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1. General information
Course:
PERCEPTION AND INTERPRETATION OF GEOGRAPHIC REALITY
Code:
44527
Type:
CORE COURSE
ECTS credits:
6
Degree:
373 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMME IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL STUDIES
Academic year:
2022-23
Center:
7 - FACULTY OF HUMANITIES IN ALBACETE
Group(s):
10 
Year:
3
Duration:
C2
Main language:
Spanish
Second language:
English
Use of additional languages:
English Friendly:
Y
Web site:
Bilingual:
Y
Lecturer: JUAN ANTONIO GARCIA GONZALEZ - Group(s): 10 
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Benjamín Palencia 121
GEOGRAFÍA Y ORD. TERRITORIO
ext. 2772
juanantonio.garcia@uclm.es
Information will be provided at the beginning of the course

2. Pre-Requisites

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.

3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession

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.


4. Degree competences achieved in this course
Course competences
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
5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes
Course learning outcomes
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.
6. Units / Contents
  • Unit 1: Geographic Information Systems
    • Unit 1.1: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
    • Unit 1.2: Treatment of geo-referenced information
    • Unit 1.3: Spatial analysis I
  • Unit 2: Thematic cartography
    • Unit 2.1: Cartography as a way of communication
    • Unit 2.2: Fundamentals of thematic cartography
    • Unit 2.3: Visual variables
  • Unit 3:
  • Unit 4:
7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology
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).

8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
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%  
According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).

Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
  • Continuous assessment:
    The qualification will be based on the practice report. The exam is one more of the qualifications necessary to pass the subject. In the case of students who do not attend regularly, it is advisable to approach an alternative work plan with the teacher
    How to change from continuous to non-continuous evaluation: any student may change from one system to the other if he/she has not fulfilled up to a 50% of the continuous evaluation tasks during the academic period. If a student has already fulfilled the 50% of the evaluable tasks, or if the lesson period has already finished, he/she will not be allowed to change the evaluation system.
  • Non-continuous evaluation:
    In the case of students who do not attend regularly, it is advisable to discuss an alternative work plan with the teacher
    How to change from continuous to non-continuous evaluation: any student may change from one system to the other if he/she has not fulfilled up to a 50% of the continuous evaluation tasks during the academic period. If a student has already fulfilled the 50% of the evaluable tasks, or if the lesson period has already finished, he/she will not be allowed to change the evaluation system.

Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
The qualification will be based on the practice report. The exam is one more of the qualifications necessary to pass the subject. In the case of students who do not attend regularly, it is advisable to approach an alternative work plan with the teacher
How to change from continuous to non-continuous evaluation: any student may change from one system to the other if he/she has not fulfilled up to a 50% of the continuous evaluation tasks during the academic period. If a student has already fulfilled the 50% of the evaluable tasks, or if the lesson period has already finished, he/she will not be allowed to change the evaluation system.
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
The qualification will be based on the practice report. The exam is one more of the qualifications necessary to pass the subject. In the case of students who do not attend regularly, it is advisable to approach an alternative work plan with the teacher
How to change from continuous to non-continuous evaluation: any student may change from one system to the other if he/she has not fulfilled up to a 50% of the continuous evaluation tasks during the academic period. If a student has already fulfilled the 50% of the evaluable tasks, or if the lesson period has already finished, he/she will not be allowed to change the evaluation system.
9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates
Not related to the syllabus/contents
Hours hours

Unit 1 (de 4): Geographic Information Systems
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
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):
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):
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
Activities hours
10. Bibliography and Sources
Author(s) Title Book/Journal Citv Publishing house ISBN Year Description Link Catálogo biblioteca
Diccionario de cartografía 84-87510-37-X 1995 Ficha de la biblioteca
Curso SIG Online http://www.geogra.uah.es/gisweb/  
Thematic cartography and geographic visualization Pearson Prentice Hall 0-13-035123-7 2005 Ficha de la biblioteca
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 Ficha de la biblioteca
Bosque Sendra, Joaquín Sistemas de información geográfica Rialp 84-321-3154-7 1997 Ficha de la biblioteca
Gutiérrez Puebla, Javier SIG : Sistemas de Información Geográfica Síntesis 84-7738-246-8 2008 Ficha de la biblioteca
Harvey, Francis (Francis James) A primer of GIS : fundamental geographic and cartographic c Guilford Press 978-1-59385-565-9 2008 Ficha de la biblioteca
Keates, J. S Understanding maps / Longman, 0-582-23927-3 1996 Ficha de la biblioteca
Krygier, John Making maps : a visual guide to map design for GIS Guilford Press 978-1-59385-200-9 (p 2005 Ficha de la biblioteca
Tyner, Judith A. Principles of map design Guilford Press 978-1-60623-544-7 2010 Ficha de la biblioteca
Tyner, Judith A. The world of maps : map reading and interpretation for the 2 Guilford Press, 978-1-4625-1648-3 (h 2015 Ficha de la biblioteca
Vázquez Maure, Francisco Lectura de mapas Fundación General de la U.P.M. 84-86451-05-1 1995 Ficha de la biblioteca



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