Z8011 Geography of Canada

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Alois Hynek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Alois Hynek, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:50 Z5,02004
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KREDITY_MIN ( 40 ) || SOUHLAS
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 55 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/55, only registered: 0/55, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/55
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 18 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: - recaling basic knowledge on Canadian nature, people and regions - understand Canadian history and contemporary society - analyze interactions between society and nature in the environment - interpreting three internal Canadian tensions - evaluate the role of Canada in the interational peace-keeping - explain the differences between Canada and Czech Rep.
Syllabus
  • 1. Canadian regions, model: core-semiperiphery- resource periphery. Generic regions, their evolution, nordicity. 2. Rocks and landforms in Canada: Canadian shield, Appalachian Mts., Great Lakes Lowland and St.Laurent Vale, Great Plains, Cordillera, Canadian Arctic archipelago, continental shelf 3. Climate of Canada – climate zones, annual air temperature and moisture regimes, atmospheric circulation. Great Canadian river basins, main rivers, Niagara Falls. Soils and vegetation of Canada, permafrost, deserts/barren grounds, tundra, boreal forests, forested steps, prairies, mixed and leaf forests, mountains forests, temperate evergreen rainforest 4. Environment, protected areas, national and provincial parks, other protected territories and aquatories, pollution. 5. First Nations, second– immigrants from Great Britain and France, third– from other countries. Territorial evolution of Canada, national borders, three tensions – aborigines and migrants, centralism and decentralism, regional tensions 6. The claims of the First Nations. Métis, French-English line, union acts, the year of 1867, separatism. Settlement, population density and distribution, censuses, demographic change, immigration, ethnicity, languages, religions, multiculturalism. 7. Economy – sectors, North American trade, NAFTA/APEC, labour power, primary sector/ agriculture, manufacture, transport, services. 8. Ontario 9. Québec 10. British Columbia 11. Western Canada 12. Atlantic Canada 13. Canadian North
Literature
    required literature
  • HYNEK, Alois and Leona KOVAŘÍKOVÁ. Geografie Kanady. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, iii, 206. ISBN 8021031557. info
    recommended literature
  • BONE, Robert M. The regional geography of Canada. Ontario: Oxford University Press, 1999, xviii, 507. ISBN 0195410955. info
  • Heartland and hinterland : a regional geography of Canada. Edited by Larry McCann - Angus Gunn. 3rd ed. Scarborough: Prentice Hall Canada, 1998, xxii, 439. ISBN 013839671X. info
  • Hecht A., Pletsch A., eds. (2000): Virtual Geography Texts on Canada and Germany. Interactive Trilingual Multimedia CD-ROM, Georg Eckert Inst. Braunschweig, www.v-g-t.de
Teaching methods
lectures, running individual project, videoprojection - travels round Canada
Assessment methods
project learning and final written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005.
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