Ze2MP_AAP8 Regional Geography of Asia and Africa

Faculty of Education
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Aleš Ruda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Aleš Ruda, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Basic experience in the analytical geosciences related to physical, economic and human geography. Basic language skills - especially in English, German, other welcome. Reliable body conditions needed for extensive abroad excursion.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the tuition is to give the imagination of the Asie or Africa as the functional units of various dimensions and hierarchical formatting on the base of natural and corresponding economical and social parameters. Students have to display the ability of composing partial component pieces of information and subsumtioning lokalizated peaces of information into their context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Regional geography approaches of world´s macroregion identification
  • 2. Geographical aspects of macroregions development
  • 3. Regional aspects of East Asia
  • 4. Regional aspects of Southeast Asia
  • 5. Regional aspects of South Asia
  • 6. Regional aspects of Islamic world
  • 7. Regional aspects of Subsaharian Africa
Literature
    required literature
  • MULLER, Peter O. and Harm Jan DE BLIJ. Geography : realms, regions, and concepts. 7th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994, xii, 591. ISBN 0471580899. info
    recommended literature
  • MULLER, Peter O. and Harm Jan DE BLIJ. Geography : realms, regions, and concepts. 8th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998, xv, 537. ISBN 0471291129. info
  • SKOKAN, Ladislav. Afrika : sociogeografický přehled. Vyd. 1. V Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně, Přírodovědecká fakulta, 2007, 122 s. ISBN 9788070448380. info
  • Lexikon zemí. Translated by Jiří Stach. 1.vyd. Praha: GeoCenter International, 1994, 94 s., map. ISBN 3-575-11789-6. info
  • Lexikon zemí. Svazek 4: Asie, Austrálie, Oceánie. Translated by Jiří Stach. 1.vyd. Praha: GeoCenter International, 1994, 90 s., map. ISBN 3-575-11787-X. info
  • Lexikon zemí. Translated by Jiří Stach. 1. vyd. Praha: GeoCenter International, 1994, 86 s., map. ISBN 3-575-11786-1. info
  • SKOKAN, Ladislav. Asie : sociogeografický přehled. Vyd. 1. V Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně, Přírodovědecká fakulta, 2006, 151 s. ISBN 8070447397. info
    not specified
  • DE BLIJ, Harm Jan and Peter O. MULLER. The world today : concepts and regions in geography. Edited by Eugene Joseph Palka. 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley, 2007, xxvii, 391. ISBN 9780470046814. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
The course is realized by the form of lectures and is completed by the written and oral exam where student should be able to present his knowledge about Africa and Asia as the systems of regional units in different dimensions and hierarchical inclusion based on natural and relevant economic and social parameters. Student proves the ability to assemble the partial component information and factual located information and put them into context.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Podmínkou připuštění ke zkoušce je získání zápočtu z Ze2MP_AAS8
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013.
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