ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Geography
Areas: Regional Geographical Analysis, Human Geography
Center Faculty of Geography and History
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
1. To get wide knowledge of the land space and the life of men on the earth.
2. To understand and to explain the functioning of the different territories aat different scales, as well as human societies.
3. To understand the relations between the environment and human system.
4. To know the elements and to understand the processes that explains the functioning of the landscape, from the point of view of the geographical environment.
5. To understand the dimension time-space of the phenomena.
6. To initiate to the mapping analysis techniques and the elaboration and interpretation of graphics and diagrams of basic use in geography.
7. To study the pillar of geography as a social science, its relations with other sciences, its basic concepts and the sources used in the geographical analysis.
1. Introduction to geography: key concepts and evolution.
2. Population: dynamics and trends at different scales.
3. The environment: resources and challenges.
4. The city and the urban system.
5. The rural world in transformation.
6. Art as an element of the landscape and the foundation of cultural identity.
Basic Bibliography
FARINÓS, J., OLCINA CANTOS, J. (Coords.) (2017). Geografía regional de España. València, Universitat de València, Tirant Humanidades.
FERNÁNDEZ CUESTA, G. (Coord.) (2019). Atlas de Geografía Humana de España. Madrid, Paraninfo.
HIERNAUX, D., LINDÓN, A. (Coords.) (2006). Tratado de Geografía Humana. México, Anthropos.
HOLT JENSEN, A. (1992). Geografía. Historia y conceptos. Barcelona. Vicens Vives.
LÓPEZ PALOMEQUE, F., PLAZA GUTIÉRREZ, J.I. (Coords.) (2019). Geografía de Europa. Estructura, procesos y dinámicas territoriales. Valencia, Tirant Humanidades.
MATA, R., SANZ, C. (Corods.) (2003). Atlas de los paisajes de España, Madrid, Ministerio de Medioambiente.
MURPHY, A. (2018). Geografía: Por qué importa?. Madrid, Alianza Editorial.
NOGUÉ, J.; ROMERO, J. (Coords.) (2006). Las otras geografías. Valencia, Tirant Lo Blanch.
OBSERVATORIO DEL PAISAJE (2006). Prototipus de catàleg de paisatge. Documento de trabajo, Olot y Barcelona. http://www.catpaisatge.net/fitxers/Prototipus2006.pdf
ORTEGA VALCÁRCEL, J. (2000). Los horizontes de la Geografía: teoría de la Geografía. Barcelona, Ariel.
ROGER, A. (2007). Breve tratado del paisaje. Madrid, Biblioteca Nueva.
ROMERO, J. (Coord.) (2007). Geografía humana. Procesos, riesgos e incertidumbres en un mundo globalizado. Barcelona, Ariel.
ROMERO, J. (Coord.) (2016). Geografía humana de España. València, Universitat de València, Tirant Humanidades.
ROMERO, J. (Coord.) (2007). Geografía Humana. Barcelona, Ariel, 2ª ed.
ZÁRATE MARTÍN, M.A.; RUBIO BENITO, M.T. (2006). Geografía Humana. Sociedad, economía y territorio. Madrid, Editorial Universitaria ramón Areces.
ZÁRATE, M.; RUBIO, M. (2005). Geografía Humana. Madrid, Ed. Ramón Areces.
ZÁRATE, M.; RUBIO, M. (2006). Glosario y prácticas de Geografía Humana. Madrid, Ed. Ramón Areces
Further Readings
BAILLY, A., BÉGUIN, H. (2001). Introduction à la gèographie humaine. París, Armand Colin, 8ª ed.
CIATTONI, A., Veyret, Y. (2003). Les Fondamentaux de la géographie. Armand Colin. Paris.
HAGGETT, P. (1983). Geography: A Modern Synthesis. Harper & Row. New York. (trad. cast.: Geografía. Una síntesis moderna. Omega. Barcelona, 1988).
HOLLOWAY, S.L., RICE, S.P., VALENTINE, G. (2003). Key concepts in Geography. Londres, Sage.
JOHNSTON, R., et al. (2000). The Dictionary of Human Geography. Oxford, Blackwell, 8ª ed.
MAYHEW, S. (1997). Dictionary of Geography. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
ROGERS, A., VILES, H.A. (Coords.) (2003). The Student´s Companion to Geography. Blackwell Publishers.
SEGRELLES, J. (Coord.) (2002). Geografía Humana. Alicante, Editorial Club Universitario.
DURING, R. (2010). Cultural Heritage Discourses and Europeanisation. Wageningen, Alterra.
HAWKINS, H. (2021). Geography, Art, Research. Artistic Research in Geohumanitites. New York, Routledge.
LEWIS, M.W., WIGEN, K.E. (1997). The Myth of Continents: a Critique of Metageography. Berkeley, University of California Press.
MARSHALL, T. (2020). El mundo explicado en 12 sencillos mapas. Barcelona, Editorial GeoPlaneta.
MUZAINI, H., MINCA, C. (2020). After heritage, critical perspectives on heritage from below. Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA, Edward Elgar Publishing.
General:
- Capacity of organization and planning.
- Capacity of critic and self-critical reasoning.
- Capacity of analysis and synthesis.
- Capacity of information management: systematic collection, organization, selection and presentation of all kind of information.
- Knowledge of computer applied to the study field.
- To use efficiently the technologies of the information and communication.
- Knowledge of other cultures and customs. recognition of the diversity and multiculturalism.
- Abilities in the interpersonal relations. creativity. decision-making.
- Capacitating for the autonomous learning.
- Sensibility with the different social, environmental and cultural environments, paying special attention to the questions of gender, environment, the values of peace and pacific living and the non-discrimination by reasons of sex, race, religion, opinion and reasons of disability.
- To offer new uses and traditional knowledge.
- To have the ability to understand the language and the proposals of other experts.
Specific:
- To know, to understand and to interpret the territory.
- To interpret the environmental and physical environment with the social and human sphere.
- To combine a general approach with a specialized analysis.
- To interrelate the phenomena to different territorial scales.
- To explain the diversity of places, regions and locations.
- To understand the spatial relations.
- To analyze and to interpret the landscapes.
- To generate sensibility and interest for the territorial and environmental themes.
- To know the fundamentals of the territorial planning and to know how to interpret a document of territory order.
Since the beginning of the course, the Virtual Classroom of the subject will be active; here, the students will be able to consult the progress of the theoretical and interactive classes, deliver the tasks and communicate with the teacher and the class.
Scenary 1. «Adapted Normality»
Teaching will be taught in person. During the lectures, we will consider the theoretical contents regarding the planned topics. The interactive classes will be dedicated to the study of practical cases and works of the subject that will be presented in class for debate and discussion. One and the other methodology are not dissociated, but rather complement each other for the development of the subject.
The monitoring of the activities will be carried out through a schedule of deliveries, so that the students can organize their own study time. The teacher will monitor progress through the Virtual Campus registration reports.
The teacher will attend to the doubts that may arise during class hours and in the hours of individual tutorials, fundamentally of a face-to-face nature, although tutorials can be scheduled electronically (and which will preferably take place through Microsoft Teams). A "Public tutoring forum" will also be active in the Virtual Classroom; The teacher will indicate in the Forum the time in which she considers to be able to attend to the questions that are formulated.
The realization of a field trip is contemplated; in this case, students must submit a written report of that activity.
Scenario 1. «Adapted normality»
The assessment system for the first and second chances consists into two mandatory components:
1) Knowledge and skills assessment test: on the date established by the Faculty of Geography and History, a final face-to-face assessment test will be carried out(complementary to continuous assessment). It will compute 40% of the final grade.
2) Continuous evaluation of interactive practical activities, which will be individual and group ones. It will compute 60% of the final grade. In this component, the active participation of the students in the classes and, if carried out, the reflective memory of the field trip will be taken into account.
All activities will be delivered through the Virtual Campus.
If the average does not result in a grade above 5, it is necessary to face the second assessment opportunity.
For students with an academic dispensation granted, deliveries equivalent to those of students without dispensation will be required and the exam will be mandatory.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the one set forth in the Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións.
Presence Hours of Student Work:
Theoretical Classes: 30 h.
Practice Classes: 10 h.
Practice Seminars: 5 h.
Personalized Tutorials: 5 h.
Total of Hours of Student Presence Work: 50 h.
Hours of Student Personal Work:
Individual or in Group Autonomous Study: 60 h.
Recommended Readings, Library Activities and similar: 25 h.
Preparation of Oral Presentations, Debates and similar: 8 h.
Other Tasks proposed by the Teacher: 7 h.
Total of Hours of Student Personal Work: 100 h.
- To dedicate a continuous study time adapted to the theoretical contents throughout the courses.
- For questions about the subject, tutorials are available (which will be face-to-face or telematic depending on the scenario), in addition to the questions in the classroom and the “Public tutoring forum” active in the Virtual Classroom.
- To maintain a critical perspective during the study of the subject.
- To review the Virtual Campus to be up to date with the material and assigned tasks.
- To deliver the tasks in a timely manner through the Virtual Campus.
Contingence Plan according to the “Plan de Continxencia para o desenvolvemento da docencia no curso 2021-22” by the USC
Scenario 2. "Distancing"
Teaching Methodology
Since the beginning of the course, the Virtual Classroom of the subject will be active; here the students will be able to consult the progress of the theoretical and interactive classes, deliver the tasks and communicate with the teacher and the class.
The expository teaching will be partially taught in a virtual way with synchronous and asynchronous mechanisms. In the case of face-to-face theoretical sessions, the teacher will teach the contents of the subject during the hours indicated by the center. In the case of synchronous non-face-to-face theoretical sessions, Microsoft Teams will preferably be used and the hours established by the center will be respected.
The monitoring of the activities will be carried out through a schedule of deliveries, so that you can organize your own study time. The teacher will monitor progress through the Virtual Campus registration reports.
The teacher will answer questions during individual tutoring hours, prioritizing tutoring via telematics (which will preferably take place through Microsoft Teams). Doubts may also be formulated by the "Public Tutoring Forum" and the teacher will indicate in the Forum the time in which she considers to be able to attend to the questions that are formulated.
Assessment System
The assessment system for the first and second chances consists into two mandatory components:
1) Knowledge and skills evaluation test: on the date established by the Faculty of Geography and History, a final online evaluation test will be carried out (complementary to continuous evaluation. It will compute 40% of the final grade.
2) Continuous evaluation of the interactive practical activities (in person or remotely in the Virtual Classroom or by Microsoft Teams). They will compute 60% of the final grade.
All activities will be delivered through the Virtual Campus.
If the average does not result in a grade above 5, it is necessary to face the second evaluation opportunity.
For students with an academic dispensation granted, deliveries equivalent to those of students without dispensation will be required and the exam will be mandatory.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the one set forth in the Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións.
Scenario 3. "Closure of facilities"
Teaching Methodology
Since the beginning of the course, the Virtual Classroom of the subject will be active, in which the students will be able to consult the progress of the theoretical and interactive classes, deliver the tasks and communicate with the teacher and the class.
Teaching will be taught completely virtually through synchronous and asynchronous mechanisms. For the synchronous theoretical sessions, the schedules established by the centre will be respected, in the case of the asynchronous lecture sessions, the students will have didactic videos and tutorials available. In the case of interactive classes, the teacher will publish the necessary material in the Virtual Classroom and will indicate the activities corresponding to each session.
The monitoring of the activities will be carried out through a schedule of deliveries, so that students can organize their study time. The teacher will monitor progress through the Virtual Campus registration reports.
It will be possible to request tutorials, which will be attended exclusively electronically (and which will preferably take place by Microsoft Teams). Doubts may also be formulated through the "Public Tutoring Forum" and the teacher will indicate in the Forum the time in which she considers to be able to attend to the questions that are formulated.
Evaluation System
The evaluation for the first and second chances consists into two mandatory components:
1) Assessment test of knowledge and skills: on the date established by the Faculty of Geography and History, a final online evaluation test will be carried out (complementary to continuous assessment). It will compute 40% of the final grade.
2) Continuous evaluation of the interactive practical activities (developed remotely in the Virtual Classroom or in Microsoft Teams). It will compute 60% of the final grade.
All activities will be delivered through the Virtual Campus.
If the average does not result in a grade above 5, it is necessary to face the second evaluation opportunity.
For students with an academic dispensation granted, deliveries equivalent to those of students without dispensation will be required and the exam will be mandatory.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the one set out in the Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións.
Ramon Lopez Rodriguez
- Department
- Geography
- Area
- Regional Geographical Analysis
- ramonlopez.rodriguez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary supply professor for Special Services and others
Jose Suarez Otero
Coordinador/a- Department
- Geography
- Area
- Human Geography
- josesuarez.otero [at] usc.es
- Category
- Investigador/a Distinguido/a
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| 15:00-17:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Galician, Spanish | Classroom 12 |
| Friday | |||
| 17:00-19:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish, Galician | Classroom 12 |
| 05.25.2023 09:00-11:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 10 |
| 05.25.2023 09:00-11:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 12 |
| 07.03.2023 09:00-11:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 12 |