Political and geographical analysis of regions and countries of the world

Course: Political Geography and Geopolitics

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Political and geographical analysis of regions and countries of the world
Code
ВБ.1.1.1.
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
PR01. Apply acquired theoretical knowledge and practical skills for the study of natural and socio-territorial systems on different levels of spatial organization. PR04. Conduct research and/or carry out innovative activities with with the aim of obtaining new knowledge, developing new methods and procedures in geography and interdisciplinary contexts. PR06. Apply modern models and information technologies for conducting research and development in the field of geography, nature management, and urban planning and regional development. PR11. Assess possible socio-economic and geo-ecological risks the consequences of the implementation of management decisions in the field of nature management, urban and regional development, recreation and tourism.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Successful mastering of the disciplines "Theory of political geography and geopolitics", "Theory of geographical locations". 2. Search skills and work with geographical ones, including regional statistics data 3. Ability to work with cartographic materials. 4. Possessing the skills of analysis, synthesis, situation modeling and forecasting.
Course content
The discipline reveals theoretical and applied aspects regional (especially country studies) analysis of political processes and phenomena. Getters form the skills of researching territorially delineated political systems taking into account their geographically determined specifics, including features of the geographical location, geocultural environment, economic potential, key problems of sociopolitical development, relations in the system of global and regional geopolitical interactions, etc.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Блій, Г. де, Муллер П. Географія: світи, регіони, концепти / пер. з англ; передмова та розділ «Україна» О. Шаблія. К. : Либідь, 2004, 125 с. 2. Політична географія та геополітика: Навч. посібник. / Б.П. Яценко, В.І. Стафійчук, Ю.С. Брайчевський та ін.; За ред. Б.П.Яценка К.: Либідь, 2007. 3. Полтораков, О., & Брайчевський, Ю. Геополітичні регіони Європи з позицій соціального конструктивізму: актуальність позиціонування України. Географічна освіта і наука: виклики і поступ. Мат. міжн. наук.-пр. конф. Львів, 2023. с. 174-178. 4. Стафійчук В.І. Політична географія світу: Навчальний посібник / В.СТафійчук. Херсон : ОЛДІ-ПЛЮС, 2016. 306 с. 5. Яценко Б. П., Бабарицька В. К. Країнознавство: основи теорії : навч. посібник. – Київ : Либідь, 2009. 312 с. 6. Anděl, J., Bičík, I., Bláha, J. D. Macro-regional differentiation of the world: Authors’ concept and its application. In Miscellanea geographica – regional studies on development. Vol. 22 • No. 3 • 2018 • pp. 117-122.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, consultations, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Acquirers carry out in stages complex political and geographical analysis of a region or country of the world (optional). During seminars, they present the results of the analysis and receive feedback from colleagues and the teacher Collected together in written form, reports for each seminar form a whole work in the selected region/country submitted for review in the penultimate week. After the completion of the lecture material for each content part, conducting is provided final control work in the form of test tasks. The exam is conducted in the form of a written work with open complex questions. The exam is conducted in the form of a written work with open complex questions.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Yulian Serhiyovych Braychevskyy
Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet