GEOGRAPHY I

The course is a basic activity for the Bachelor’s Degree in Lettere and Storia. As such, it aims to offer a reference frame on some approaches and topics of human geography.
Teaching objectives: presenting themes and problems of contemporary geography and provide some tools to know and interpret the spatial dynamics at the various geographical scales.
The different development processes taking place in various regions of the world are approached by considering, in particular, the environmental dimensions.

1. Knowledge and understanding:
1.1 Acquiring the basic concepts of human geography
1.2 Knowledge of the classical schools of thought in human geography
1.3. Understand the importance of adaptive interactions between environment and society and among different human societies

2. Applying knowledge and analyzing:
2.1 Being able to use the above-mentioned concepts to interpret today’s world
2.1. Acquiring consciousness of one’s lived space and of the variety of landscapes and spaces of the world

3. Ability to judge:
3.1 Ability to judge the importance of variables involved in the geographical evolution of the earth's space
3.2 Let emerge historical and socio-cultural implications of spaces and places

4. Communication skills:
4.1 Writing in a logic, coherent and synthetic style, in order to expose the knowledge gained
4.2 Use of an appropriate semantic and linguistic register

General knowledge of the earth geography. Ability to read basic cartography (Atlas).

The course will provide some elements useful to narrow approaches and key concepts of human geography. Specific attention will be brought to the environment-society relationship, including in relation to resource use, and the processes of social and economic differentiation of human societies.

Reference texts will be provided later

Written exam with questions targeted at the measurement of knowledge, the ability to apply knowledge and understanding and the ability to judge. One question is scheduled for each part of the program. The final grade is given by the average of the grades, expressed in thirtieths, achieved in each question. At the examination, it is necessary to be equipped with lined paper or, alternatively, a laptop or tablet computer placed in off-line mode.

NB: With the exception of the exam session reserved for Geography I at the end of the first period, all other sessions are combined with Geography II. Therefore, the exam must be taken as a single 12-CFU test

written

The lecturer has a duty to ensure that the rules regarding the authenticity and originality of exam tests and papers are respected. Therefore, if there is suspicion of irregular conduct, an additional assessment may be conducted, which could differ from the original exam description.

Evaluation:
27-30 cum laude: excellent knowledge of the syllabus with the ability to analyse the texts in depth; organic vision of the themes addressed in class and/or studied in the texts; excellent disciplinary language and adequate semantic register

23-26: good knowledge of the syllabus and ability to analyse correctly but with some imperfections; fair ownership of disciplinary language with some uncertainty in exposition and/or imprecision

18-22: sufficient but sketchy knowledge of the syllabus; superficial understanding of texts and limited ability to analyse; expression not always appropriate.

negative: poor knowledge of the programme; inadequate ability to analyse; incorrect or inappropriate written expression

Lectures with discussion and seminars