Physical Geography of Ukraine
Course: Natural Sciences. Integrated program
Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet
Title
Physical Geography of Ukraine
Code
ОК 25
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
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PR01. To collect, process and analyze information in the field of natural sciences (physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology). To be aware of the significance of the achievements of natural sciences for the scientific understanding of the whole picture of the surrounding world.
PR 05. To be able to conduct field and laboratory research, organize their results.
PR 07. Determine the main characteristics, processes, history and composition of the landscape envelope and its components.
PR 08. Apply models, methods and data of physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, mathematics, information technologies, etc. when studying natural processes of formation and development of geospheres.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. To know the properties and regularities of the development of the geographical envelope, the course of exogenous and endogenous processes and the consequences of such processes, to have an understanding of the natural complex and its features, human influence on the environment and the consequences of such influence at the global, regional and local levels. 2. To be able to apply the cartographic method and the method of observation, compare and compare natural objects, processes and phenomena, make generalizations, consistently analyze the natural conditions of the studied territories, evaluate their changes as a result of human economic activity.
Course content
The educational discipline "Physical Geography of Continents and Oceans" is devoted to the examination of natural conditions and the study of the patterns of development of individual parts of the geographical envelope - continents and oceans. The characteristics of the studied territories are revealed sequentially, starting from the peculiarities of their geographical location and coastal zone and ending with physical and geographical zoning with the selection and description of natural complexes of subglobal and regional levels of dimensions (natural belts, zones, subzones, countries and regions).
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Фізична географія материків та океанів. Т 2. Європа / за ред. П.Г. Шищенка. К. 2010. 2. Фізична географія материків та океанів. Т 1. Азія / за ред. П.Г. Шищенка. К. 2009. 3. Фізична географія материків та океанів. Т 2. Європа /П.Г. Шищенко, В.В. Удовиченко, Ю.А. Олішевська та ін., за ред. П.Г. Шищенка. К. 2010 4. Удовиченко В.В. Фізична географія материків і океанів: Навчально-методичний комплекс (для студентів вищих навчальних закладів). – Суми, 2007. 5. Панасенко Б.Д. Фізична географія материків та океанів: Навчальний посібник. Частина ІІ. Євразія. Вінниця: ГІПАНІС, 2005. 6. Половина І.П. Фізична географія Європи: Навч. посібник для студентів географ. спеціальностей вищих навч. закладів. – К.: «АртЕк», 1998
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, individual works, practical classes.
Assessment methods and criteria
Practical classes, control work (test). The recommended minimum for admission is 36 points. For students who scored a total of less than 36 points (recommended minimum), writing essays on missed or insufficiently mastered topics is a mandatory condition for admission to the credit. The final evaluation in the form of an exam is conducted in a written format. The maximum number of credit points is 40, the minimum number of points added to the semester credit is 24 (60% of the maximum number of credit points).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
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Departments
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