

11. Theme: Material and non-material culture: tools and fire; Magic and applied art. Applied methods (research equipment), participation of each student, discussion and final conclusions

12. Theme: Civilization as the highest level of cultural development; social stratification and its effects on human biology. Applied methods (research equipment), participation of each student, discussion and final conclusions

13. Topic: Nutritional behavior and the development of society. Applied methods (research equipment), participation of each student, discussion and final conclusions

14. Summary of the course, the most important conclusions, preparation of the credit, discussion

15. Completion of exercises

Basic literature:

1.Campbell B., Ekologia człowieka, Historia naszego miejsca w przyrodzie od prehistorii do czasów współczesnych. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1995;

2. Dyball R and Newell B., 2014. Understanding Human Ecology: A System Approach to Sustainability, Routledge, London and New York;

3. Mackenzie A., Ball A.S., Virdee S.R., Ekologia. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2000;

4. Moran E.F. Human Adaptability, An Introduction to Ecological Anthropology. Westview Press, Boulder 2008;

5. Siniarska A., 2016. Human ecology in higher education in Poland. In: Human Ecology Studies and Higher Education for Sustainable Development. European Experiences and Examples, A. Franz-Balsen and L. Kruse (eds.), Edition Humanökologie: Volume 10, 142-151, Oekom Verlag, München

6. Siniarska A., Wolański N. (eds). Ecology of Aging. Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi 2000;

7. 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;

8. Wolański N., Ekologia Człowieka. Podstawy Ochrony Środowiska i Zdrowia Człowieka, Tom 2 – Ewolucja i dostosowania biokulturowe. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2006;

9. Wolański N. i B. Bogin (eds), The Family as an Environment for Human Development. Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi 1996;

10. Young G.L., A conceptual framework for an interdisciplinary human ecology. Acta Oecologiae Hominis, 1, Lund 1989.

Supplementary literature:

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.

Subject effects in terms of knowledge:

Subject effect 1. The student understands and lists the basic biological phenomena and processes in the field of human ecology

Subject effect 2. The student has knowledge of the most important problems in the field of various departments of human ecology and knows the methods of their assessment

Subject effect 3. The student has knowledge of the basic conceptual categories and terminology in human ecology and has knowledge of the development of this discipline of science and the research methods applicable in it

Objective effects in terms of skills:

Subject effect 4. The student understands the literature on human ecology in Polish and reads with understanding simple scientific texts in English

Subject effect 5. The student uses the available sources of information, including electronic sources within the framework of human ecology

Subject effect 6. The student has the ability to make oral presentations on specific issues in the field of human ecology

Subject effect 7. The student learns independently and in a targeted manner within human ecology. Subject effects within social competences:

Subject effect 8. The student is able to interact and work in a group, assuming various roles in it

Subject effect 9. The student understands the need to improve professional and personal competences in the framework of human ecology

Objective effect 10. The student shows the need to constantly update the knowledge in human ecology

ECTS - lectures

ECTS [1 ECTS = 30 hours]

Participation in the lecture: 30 hours

Preparation for the exam: 30 hours

Total: 60 hours

ECTS number: 60/30 = 2

The lectures are designed to prepare for exercises.

The student should not miss any lecture.

The exam is conducted in the summer session.

Subject learning outcomes assigned to lectures (1-3).

ECTS - exercises

Participation in the discussion based on previous lectures: 30 hours

Answers to questions and discussions about the topic of exercises: 30 hours

Total: 60 hours

ECTS number: 60/30 = 2

A student may miss 1 exercise, including sick leave

Subject learning outcomes assigned to exercises (4-10).

The final grade depends on obtaining the appropriate sum of points for individual elements:

1. Attendance at classes (one absence per semester is allowed): 0-3 points (3 - 100% attendance)

2. Preparation for classes: 0-3

2. Assessment of active participation in the exercises: 0–8 points. (substantive side: 0-6 points, formal side: 0-2 points)

Final grade:

12-11 points: 5

9-10 points: 4+

7-8 points: 4

5-6 points: 3+

3-4 points: 3

Less than 3 points: 2