Objectives and competences
Students know to present main physical and human characteristics of North-America and Australia. Student understand the contemporary proceses in North-America and Australia.
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. Characteristics and physical geography of North-America. Physical regions.
2. Early settlements and expansion, population change, migrations, population and social diversity in USA and Canada.
3. Urbanization. Changing communities in USA and Canada.
4. Agriculture, land use and ecology in USA and Canada.
5. Natural sources, industry and service industries in USA and Canada.
6. Regional geography of USA and Canada.
7. Characteristics, physical and human geography of Australia and New Zealand.
8. Regional geography of Australia.
9. North-america’s and Australia’s regional and global context.
Learning and teaching methods
- lectures,
- problem solving in seminar work.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Students:
- know to present main natural and human characteristic of North-America and Australia,
- understand the contemporary proceses in North-America and Australia.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
- Student understands the situation in other countries,
- Student knows the regional geography of Anglo-Amerika and Australia.
Readings
De Blij , et al: Geography of the world, 4th ed. Hoboken : J. Wiley & Sons, 2010.
Birdsall, S. S., et al: Regional landscapes of the United States and Canada, 7th ed. Hoboken : J. Wiley, 2009.
Claassen, K., et al: Angloamerika. Braunschweig : Westermann, 2016.
Iceland, J.: A portrait of America : the demographic perspective. Oakland : University of California Press, 2014.
Lang p, et al.: The geographies of Canada, Bruxelles, P.I.E., 2013.
Lamping H.: Australien. Perthes Länderprofile. Gotha: Klett-Perthes, 2003.
Natek K., Natek M.: Države sveta 2005. Ljubljana, Mladinska knjiga, 2006.
Novejši članki iz domače in tuje periodike (seznam posredovan pri predavanjih).
Prerequisits
Seminary work is prerequisite for the written exam.
Additional information on implementation and assessment - research paper 40 %
- written exam. 60 %
