Course code

MLG7031.LT

old course code

MLG7031

Course title in Estonian

Maailma majandus- ja poliitiline geograafia

Course title in English

World Economic and Political Geography

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To give an overview of the main theoretical approaches to the political and economic geography of the world. To develop skills of written expression by preparing an essay related to topics studied.

Brief description of the course

General overview of political geography and geopolitics from 1875 to 1945, political geography of the Cold War, contemporary approaches to political and economic geography as well as overview of theoretical and applied approaches to world economic geography, demographic trends.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
Lectures and seminars. Defense of a term paper.

Teacher

Maj. kand. Kalev Kukk

Study programmes containing that course

Teacher of Geography (MLGOM/11.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/10.LT)
Teacher of Geography (MLGOM/10.LT)
Landscape Ecology (MLGM/10.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/09.LT)
Teacher of Geography (MLGOM/09.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/08.LT)
Landscape Ecology (MLGM/09.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/00.LT)