2015/2016

2015/2016

DM270

M-GGR/01 (GEOGRAPHY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

LINGUE PER L'IMPRESA

1°

2nd semester (22/02/2016 - 28/05/2016)

6

36 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

CANDURA ANNA ROSA (titolare) - 12 ECTS

Basic knowledge of Regional Geography.

- Knowledge of the main characteristics of cartographic representations (scale, content, projection).
- Reading the region through cartography
- Understanding the link between human societies and territory.
- Ability to grasp the real meaning of certain expressions that have become clichés (for example environmental sustainability, globalization, migration, borders and boundaries).

The course aims to capture habit to study the planet through the use of cartography and photography.
The course will be divided into two parts.
Part One
Cartography as a tool to study the planet.
Part Two
Topics of Human Geography.

Lectures

For students who attend the course and for those who do not attend, the preparation of following books is required:

For the first part:
--- E. LAVAGNA and G. LUCARNO, 'Geocartografia. Guida alla lettura delle carte topografiche', Bologna, Zanichelli, 2007, Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5 e 6.

For the second part:
--- A good atlas.
--- Calendario Atlante De Agostini (ed. 2014) (essential for updating data).
---E. H. FOUBERG, A. B. MURPHY and H. J. DE BLIJ, ‘Geografia umana’ it. ed. 2010, Bologna, Zanichelli, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13.

minimal knowledge of 'Arc GIS online'
https://www.arcgis.com/home/signin.html

Written exam

Written exam