Geography and Cartography with a view to Education
Bachelor's degree in full-time form. The language of instruction is Czech.
The programme can be studied only in combination with another programme.
Submission deadline until midnight 28 February 2025.
What will you learn?
The study programme is a part of a double-subject programme and constitutes the first level of the university studies leading to a teaching qualification for secondary schools. The goal of the study is to provide general knowledge and give a good orientation in both study branches together with the basics of pedagogy and psychology. It should prepare graduates for the follow-up Master's study programme of Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography.
„The world around us on the map and in reality“
Practical training
XS090 Initial teacher training
During the course student stays at the secondary school where, in both subjects of his study, he/she takes at least 7 lessons of sitting in the classes and 3x10-15 minutes of his own teaching (at least in three different lessons). Students stays at school a half day weekly for a period at least 6 weeks.
During the course students gets to know working at the secondary school, pedagogical documentation, he/she assists the teacher with preparing experiments, correcting homework and tests, etc., in the total range of 7 hours in both of the subjects of his study.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to get information on the practical teaching of the subject (sitting in the classes); to get basic acquirements with practical teaching; to get information on working at the secondary school.
Further information
Information on the admission procedure, course, and conditions of this study can be found on the website of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University (https://www.sci.muni.cz/en/studies/bachelor-degree-study-programme/23639-geografie-a-kartografie-se-zamerenim-na-vzdelavani)
Career opportunities
Graduates can use their skills in various positions in basic and applied research. Although they are not fully qualified for teaching, they can prepare special activities and seminars at primary and secondary schools (e.g. seminars for gifted students, preparation for the Olympiads and different competitions, or for entrance exams to higher education institutions). They can also get involved in the popularization of geography. Graduates can pursue their studies in the follow-up Master's study programme – to become fully qualified teachers of geography at secondary schools.
Admission requirements
The Learning Potential Test (Czech only)
Criteria for evaluation
The Learning Potential Test results
Recommended literature
The knowledge required to pass the Learning Potential Test is not obtained by studying specific information sources. Examples of previous years' tests can be found on http://www.muni.cz/study/admission/tsp
Minimum score and numbers of accepted applicants in past years
Study options
Combined studies
In this type of studies, the students focus on the main degree programme (120 credits) supplemented with another, minor, programme (60 credits). The student enrols in the degree programme in which he/she majors. Both the programmes are stated in the university diploma. You will find possible combinations on the websites of individual degree programmes. An exception is programmes preparing students for teaching professions, where both fields of study are equal and the thesis may be written in any of them.
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Science
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Biology with a view to Education – Faculty of Science, full-time studies
+ Geography and Cartography with a view to Education -
Mathematics focused on teaching – Faculty of Science, full-time studies
+ Geography and Cartography with a view to Education -
Chemistry with a view to Education – Faculty of Science, full-time studies
+ Geography and Cartography with a view to Education -
Physics with a view to Education – Faculty of Science, full-time studies
+ Geography and Cartography with a view to Education
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (major), full-time studies
+ English Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (major), full-time studies
+ History (minor) – Faculty of Arts
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Education
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Geography and Cartography with a view to Education, full-time studies
+ Special Education for Education – Faculty of Education
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics
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Geography and Cartography with a view to Education, full-time studies
+ Informatics in education – Faculty of Informatics
Courses – curriculum examples
An example of your study plan:
Combined studies
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Education
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics
Follow-up studies
After the successful completion of the Bachelor's study programme, students can pursue their studies in any Master's study programme (after satisfying the admission requirements). At the Faculty of Science of MU – to become fully qualified teachers of geography at the secondary schools, students can apply for admission to an Upper-secondary teacher-training follow-up Master's degree programme.
Study information
| Provided by | Faculty of Science | |
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| Type of studies | Bachelor's | |
| Mode | full-time | Yes |
| combined | No | |
| distance | No | |
| Study options | single-subject studies | No |
| single-subject studies with specialization | No | |
| major/minor studies | Yes | |
| Standard length of studies | 3 years | |
| Language of instruction | Czech | |
Do you have any questions?
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doc. Mgr. Kamil Láska, Ph.D.
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