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
heohrafichnyi fakultet
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet