History of geography

lgeo2220  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

History of geography
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
22.5 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Lambin Eric;
Language
French
Main themes
- Overview of the history of geography; - Readings on the major books of geography: Alexander von Humboldt?, Alfred Wegener, Carl Ritter, Paul Vidal de la Blache, Ellen Churchill Semple?Ellen Churchill Semple, William Morris Davis, Georges Perkins Marsh as well as more contemporary authors. - Presentation of one author and discussion of its contribution to geography.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 This course aims at discovering the history of thoughts in geography through major books that have influenced the discipline.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Other information
Basic courses in physical and human geography.
Faculty or entity
GEOG


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [60] in Geography : General

Master [120] in Geography : General