Informational and network transformations of socio-spatial processes

Course: Political Geography and Geopolitics

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Informational and network transformations of socio-spatial processes
Code
ОК.08
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
PLO3. Communicate freely on professional and scientific issues in a foreign language. PLO5. Be able to identify, pose and solve scientific and applied problems, to critically evaluate the decisions made. PLO6. Apply modern models and information technologies for research and development in the field of political geography and geopolitics, geospatial management of territorial and political systems and regional development. ПР15. Independently assess key trends in the development of natural and socio-geographical processes for the formation of new areas of research.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Successful mastering of disciplines "Geospatial Management", "Geoglobalistics" 2. Have the skills of analysis, synthesis, processing of statistical, geospatial data, comparison, forecasting. 3. Basic knowledge and skills of using ICT and social media
Course content
Discipline is devoted to the theoretical and methodological principles of analysis of information and network transformation of the world system: the role of information, social and geospatial consequences of informatization, the essence of the concepts of information society, digital economy and society, network society; sustainable digital development; the transition from "analog" data collection and analysis to the era of "big data", from the amount of information accumulated by mankind to the quality of solving specific problems. The course is taught in English.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Dictionary of Human Geography// edited by Derek Gregory..[et.al.] 5th edition. Wiley Blackwell, 2009. 2. Fuchs, Cristian. Information Technology and Sustainability. International Jouranl of Communication 11 (2017), 2430-2461. 3. Greener Sue. Business research methods. Ventus Publishing ApS, 2008Webster Frank. Theories of the Information Society, 3rd edition, Routledge, 2006. - https://cryptome.org/2013/01/aaron-swartz/Information-Society Theories.pdf 4. Explosion// New World Encyclopedia - http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Information_explosion 5. Miller R., The New Data Center Geography, 26 February, 2012 // Data Center Knowledge - http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/02/28/the-new-data-center-geography/ 6. Saunders, Mark. Research methods for business students / Mark Saunders, Philip Lewis, Adrian Thornhill. - 5th ed. Pearson Education Limited, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, England. Fifth edition 2009.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, practice classes, individual analytic assignment, self preparatory assignments, analytic essay on self preparatory individual analytic assignment
Assessment methods and criteria
For students who failed to reach the minimum level of the grade throughout the term (60% of the maximum possible points) the semester test is conducted, the maximum score for which may not exceed 40% of the final grade (up to 40 points on a 100-point scale). For obtaining a positive final grade in the discipline it is necessary to achieve at least 60% of the maximum possible number of points, and the grade for learning results provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 may not be less than 50% of the maximum level (not less than 10 and 5 points respectively). Final assessment in the form of an exam: Analytical essay and peer review. Maximum number of points on the exam - 40 points, the minimum number of points that are added to the semester - 24 points (60% of the maximum number points allocated for the exam). Students who scored a total of less than the critical-calculated minimum points are not allowed to take the exam. The recommended minimum for admission to the exam 36 points
Language of instruction
Ukrainian/English

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Viktoriia Kostiantynivna Kiptenko
Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet