Degree | Type | Year |
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Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning | OB | 2 |
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Students should have a basic minimum knowledge about the toponyms and location of the Catalan counties and regions in order to learn (and for learning to learn) about various aspects of Catalonia's society, territory and environment
The aim of this subject is to discuss different ways of understanding the relationship between human society, territory and environment in Catalonia through a variety of cartographic, textual and audio-visual interpretations. Through the observation and analysis of this geographical documentation, we propose to:
For this subject, it is advisable to bear in mind the knowledge of all the compulsory subjects of the degree of Geography, Environment and Territorial Planning taken during the first academiic year and the first term of the second year.
The main contents that will be tackled are the following:
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Face-to-face lectures, in the classroom or outdoor in campus areas | 39 | 1.56 | KM26, KM28, SM21, SM22, KM26 |
Field trips | 8 | 0.32 | CM18, KM26, KM28, SM21, CM18 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials as well as preparation of practical essays and reports of field visits and campus visits | 25 | 1 | CM18, KM26, KM28, SM21, CM18 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Autonomous work | 40 | 1.6 | CM18, KM26, KM28, SM21, SM22, CM18 |
Study | 35 | 1.4 | CM18, KM26, KM28, SM21, SM22, CM18 |
In general, the contents of the subject will be developed through the following main activities:
- Follow-up of the topics tackled during the course
- Reading books, articles and other texts
- Practical exercises that, in a way or another, can become milestones for the writing up of an exploratory geographical essay on a place in Catalonia
- Fieldwork visits, campus visits and the corresponding reports
- Forums
This is a 100% on-site course and students must responsibly attend and participate in the classroom and other places indicated by the lecturers. In addition, students must weekly follow, read and study publications and news that are made available on Moodle as well as must proactively search additional documents that are relevant for the course
Along the course, the teachers will explain the protocol of measures and good practices for field trips. In the fieldtrips of this subject the protocol for fieldtrips established by the Faculty will be implemented.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Exercices and practical assignments | 35 % | 0 | 0 | CM18, KM26, KM28, SM21, SM22 |
Fieldwork report and participation | 15% | 0 | 0 | CM18, KM26, KM28, SM21 |
2 written exams on site | 50 % | 3 | 0.12 | KM26, KM28, SM21, SM22 |
The follow-up of the development of the course gives rise to the continuous evaluation. The lecturers will appreciate its normal and gradual use in three aspects. Firstly (1), for the ability of students to improve quality in carrying out the exercises proposed in the classes (students must correctly quote and cite all data and information sources). Secondly (2), for their participation in the exercises and fieldwork (this is a 100% on-site course). And thirdly (3), for the results of the written exams. In the three aspects, lecturers will appreciate the students' correct comunication and linguistic skills, see: https://wuster.uab.es/web_argumenta_obert/
The student will have a ‘not assessed’ as a final grade if s/he hands 0% of course tasks or hands course tasks that correspond up to 1/3 of the total mark. In other words, if the student overcomes this threshold, s/he will be assessed and graded.
When evaluation activities take place, lecturers will inform students (via Moodle) of the possible procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
Reassessment will be offered to those students who did a continuous and on-site course and failed the exams with at least a 4/10 mark. If that mark is not reached, students must repeat the written exam in the official re-assessment date (only the exam that did not reach the 4/10 mark). Only written exams can be re-assessed.
This subject does NOT incorporate single assessment.
Attention: In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity (e.g. copy or plagiarism), the student will be given a zero (0) as the final grade for this subject and the subject may not be recovered.
This subject allows a restricted use of the so-called "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) tools, excusively in tasks of bibliographic or information search as well as preliminary correction or translation of texts for some practical activities. The generative AI gives errors or allucinations and it is always necessary that students revise everything before submission. When the use of AI is explicitly authorised in written form by the professor/s, students must in writing: 1) identify the parts that are generated with AI; 2) specify the tools used; and 3) include a critical reflection on how these tools have been influential in the process and results of the activity. The absence of transparency in the use of AI in evaluative activities may imply that the subject is qualified with zero (0) and/or stronger penalties in worse cases.
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BIOSCA, Oriol et al. (eds.) (2021). El territori intel·ligent més enllà de la tecnologia. Barcelona: Societat Catalana d'Ordenació del Territori.
BURGUEÑO, Jesús (Ed.) (2021). La nova geografia de la Catalunya postcovid. Barcelona: Societat Catalana de Geografia.
DOMINGO, Andreu i BARCELÓ, Mercè (2022). Les mutacions socials de la Covid-19. Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans.
FOLCH, Ramon i altres (Coords.) (2019). Natura, ús o abús. Barcelona: Institució Catalana d’Història Natural. Vegeu: https://natura.llocs.iec.cat/
FONT GAROLERA, Jaume (2023). Las Españas despobladas. Entre el lamento y la esperanza, Madrid: Catarata.
INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LES DONES (2024). Les Dones a Catalunya 2023, Barcelona: Observatori de la Igualtat de Gènere, Generalitat de Catalunya. Vegeu: https://dones.gencat.cat/web/.content/03_ambits/Observatori/03_dossiers_estadistics/2024/Les-Dones-a-Catalunya-2023-Accesibilitat.pdf
MAJORAL, Roser (Coord.) (2002). Cataluña: un análisis territorial. Barcelona: Ariel.
OBSERVATORI DEL PAISATGE (2022). Catàlegs de paisatge. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya: http://www.catpaisatge.net/cat/catalegs.php
SOLÉ i SABARÍS, Lluís (Dir.) (1958). Geografia de Catalunya, Vol. 1. Barcelona: Ed. Aedos.
VILA, Marc-Aureli (1998). Catalunya: Rius i poblament. Barcelona: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat.
VILA, Marc-Aureli (1980). Compendi de Geografia de Catalunya. Barcelona: Curial.
VILADECANS, Elisabet i MAGRE, Jaume (2023). Geografia de la indústria i cohesió social. Barcelona: Observatori de la Indústria.
The full bibliography of the subject will be introduced at the beginning of the second term.
See below links to some geographical journals that include a variety of articles on Catalonia and that students must consult and read along the term:
*Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica: https://dag.revista.uab.es/
*Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Geografia: https://raco.cat/index.php/TreballsSCGeografia/index
*Boletín de la Asociación Española de Geografía: https://bage.age-geografia.es/ojs//index.php/bage/index
The usual computer programmes that will be used during this course will be the MICROSOFT Word, Excel and Power Point. In addition, the on-line platform Moodle will be used. PDF is the main format for submission of digital documents. In relation to social networks, in certain activities, X (Twitter) or Instagram can be used.
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(PCAM) Field practices | 11 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(PCAM) Field practices | 12 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |