OVERVIEW

The Course aims to provide knowledge in the field of educational dimension, based on educational values of human geography. Will be illustred iconographic and geographic materials and main themes for the knowledge of our society. Will be illustred bibliographical, statistical, web, cartographical and didactic sources for the research in actual geography. 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Acquisition the knowledge of human activities and operating expertise in the field of geographical cutural geography, based on the anthropological comprensive, in a multicultural perspective.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Attendance and active participation in the proposed training activities and individual study will enable the student to acquire adequate knowledge regarding the main tools of human geography. These skills will allow the student to develop critical skills in this regard of the main conceptual categories of geography.

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching consists of lectures for a total of 36 hours. The use of multimedia supports is foreseen.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The main models of representation of geographic phenomena will be presented, as well as a basis for the representations of space, from the origins to the contemporary (including the concepts of scale and geographical projection).

- The main concepts related to human geography, the relationship between human geography and cultural geography, population movements, the characteristics of the world population, the territorial economic structures (sectors of economic activity), urban systems and structures will be analyzed in depth.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

From January / February 2019 only the following program will be accepted for exams. Students who attended the course in 2017-2018 with Professor Primi will be able to take the exam in the January / February session with Professor Primi and the 2017-2018 program.

The slides used during the lessons and other teaching materials will be available on aul @ web (cartography materials in pdf). The notes taken during the lessons and the material on aul @ web are essential for the preparation of the attendance exam (who will have attended at least 75% of the lessons). The text below is suggested as a text to support and deepen the notes taken during the lessons:

J.D. Fellmann, M.D. Bjelland, A. Getis, J. Getis, Geografia Umana, Milano, McGraw-Hill, 3° ed. febbraio 2016, ISBN: 9788838615467. Capitoli 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13.

Non-attending students are required to study the cartography materials present on the webroom as well as the entire manual:

J.D. Fellmann, M.D. Bjelland, A. Getis, J. Getis, Geografia Umana, Milano, McGraw-Hill, 3° ed. febbraio 2016, ISBN: 9788838615467.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

FABIO CAFFARENA (President)

MARINA MARENGO (President)

ANTONELLA PRIMI (President)

MICHELA BADII

ENRICO BERNARDINI

SIMONE DE ANDREIS

LESSONS

LESSONS START

7 November 2018

Class schedule

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

For attending students the exam consists of a written test on the topics of the course. The exam is exclusively oral for non-attending students (ie for those who have not attended at least 75% of the lessons).

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Details on how to prepare for the exam and the degree of depth of each topic will be given during the lessons. The written test for attending students and the oral exam for non-attending students have the task of verifying that the student has learned to use the main conceptual categories of human geography, as well as acquired the specific scientific vocabulary.

DUE TO A TECHNICAL DISGUID HAVE BEEN INSERTED OF THE DATES OF EXAMINATION APPEALS AND OF THE EXAMINATION METHODS THAT DO NOT CORRESPOND TO THE DECLARES IN THE TESTING METHODS. THE EXAMINATION APPEAS WILL BE ONLY ORAL IN THE FOLLOWING DATES FOR 2019:
10 January Thursday h. 10:30
January 24 thursday h. 10:30
7 February Thursday h. 10:30
May 23 th Thursday h. 14
6 June Thursday h. 14
20 June Thursday h. 14
11 July Thursday h. 14
Friday 6 September h. 15
Thursday 19 September h. 15

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Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students are invited to consult the teaching page (http://www.aulaweb.unige.it/) where all the information and teaching materials will be published.

DUE TO A TECHNICAL DISGUID HAVE BEEN INSERTED OF THE DATES OF EXAMINATION APPEALS AND OF THE EXAMINATION METHODS THAT DO NOT CORRESPOND TO THE DECLARES IN THE TESTING METHODS. THE EXAMINATION APPEAS WILL BE ONLY ORAL IN THE FOLLOWING DATES FOR 2019:
10 January Thursday h. 10:30
January 24 thursday h. 10:30
7 February Thursday h. 10:30
May 23 th Thursday h. 14
6 June Thursday h. 14
20 June Thursday h. 14
11 July Thursday h. 14
Friday 6 September h. 15
Thursday 19 September h. 15