The student must have basic knowledge of computers technologies. Management of the Windows environment, Internet (search and download of files) and knowledge of the open office package or Microsoft Office, with special attention to databases and spreadsheets. The lack of knowledge of office automation implies an added effort in the management and use of the computer material of the subject. The personal computer will be the basic work tool during the course.
It is also convenient that the student has certain knowledge of geographical science. Therefore it is advisable to have successfully completed at least the subjects of the first Humanities "Geography and Environment" and "Geography and Society" or similar of other university studies.
More and more areas of knowledge and disciplines are nourished by geographic information for their explanations, presentations and analysis. Many of the social, cultural and patrimonial phenomena have a clear territorial vocation, being nowadays, massive its diffusion through images. The cartographic representations have a high evocative power and synthesis. The treatment of spatial information and cartographic documents has until recently been carried out almost exclusively by geographers, surveyors and other professionals with a clear territorial vocation. The greater access to information technologies (ICT) and the greater ease of management of thematic mapping programs allow the possibility of making cartographic documents to a wider range of professionals. Many of the disciplines and / or subjects taught in this degree, use one way or another, cartography as a source or as a means of communication in their studies and research. The management by students of these tools can be very useful to enhance and develop knowledge of other subjects of the degree, in the development of more visual and intuitive presentations through mapping
The course offers the possibility of knowing and managing the technologies and tools related to Geographic Information Systems. This technology has been a revolution in recent years in geographical analysis and in today's society as part of our daily work. The subject is a complement to all geographical and territorial knowledge acquired during the degree both in subjects of geography and in other humanistic disciplines such as History or History of art. It allows to acquire a skill with possibilities of labor insertion. It has the acquisition of theoretical knowledge applied in most cases to the exercises that are proposed in the different sessions.
Course competences | |
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Code | Description |
E02 | Use techniques and quantitative and qualitative methods to work on the Human and Social Sciences |
E12 | Use the main computer tools and the new information technologies in Humanities and Social Sciences to the creation of digital information |
E15 | Do territorial analyses using cartography, and manage the geographic information to understand current reality and identify resources for sustainable development processes |
E16 | Be capable of using an appropriated work methodology to get first-hand information |
G02 | Knowledge of communication and information technologies |
T12 | Summarize and do specialized and reflective reports based on complex and diverse information on Humanities and Social Sciences |
Course learning outcomes | |
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Description | |
Understand spatial processes at different levels. | |
Acquisition of skills to manage of the new technologies of geographic information. | |
Acquisition of skills to manage the geographic information in both analogue and digital format. | |
Ability to manage cartography to locate, analyze and investigate variables of a territorial nature. | |
Ability to defend concepts in a well-argued manner, about Geography and environment orally and with written papers. | |
Training to work individually and in groups critically and self-critically. | |
Additional outcomes | |
Not established. |
Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | E02 E12 G02 | 1.8 | 45 | Y | N | Imparting basic concepts of the subject matter | |
Analysis of articles and reviews [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | T12 | 0.4 | 10 | Y | Y | Readings in Spanish and English | |
Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [OFF-SITE] | Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL) | E12 E15 G02 | 3.2 | 80 | Y | Y | Preparation of reports and cartographic documents on the problems raised throughout the course. Some of the parts may be in groups | |
Field work [ON-SITE] | Combination of methods | E02 E16 | 0.4 | 10 | N | N | Fieldwork | |
Individual tutoring sessions [ON-SITE] | Problem solving and exercises | E12 E15 | 0.2 | 5 | Y | N | Review and follow-up of the student's homework. Some homework may be done in English. | |
Total: | 6 | 150 | ||||||
Total credits of in-class work: 2.4 | Total class time hours: 60 | |||||||
Total credits of out of class work: 3.6 | Total hours of out of class work: 90 |
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
Practicum and practical activities reports assessment | 60.00% | 60.00% | Preparation of a dossier with all the practices requested |
Theoretical papers assessment | 10.00% | 0.00% | Refers to the valuation of supporting with the bibliography the comments and evaluations of the practices developed and discussed in class |
Assessment of active participation | 10.00% | 0.00% | Each exercise prepared by the student is discussed in the classroom as a group |
Final test | 20.00% | 40.00% | The exam will be based on practical activities done in class |
Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
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Hours | hours |
Unit 1 (de 4): Geographic Information Systems | |
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Activities | Hours |
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 15 |
Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 10 |
Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL)] | 30 |
Unit 2 (de 4): Thematic cartography | |
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Activities | Hours |
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 10 |
Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL)] | 30 |
Unit 3 (de 4): | |
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Activities | Hours |
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 5 |
Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL)] | 30 |
Unit 4 (de 4): | |
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Activities | Hours |
Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL)] | 10 |
Field work [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods] | 10 |
Global activity | |
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Activities | hours |
Author(s) | Title | Book/Journal | Citv | Publishing house | ISBN | Year | Description | Link | Catálogo biblioteca |
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Diccionario de cartografía | 84-87510-37-X | 1995 | |||||||
Curso SIG Online | http://www.geogra.uah.es/gisweb/ | ||||||||
Thematic cartography and geographic visualization | Pearson Prentice Hall | 0-13-035123-7 | 2005 | ||||||
world of maps | |||||||||
Bertin, Jacques | Sémiologie graphique : les diagrammes, les réseaux, les cart | École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales | 2-7132-2027-0 | 2005 | |||||
Bosque Sendra, Joaquín | Sistemas de información geográfica | Rialp | 84-321-3154-7 | 1997 | |||||
Gutiérrez Puebla, Javier | SIG : Sistemas de Información Geográfica | Síntesis | 84-7738-246-8 | 2008 | |||||
Harvey, Francis (Francis James) | A primer of GIS : fundamental geographic and cartographic c | Guilford Press | 978-1-59385-565-9 | 2008 | |||||
Keates, J. S | Understanding maps / | Longman, | 0-582-23927-3 | 1996 | |||||
Krygier, John | Making maps : a visual guide to map design for GIS | Guilford Press | 978-1-59385-200-9 (p | 2005 | |||||
Tyner, Judith A. | Principles of map design | Guilford Press | 978-1-60623-544-7 | 2010 | |||||
Tyner, Judith A. | The world of maps : map reading and interpretation for the 2 | Guilford Press, | 978-1-4625-1648-3 (h | 2015 | |||||
Vázquez Maure, Francisco | Lectura de mapas | Fundación General de la U.P.M. | 84-86451-05-1 | 1995 |