Educational guide

IDENTIFYING DATA

2024_25

Subject

World Regional Geography

Code

00416027

Study programme

0416 - G.GEOGRAFIA Y ORDE.DEL TERRITORIO

Descriptors

Credit.

Type

Year

Period

Compulsory

Third

Second

Language

Castellano

Prerequisites

Department

GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA

Coordinador

PISABARRO PEREZ , ALFONSO

E-mail

apisp@unileon.es
jcora@unileon.es

Lecturers

CORTIZO ÁLVAREZ , JOSÉ

PISABARRO PEREZ , ALFONSO

Web

http://

General description

Study of territorial dynamics and economic and social processes that influence the regional organization in the world

Tribunales de Revisión

Tribunal titular
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA	SANTOS GONZALEZ , JAVIER
Secretario	GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA	GONZALEZ GUTIERREZ , ROSA BLANCA
Vocal	GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA	LOPEZ GONZALEZ , ALEJANDRO

Tribunal suplente
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA	REGUERA RODRIGUEZ , ANTONIO
Secretario	GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA	DOMINGUEZ FERNANDEZ , RAQUEL
Vocal	GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA	GONZALEZ GONZALEZ , MARIA JESUS

Competencias

Code
A2247
A2249
A2252
A2267
A2271
A2280
B284
B287
C1	CMECES1 That students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study that is based on general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, although supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study

Learning aims

	Competences
	A2247 A2249 A2252 A2267 A2271 A2280	B284 B287	C1

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1.-The historical-cultural background and the current territorial articulation	1. Historical and Geopolitical Foundation Before the 21st Century 2. Current Geopolitical Articulation and Global Change
2.- Ecological support: diversity and resources	3. Natural Features as a Factor of Diversity 4. The Physical Environment as a Resource and the Destruction of Nature 5. Pollution and the Effects of a Warmer Atmosphere 6. Freshwater Scarcity and Issues with Oceans and Coastlines
3. Social and economic dynamics and processes	7.Hunger: Theories and Indicators of Development and Decline 8. Demographic Dynamics: Migrations 9. Urbanization and Rural Abandonment: From Industrialization to Economic Tertiaryization 10. Globalization and Communications: Effects of Deindustrialization in Developed Countries
4. Unbalance and regional contrasts	11. The Various Manifestations of Societal Inequality Regarding Fundamental Rights 12. Internal Contrasts within Countries and between Places of Extraction and Consumption

Planning

Methodologies :: Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Seminars	2	0	2

Personal tuition	4	0	4
Field work/trips	15	15	30
Presentations / expositions	2	15	17

Lecture	25	60	85

Mixed tests	2	10	12

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies ::

	Description
Seminars
Personal tuition
Field work/trips
Presentations / expositions
Lecture

Personalized attention

Lecture

Personal tuition

Field work/trips

Description

For foreign students, there's the option to take exams, attend tutorials, and engage in some practical sessions in English.

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Seminars		10%
Field work/trips		26%
Presentations / expositions		15%
Mixed tests		49%

Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic

Complementary

Recommendations