Geotourism

Graduates of the geotourism study program in the first stage of university studies have knowledge and expertise in the field of general issues of geotourism, land resources and their use in geotourism, which follow on from their general secondary education. They know how to use their knowledge and their understanding in a way that indicates a professional approach to work and/ or to a profession and have competence usually demonstrated by making and defending arguments and solving problems or tasks at various stages of the effective development of geotourism at the local, regional and national level, from goal setting to concrete implementation. They have the skills to acquire and interpret relevant data on geological heritage in the context of its protection, use and development of geotourism and related forms of tourism and on their based on ethical and socially responsible decisions. They know how to work together to solve the problems of local and regional development of geotourism and related sustainable forms of tourism, in which geological heritage and its protection and use become the subject of interest. They know how to communicate information, concepts, problems and solutions related to various aspects of geotourism development (especially with regard to on the societal significance of geological heritage) to professional and lay audiences. They have developed the educational skills necessary to continue further studies with a high degree of independence.

The Geotourism study program will provide graduates with a specific professional profile, with comprehensive high-quality knowledge, to master a multidisciplinary approach, with the prerequisites for successfully mastering the effective development of geotourism, i.e. identification, characterization, evaluation, interpretation, presentation and promotion of geological and related cultural-historical heritage for the purpose sustainable development of tourism with the possibility of employment as a qualified manager in many functional management units in the state or private sphere, or work as a specialist in specialized departments (working independently or as a member of a wider team). The cross-sectional nature of geotourism does not exclude the employment of graduates in other branches of industry, including the economic and social sphere.

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