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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Morocco and Algeria Tunisia and Libya Egypt and Sudan Arabian Peninsula Syria and Lebanon Jordan Israel and Palestine Turkey Iraq Iran Central Asia and Afghanistan Ethiopia and Horn of Africa
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Discussion, Skills demonstration, Individual study, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Lecture
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 58 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| - to have a brief knowledge of world history and a basic overview of the geography of the Middle East and North Africa. |
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| - to work individually with maps and relevant academic sources - to master modern information technologies. |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| - to characterize the natural conditions of particular countries of the studied region - to identify the essential facts from the area of socio-economic geography, especially concerning the local human settlements, population sizes, industry and mineral resources, agriculture, tourism |
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| - to draw without support a map of the region - to interpret relation between natural conditions and characteristics of human settlements and societies - to search and individually use relevant online data and information sources for study |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Skills demonstration |
| Discussion |
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| Lecture |
| Discussion |
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| Interactive lecture |
| assessment methods |
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| Seminar work |
| Written exam |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
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| Written exam |
| Seminar work |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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The Middle East and North Africa 2020. Europa Publications, London: Routledge, 2019.
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Al-Asad, M. Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Middle East. University Press of Florida, 2012.
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King, D.M. Water and Conflict in the Middle East. C Hurst and Co Publishers Ltd, 2019.
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Kropáček, L. Blízký východ na přelomu tisíciletí.. Praha, 1999.
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Mehler, Carl. National geographic Atlas of the Middle East.. National Geographic Society, 2008.
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