Anotace
This course is to provide an outlook of the North American geography. After this course completion students will be able to identify significant geographical features and social, economic or other patterns of the North America. Moreover, students will be able to explain the causes and consequences of these features and patterns in terms of natural, economic, cultural, political or other processes. Various landscapes will be interpreted from the perspective of their cultural significance, whereas their representations will be viewed from various critical perspectives. Following the completion of this course, students should be capable of applying gained knowledge elsewhere and expand upon it at various future occasions.
The meaning of "Geography" in this course refers to a "science of place and space. Geographers ask where things are located on the surface of the Earth, why they are located where they are, how places differ from one another, and how people interact with the environment (Annals of the Association of American Geographers)" or as a subject that bridges the natural and human sciences in understanding societies, places and environments (Royal Geographical Society with Institute of British Geographers)."