PřF:Z0099 Regional geography of Africa - Course Information

Z0099 Regional geography of the World - Africa, Australia and Oceania

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science

Prerequisites

Interest in selected regions and their problematics.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-UCZ) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-UCZ) (2)

Course objectives

Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to learn the geographical position, characteristics and diferentiation of the continents Africa and Australia and islands of the Pacifics. to explain special and typical problems of nature, human history and economics in selected territories; Physical geography - lecture of M. Culek, human geography -lecture of A. Veznik;

Learning outcomes

Besides regional knowledges students will enlarge their knowledge - using of their present day geographical knowledges, - will be able to distinguish specifics of respected continents, - will be able to characterize relevant natural features of recpected continents, - will be able to characterize relevant social and economical features of respected continents, - will know main problems in landuse, risks and threats.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction. Africa - basic geographical features, geological development and structures.
• 2. Basic geomorphological features of Africa.
• 3. Climate, climatic regions, hydrography, coastline waters of Africa.
• 4. Soils, Biota, landscape ecological problems, Nature protection.
• 5. Historical and political development of Africa, Inhabitants and settlments in Africa.
• 6. Agriculture and food. Raw materials and their output in Africa.
• 7. Industry and industrialization, transport, foreign trade, recreation.
• 8. Komplex geographical characteristics of macroregions in Africa.
• 9. Australia and Oceania - basic geographical features, geological and geomorphological development and structures.
• 10. Climate, climatic regions, hydrography, coastline waters of Australia nad Oceania.
• 11. Soils, Biota, landscape ecological problems, Nature protection.
• 12. Historical and political development, Inhabitants and settlments in Australia and Oceania.
• 13. Agriculture. Industry, Transport and Foreign Trade in Australia and Oceania, recreation.
• 14. International cooperation, organizations, globalization.

Literature

• The physical geography of Africa. Edited by W. M. Adams - Andrew Goudie - A. R. Orme. Oxford: Oxford university press. xxii, 429. ISBN 0198234066. 1996. info
• BRINKE, Josef. Austrálie a Oceánie. 3. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství. 295 s. 1987. URL info
• VOTRUBEC, Ctibor. Afrika : zeměpisný přehled kontinentu a jeho oblastně ekonomické problémy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství. 593 s. 1973. URL info
• KELE, František and Peter MARIOT. Ostrovy a súostrovia Oceánie : malá encyklopédia Melanézie, Mikronézie a Polynézie. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo. 151 s. ISBN 8008005149. 1992. info
• ŠINDLER, Petr and Vladimír BAAR. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů : Afrika, Asie, Austrálie, Oceánie. 1., II. část. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě. 296 s. 1988. info
• ŠINDLER, Petr and Vladimír BAAR. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě. 309 s. 1988. info
• GARDNER, Philip. Encyklopedie Zeměpis světa. Edited by Graham Bateman - Victoria Egan, Translated by Marta Bušková. V Praze: Columbus. 512 s. ISBN 8071760226. 1994. info
• Lexikon zemí 2000. Praha: Fortuna Print. 503 s. ISBN 80-86144-35-6. 1999. info
• Geografický místopisný slovník světa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia. 924 s. ISBN 8020004459. 1993. info
• Lexikon zemí '96. Praha: Fortuna Print. 503 s. ISBN 80-85873-41-9. 1995. info

Teaching methods

Lectures consist of powerpoint presentations in Czech language with wide use of pictures. The basic Teaching methods are lectures, supplemented about contemporary methods. The semirar is dedicated to students presentaion of actual problems - with help of powerpoint. Students are to prepared these as homeworks.

Assessment methods

Presence on seminars is also evaluated.
For the course credit is powerpoint presentation of selected problems of the regions in class exercise required. It gives cca 20 % of the final examination. Two written short tests will take place in the second half of the semester; their evaluation will give cca 10 % of the final mark.
Written tests from the Physical Geography and oral exam from Human geography of territories under study.
The exam is necessary to fullfil at least on "E" examination anyway - both in its physical-geographical and human-geographical parts. If student in one of these parts is unseccesful, he/she will repeate the exam only of that part.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: kredity_min(75) || program(N-UCZ)

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