Geography: countries and regions
Course: Geography
Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet
Title
Geography: countries and regions
Code
ОК19
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
11
Learning outcomes
Know the main historical stages of development
subject area. (PRN1)
To be able to characterize natural landscapes
and regions, explain their features and
interconnections (PRN 19)
To understand the global socio-geographical
processes, to be able to make characteristics
world population, sectors and industries of the world
economy (PRN 20)
Know, understand and demonstrate ability
implement theoretical and methodological principles
studying geography for educational purposes
programs in basic/professional high school
(PRN 22), PRN 23
Know and understand ways of integration
natural knowledge in the school courses of each
in natural sciences and integrated courses
natural sciences (PRN 26)
Apply training methods
natural sciences, method of systematization
knowledge about nature, extracurricular forms
organization of natural science education, means
study of natural science (PRN 27)
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
For successful mastery
with knowledge of the discipline "Geography: countries and regions", students should:
have basic knowledge of the school course "Geography;
be able to analyze the causes and evaluate the consequences of demographic, migration,
social and economic processes in the regions;
to have modern methods of search, systematization and primary processing
geographic information; elementary skills of geographical analysis and synthesis
information, comparative geographical analysis.
Course content
to give
students knowledge about the geographical and geopolitical situation, natural conditions and
resources, population and settlement, spatial organization of the social sphere and
production in regions and individual countries of the world, taking into account cause and effect
connections of natural, social, economic and ecological processes and phenomena;
to form students' professional skills and abilities to solve specialized problems
tasks and practical problems in professional activity, acceptance of independent
decisions while working in specific natural and socio-economic conditions,
to bring up the need to systematically replenish one's knowledge and creatively apply it in
practical activity.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Безуглий В. В., Козинець С. В. Регіональна економічна та соціальна географія
світу. К. : Видавничий центр “Академія”, 2007. 688 с.
2. Блій Г. де, Муллер П. Географія: світи, реґіони, концепти / Пер. з англ.;
Передмова та розділ “Україна” О. І. Шаблія. К. : Либідь, 2004. 740 с.
3. Географічне країнознавство. Підручник: Я. Б. Олійник, Б. П. Яценко,
О. О. Любіцева та ін.; за наук. ред. проф. Я. Б. Олійника, Б. П. Яценка. К.:
ВПЦ «Київський університет», 2015. 911 с.
4. Кузик С. Регіональна економічна і соціальна географія світу (розвинені
країни) : навч. посібник / С. Кузик, Л. Котик, І. Ванда. Львів : ЛНУ імені Івана
Франка, 2019. 148 с.
5. Мальська М. П., Антонюк Н. В., Занько Ю. С., Ганич Н. М.
Країнознавство: теорія та практика : навч. посіб. Київ : Центр
навчальної літератури, 2017. 528 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lecture, seminar, independent work, consultation
Assessment methods and criteria
Final assessment in the form of credit. The assessment is carried out in writing
in the form of deployed and test tasks. The maximum number of points on the test is 40;
the minimum number of points that are added to semester points is 24 (60% of the maximum
points allocated to credit).
The final evaluation in the form of an exam is conducted in a written format.
The maximum number of points during the exam is 40, the minimum number of points that
are added to the semester ones - 24 (60% of the maximum number of points assigned to
exam).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Tetiana
Vasylivna
Nych
Economic and Social Geography
heohrafichnyi fakultet
heohrafichnyi fakultet
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Economic and Social Geography
heohrafichnyi fakultet