(in Polish) Zajęcia w językach obcych w Instytucie Ekologii i Bioetyki (course group defined by Center for Ecology and Ecophilosophy)

Winter semester 2021/22

• Classes - 30 hours

Winter semester 2022/23

• Classes - 30 hours

Winter semester 2023/24

• Classes - 30 hours

Winter semester 2024/25

• Classes - 30 hours

Animal behaviour is one of the biological disciplines that have been developing intensively over the last decade. Researchers focus on many issues including hunting, reproduction, or altruistic behaviour.

The aim of the course is:

1) to acquaint students with the complexities of animal behaviour

2) to explain how animal behaviour affect the ability of survival of the animals

3) to show the possibilities of using knowledge about animal behaviour in nature conservation

During the classes students will observe the behaviour of selected invertebrate species

Undoubtedly, the course on animal behaviour will inspire students to have a humanitarian approach to animals.

Key: animal, behaviour, survival

Winter semester 2021/22

• Classes - 30 hours

Winter semester 2022/23

• Classes - 30 hours

No brief description found, go to course home page to get more information.

Summer semester 2021/22

• Lectures - 30 hours

Progress in medicine and biotechnology in 20th century made deep interference in the human life, especially at critical moments; further research show that influence on the evolution of humans will be possible.

This is reason of some question about possible borders of medical research and procedures. These questions and answers which are given by different thinkers are the subject of the lecture.

In the first part of the lecture some basic philosophical controversies are mentioned; the thesis given are the fundament of resolution of specific issues. In the second part exemplary solution of some question is showed as a model answer the present and future question.

Summer semester 2021/22

• Classes - 15 hours
• Lectures - 15 hours

Summer semester 2022/23

• Classes - 15 hours
• Lectures - 15 hours

The course acquaints students with the possibilities of using microbiological and biotechnological tools in the assessment of the state of the environment, in monitoring the quality of soil, water and air, and in bioremediation.

Summer semester 2021/22

• Classes - 15 hours
• Lectures - 15 hours

Summer semester 2022/23

• Classes - 15 hours
• Lectures - 15 hours

The course introduce methods of study bird ecology and behavior. It focuses mainly on breeding season of birds. Students will be acquainted with several techniques that can be useful in the field and help to manage conservation projects. They will be acquainted with the ethical and legal aspects of working with birds in the field; with the risks associated with field work and the safety principles. At the end we will focus on some examples of the bird conservation management as well as the habitat management. A case study for the Middle Vistula River will be presented.

During exercises two field excursions along the Vistula River are planned (near Łomna and in Warsaw) to compare bird species diversity between country and urban landscapes.

Summer semester 2021/22

• Classes - 15 hours
• Lectures - 15 hours

Summer semester 2022/23

• Classes - 15 hours
• Lectures - 15 hours

Summer semester 2023/24

• Lectures - 30 hours

The course introduce methods of study bird ecology and behavior. It focuses mainly on breeding season of birds. Students will be acquainted with several techniques that can be useful in the field and help to manage conservation projects. They will be acquainted with the ethical and legal aspects of working with birds in the field; with the risks associated with field work and the safety principles. At the end we will focus on some examples of the bird conservation management as well as the habitat management. A case study for the Middle Vistula River will be presented.

Summer semester 2021/22

• Laboratory - 15 hours
• Lectures - 30 hours

Summer semester 2022/23

• Laboratory - 15 hours
• Lectures - 30 hours

Summer semester 2023/24

• Lectures - 15 hours

Summer semester 2024/25

• Lectures - 15 hours

No brief description found, go to course home page to get more information.

Winter semester 2021/22

• Lectures - 30 hours

Winter semester 2022/23

• Lectures - 15 hours

Winter semester 2023/24

• Lectures - 15 hours

Winter semester 2024/25

• Lectures - 15 hours

The aim of the lecture is to introduce students to ecological ethics

Winter semester 2021/22

• Lectures - 30 hours

Winter semester 2022/23

• Lectures - 30 hours

Since the middle of the last century, there has been a growing interest in the int. community to protect the environment well beyond the national level. It is noted that env. problems cannot be effectively addressed by countries at the level of national initiatives. International and even global cooperation is necessary in this regard. This is due to the fact that economic actions taken in the territory of one country may have negative consequences in the territory of other countries.

International cooperation increases in dimension as the transnational nature of env. problems.

Among the primary ones is climate change, which has different relationships to other problems.

The key issues around which lectures revolve are:

- the sources of environmental law: international, regional, national

- general principles of EL

- selected areas of regulations: climate change, nature protection, eia, protection against pollution, air, water protection

- liability in environmental law.

Winter semester 2021/22

• Lectures - 30 hours

Summer semester 2022/23

• Lectures - 30 hours

Winter semester 2023/24

• Lectures - 30 hours

Winter semester 2024/25

• Lectures - 30 hours

Human health and well-being is an important element of today's functioning of societies and states. Large financial outlays are directed towards the protection of health. It turns out, however, that talking about health and quality of life is treated in isolation from the quality of the natural environment. The man (as well as other organisms) lives in an environment and this environment exerts certain effects on the body. All biological systems must self-regulate in the context of changing environmental demands. During the course, the issue of human functioning in nature and the impact of the environment on our species will be presented.

Winter semester 2021/22

• Lectures - 30 hours

Winter semester 2022/23

• Lectures - 30 hours

Winter semester 2023/24

• Lectures - 30 hours

Winter semester 2024/25

• Lectures - 30 hours

Summer semester 2024/25

• Lectures - 30 hours

The aim of the lecture is to introduce students to ISO standards. The special focus will be put on the standard in environmental protection (ISO 14001) and social responsibility (26000)

Winter semester 2021/22

• Lectures - 15 hours

Winter semester 2022/23

• Lectures - 15 hours

No brief description found, go to course home page to get more information.

Winter semester 2021/22

• Seminar - 30 hours

Summer semester 2021/22

• Seminar - 30 hours

Winter semester 2022/23

• Seminar - 30 hours

Summer semester 2022/23

• Seminar - 30 hours

The seminar is devoted to master's theses which deal with the interaction of nature and culture. Preference are given to topics that deal with issues related to the influence of religion on human relationships to nature. The seminar also features diploma theses that focus on issues such as the principle of sustainable development, the Millennium Goals, the of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the impact of particular animal and plant species on the human civilization.

The aim of the seminar is to teach the student to apply the principles of methodology of scientific writing and to elaborate the subject matter of the thesis.

Summer semester 2021/22

• Lectures - 30 hours

Summer semester 2022/23

• Lectures - 15 hours

Summer semester 2023/24

• Lectures - 15 hours

Summer semester 2024/25

• Lectures - 15 hours

Over the last three decades, an ever-increasing commitment to conservation by all the major religious traditions has been noted. This commitment has resulted in a significant increase in the number of pronouncements by religious leaders on the conservation of nature, accompanied by the growing number of religion-based environmental organizations and their active participation in specific environmental actions. This has led to a greater awareness among politicians, scientists and representatives of various international organizations of the role that religions can play in overcoming the ecological crisis. The State of the World Report of 2003 points :

1) capacity to shape cosmologies (worldviews),

2) moral authority,

3) a large base of adherents,

4) significant material resources,

5) community-building capacity.

The main goal of the course is to show connection between religious traditions and environment.

Summer semester 2021/22

• Classes - 15 hours
• Lectures - 15 hours

Summer semester 2022/23

• Classes - 15 hours
• Lectures - 15 hours

Winter semester 2023/24

• Lectures - 15 hours

Winter semester 2024/25

• Lectures - 15 hours

The aim of the course is to turn the students attention to the soil as a complex habitat of high biological diversity, which supports the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. The course provides information about the major groups of organisms that live in the soil and their role in the natural and managed ecosystems. A strong emphasis is put on the factors influencing soil biodiversity and the services provided by soil biodiversity. The course offers also some training in sampling and assessing the density and diversity of some soil animal groups and using them as soil biological quality indices.