GE110 : Libya's physical geography

Department

Department of Geography

Academic Program

Bachelor in Geography

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

Overview

The natural elements of any country are the first building blocks for making the history and civilization of this country, which interact with its human data to give the country its strength among other countries. Therefore, the student’s successful completion of the course makes him able to identify the concept of natural geography in general, as well as the geographical and astronomical borders of the Libyan state, and what this has achieved for the state His strengths and weaknesses, as well as his familiarity with the sequence of geological ages and their most important evidence on the Libyan land, in addition to his knowledge of the geomorphological manifestations on the surface of the land of our country, and the identification of the elements of the climate, the local water stock, the plant and animal life in Libya, in addition to the types of soils

Intended learning outcomes

The student acquires several skills by studying this course, the most important of which is his ability to distinguish evidence of geological times in Libya, as well as explaining the difference between plant and animal life depending on the elements of the climate, his mastery of using the computer to draw maps showing the major terrain phenomena in the country, and his ability to work collectively to prepare models that illustrate one of the country’s distinctive topography. And his writing to Bahut about the most important Libyan cities and the natural problems they suffer from, the most important of which is the depletion of some resources and an attempt to develop some solutions to avoid them

Teaching and learning methods

Giving scientific lectures, field visits to learn about the most important geomorphological phenomena in our country and group discussion panels, as well as preparing researches dealing with the study of the most important terraforming phenomena in our country

Methods of assessments

Midterm exam: 20%

- Various activities: 20%

- Final exam: 60%

The concept of physical geography and the importance of the geographical location of our country, the first week

Geological development and structure, second week

Terrain third week

Coastal plains fourth week

Northern Mountain Range Fifth week

Desert Sixth Week

Northern oases depressions, the seventh week

Midterm exam week eight

Southern depressions, the ninth week

the climate

Temperature - atmospheric pressure tenth week

Winds - rain - climatic regions, the eleventh week

Normal plant twelfth week

Wild animals thirteenth week

Water resources fourteenth week

Discussion of research papers, the fifteenth week

Final exam sixteenth week

References and books:

1. Salem Ali Al-Hajjaji / New Libya / 1989/ Al-Fateh Complex Publications

2. Abdulaziz Tareeh Sharaf / Geography of Libya / 1971 / second edition / Mansha'et al-Maarif in Alexandria

3. Al-Hadi Mutafa Abu Luqma and Saad Khalil Al-Qaziri / The Jamahiriya Study in Geography / 1995 / First Edition / The Jamahiriya House for Publishing, Distribution and Advertising

4. Gouda Hassanein Gouda / Researches in the Geomorphology of Libyan Lands / First Edition / 1973 / Publications of the Libyan University / College of Arts

Note: The course instructor determines the main reference for teaching the course, and uses what he deems appropriate from the supporting references

Arabic Language 1 (AR100)
(IS100)
PRINCIPLES OF COMPUTER 1 (CS100)
FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION (GS101)
Libya's physical geography (GE110)
The development of geographical thought (GE111)
Physical geography (GE112)
human geography (GE114)
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (GS100)
Area geography (GE816)
Principles of Statistics (ST210)
GENERAL MATHEMATICS 2 (MM112)
GENERAL TEACHING METHODS (GS201)
EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY (GS200)
structure and topography (GE213)
population geography (GE211)
Arabic Language 2 (AR101)
PRINCIPLES OF COMPUTER 2 (CS101)
(EL100)
Geographical statistics (GE204)
Human Geography of Libya (GE210)
General maps (GE212)
Water geography (GE413)
Arabic Language 3 (AR213)
(IS101)
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (GS203)
FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM (GS202)
Geography of the Arab world (GE310)
geographical research methods (GE311)
Agricultural geography (GE312)
Interpretation of aerial photographs (GE412)
Arabic Language 4 (AR216)
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS (GS301)
(EL101)
Geography of Africa (GE410)
Environmental Pollution (GE411)
Industrial geography (GE414)
Special teaching methods (GE511)
ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION (GS302)
Behavioral geography (GE513)
geographical terms (GE514)
Biogeography (GE817)
Geographic information systems (GE613)
climatic geography (GE612)
distribution maps (GE512)
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT (GS400)
TEACHING AIDS (GS303)
Political geography (GE610)
Transport geography (GE611)
Tourist geography (GE818)
Geography of the world except Africa (GE711)
Graduation Project1 (GE700)
Economic development (GE710)
(GS401)
TEACHING PRACTICE 1 (GS402)
Geography of environments (GE810)
Urban geography (GE713)
Geography of seas and oceans (GE712)
Graduation project 2 (GE815)
Geography of natural resources (GE814)
regional planning (GE813)
MEDICAL GEOGREPHY (GE812)
Practical education 2 (GS403)
Geography of services (GE811)