Course descriptions for ERASMUS students
1st semester, academic year 2013/2014

Faculty of Science and Informatics

Biology Courses for ERASMUS students (Departments of Life Sciences)

Faculty of Science and Informatics / /Department of Microbiology

Faculty of Science and Informatics / /Department of Economic and Human Geography

Course Code 07.10
Module Population and settlement geography of Hungary
Title: Population and settlement geography of Hungary
Teacher: Péter Bajmócy
Contact: bajmocy@geo.u-szeged.hu
Level
Termin Both
Module Aims
The special aim of the course: the participants will be able to understand the geography of Hungary, get knowledge about the people and the settlements (towns, villages) of Hungary and also get information about the regional differences of the settlement system and demographic processes in Hungary. They can become acquinted with the useful data and other information sources during the course.

Module Subject

The issues of the module: 1. The population and demography of Hungary 2. The structure of the population 3. Ethnic and religious differences in the Carpathian-Basin 4. Development of the settlement-system in Hungary 5. Towns of Hungary 6. Urbanization, urban agglomerations in Hungary 7. Villages in Hungary 8. Scattered settlements in Hungary 9. Regional differences in the settlement-network
Number of Credits 2