Ze2MP_AOP0 Regional Geography of Australia, Oceania and Polar Regions

Faculty of Education
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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 tuition is to give the imagination of the Australia, Oceania, Atnartic and Arctic 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
  • 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
  • CHALUPA, Petr and Dana HÜBELOVÁ. Amerika a Austrálie-cvičení z regionální geografie. Brno: Paido, 2004, 87 pp. ISBN 80-7315-061-1. info
  • LIŠČÁK, Vladimír and Pavel FOJTÍK. Státy a území světa. 2. aktualiz., přeprac. a ro. Praha: Libri, 1998, 1095 s. ISBN 80-85983-53-2. info
  • Austrálie : multimediální učebnice geografie [CD-ROM] : Multimediální učebnice geografie : Austrálie (Variant.). [Praha]: MEDIA trade, 1997, 1 zvukový. info
  • ŠINDLER, Petr and Vladimír BAAR. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1988, 309 s. info
  • BRINKE, Josef. Austrálie a Oceánie. 3. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1987, 295 s. URL info
  • BRINKE, Josef. Austrálie. 1. vyd. Praha: Albatros, 1973, 152 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Teoretical preparation, cooperation during lecture.
Assessment methods
Elaboration and presentation of requested work, oral/written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
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 2012.
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