Course: Professional Terminology of Population Protection in English

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Course title Professional Terminology of Population Protection in English
Course code LUOO/LCOPT
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Tomášek Pavel, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction to subject and literature. Population protection - history. National acts and decrees. Security threats. Emergency events and crisis situations. Integrated rescue system. Main tasks of population protection. Warning of population. Sheltering. Evacuation of citizens. Emergency survival. Humanitarian aid. Prevention of major accidents. Revision, summary.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book), Exercises on PC, Practice exercises, Individual work of students
  • Home preparation for classes - 18 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 24 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 24 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Unspecified
Unspecified
learning outcomes
describe the basics of humanitarian aid
describe the basics of humanitarian aid
describe the basics of emergency survival
describe the basics of emergency survival
define the content of an evacuation baggage
define the content of an evacuation baggage
define the system of warning of population
define the system of warning of population
define the emergency events and crisis situations
define the emergency events and crisis situations
Skills
communicate the basic terms related to population protection in English
communicate the basic terms related to population protection in English
communicate tha basic processes related to population protection in English
communicate tha basic processes related to population protection in English
prepare an evacuation baggage
prepare an evacuation baggage
initiate the integrated rescue system
initiate the integrated rescue system
find and/or prepare a shelter
find and/or prepare a shelter
teaching methods
Knowledge
Exercises on PC
Lecturing
Lecturing
Practice exercises
Individual work of students
Exercises on PC
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Individual work of students
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Written examination
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Written examination
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Recommended literature
  • BENNETT, Brian T. Understanding, Assessing, and Responding to Terrorism: Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Personnel. Hoboken: Wiley, 2018. ISBN 978-1-119-23778-5.
  • BULLOCK, Jane A., George D. HADDOW a Damon P. COPPOLA. Homeland Security: The Essentials. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2018. ISBN 978-0-12-804465-0.
  • FOREST, James J. F. The Terrorism Lectures: A Comprehensive Collestion for the Student of Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and National Security. Stevens Point: Nortia Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-940503-16-5.
  • HESTERMAN, Jennifer L. Soft Target Hardening: Protecting People from Attack. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. ISBN 9781138391109.
  • MCCANN, J., SHAND, B. Surviving natural Disasters and Man-Made Disasters. Portland. Oregon, 2011. ISBN 978-09838-8860-4.
  • TU, Anthony T. Chemical and Biological Weapons and Terrorism. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-138-03338-2.


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