PřF:Z0100 Regional geography of America - Course Information
Z0100 Regional geography of the World - America
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Kamil Láska, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniel Kaplan (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Kamil Láska, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Thu 14:00–15:50 Z5,02004
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z0100/02: Wed 17:00–17:50 Z3,02045, Thu 17:00–17:50 Z2,01032, D. Kaplan
Z0100/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. D. Kaplan - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- KREDITY_MIN ( 90 ) || TYP_STUDIA ( N )
- 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
- Physical geography (programme PřF, N-FYG)
- Physical Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-EB)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-CH)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-MA)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-UCZ) (2)
- Geography (programme PřF, B-GK, specialization Physical Geography)
- Geography (programme PřF, B-GK, specialization Human Geography)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-EB)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-CH)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-MA)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-UCZ) (2)
- Course objectives
- Principal aim of the subject is the study of regional geographical differentiation of the studied continent. Successively, all components of natural as well as socio-economical environment are analysed. Some specific problems of the continent are illustrated on the examples from the selected countries or macro-regions. Integral part of the accompanying seminars is an individual work of students on chosen regional geographical issues.
- Learning outcomes
- After finishing the course student should be able to:
- analyse the differentiating factors of the natural environment of the continent;
- characterize the social and economic conditions of the continent;
- identify relevant environmental and socio-economical problems of the continent. - Syllabus
- General characteristic of continents. Ground features of geological structure. Relief, climate conditions and drainage of North and South America. Soils, vegetation and animals of American continents. Regional Policy, transnational Integrations. The Region and its Characteristics among following pattern:
- - The historical development
- - Population, developments of population, structure of population.
- - Settlements and their typology, towns and Rural settlement
- - Economy of Region, Natural resources of raw materials
- - Industry, general characteristics
- - Agricultural, The natural Conditions of Agriculture, Plant production, Animal production
- - Forestry, Fishering
- - Transport, The general Characteristics
- - Tourism and recreation, Services
- - The Commerce, Foreign Trade
- - Economic regions
- Literature
- BAAR, Vladimír and Petr ŠINDLER. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů. [D] 2. Č. 2, Amerika, Antarktida, oceány. 1. vyd. V Ostravě: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1989, 231 s. info
- BAAR, Vladimír. Anglosaská Severní Amerika. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Ateliér Milata, 1994, 162 s. info
- GARDNER, Philip. Encyklopedie Zeměpis světa. Edited by Graham Bateman - Victoria Egan, Translated by Marta Bušková. V Praze: Columbus, 1994, 512 s. ISBN 8071760226. info
- Geografický místopisný slovník světa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993, 924 s. ISBN 8020004459. info
- AGNEW, John and Paul L. KNOX. The Geography of the world economy :an introduction to economic geography. 2nd ed. London: Arnold, 1994, 436 s. ISBN 0-340-59575-2. info
- Mocko,Z. a kol. Hospodárská geografie. VŠE Bratislava,1991
- VOTÝPKA, Jan and Jaroslava JANOUŠOVÁ. Severní Amerika. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1987, 420 s. URL info
- Teaching methods
- The basic teaching method is lecturing. Part of the course consists of seminar works of students on various topics in the field of natural, social, political, cultural and economic aspects of the continent.
- Assessment methods
- Participation on the seminars is compulsory. The necessary condition for obtaining the credit is the presentation and defense of the report dealing with the chosen regional geographic topic. Examination has two parts - written (physical geography) and oral (human geography).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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