Objectives and competences
Students:
- Africa as old continent Gondvana,
- Natural and social process in Africa and results of the global process,
- Actual situation in Africa countries.
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. African continent.
2. The situation in Africa today.
3. North Africa.
4. Tropical Africa.
5. South Africa.
6. Selected chapters from Africa and the involvement of foreign lecturers (Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia, Tunisia and others)
7. The future of the African continent.
Learning and teaching methods
- lectures,
- problem solving in seminar work.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Students are:
- Student know to present natural and social characteristic of Afica,
- Student understand the process in Africa as results natural and social condition,
- Student can transfer the process and actual situation in Africa countries.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
- Student understand the situation in other countries,
- Student know the regional geography of Africa.
Readings
Physical Geography of Central Africa. (1887). Science, 9(225), 521-523. Retrieved April 15, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1763818
Bloom, D., Sachs, J., Collier, P., & Udry, C. (1998). Geography, Demography, and Economic Growth in Africa. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1998(2), 207-295. doi:10.2307/2534695
Spaven, P. (2009). A US Air Force Strategy for Africa (pp. 1-16, Rep.). Air University Press. Retrieved April 15, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep13981.8
Mihelic Pulsifer, L., 2006: World Regional Geography. http://whfreeman.com/pulsipher/
Katja Vintar Mally, 2010: Geografija podsaharske Afrike. FF Ul.
Prerequisits
There are no specially defined prerequisites for entering this course.
Additional information on implementation and assessment - seminar work, - 20 %
- oral exam. - 80 %
