Ze2MK_AOS0 Regional Geography of Australia and Polar Areas

Faculty of Education
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.7. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of physical and socio-economic geography is assumed.
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 subject is to give an idea of America and Australia as a functioning system of regional units and different dimensions of a hierarchical classification based on natural and corresponding economic and social parameters. Students have to compose information, factual and localized information into their context.
Syllabus
  • AMERICA
  • 1. Identifying and defining of the region
  • 2. Physical-geographical characteristics (geology, climate, hydrology, biogegraphy)
  • 3. Social-geogrphical characteristics (demography, economy, intergation)
  • 4. Regionalisation of the areas and complex characteristics of subregions and countries (Canada; USA; Mexico; Carribean area; Brasilia; Venezuela; Columbia; Argentina, etc).
  • AUSTRALIA
  • 1. Physical-geographical characteristics (geology, climate, hydrology, biogegraphy)
  • 2. Social-geographical characteristics (demography, economy, intergation)
  • OCEANIA
  • Regionalisation of the area (Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia)
  • POLAR AREAS
  • 1. Arctic
  • 2. Antarctica
Literature
  • Geografie Latinské Ameriky: http://rgla.upol.cz/
  • Regionální geografie Ameriky pro studenty učitelství zeměpisu pro ZŠ http://www.pf.jcu.cz/stru/katedry/z/vyuka/reg-ucebnice/
  • BIČÍK, Ivan. Regionální zeměpis :učebnice zeměpisu pro střední školy. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 1998, 47 s. ISBN 80-86034-19-4. info
  • BAAR, Vladimír. Anglosaská Severní Amerika. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Ateliér Milata, 1994, 162 s. info
  • BAAR, Vladimír and Petr ŠINDLER. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů. 1. vyd. V Ostravě: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1989, 231 s. ISBN 8070420162. URL info
  • BAAR, Vladimír and Petr ŠINDLER. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů. 1. vyd. V Ostravě: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1989, 231 s. ISBN 8070420162. URL info
Teaching methods
Teoretical preparation
Assessment methods
Elaboration and presentation of requested work, oral/written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012.
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