Department
Department of GeographyAcademic Program
Bachelor in GeographyType
CompulsoryCredits
02Prerequisite
Overview
The aim of including this course is to highlight the role of the geographical student and his relationship to the environment and who has been studying diseases, because the study of health and disease specifically concerns doctors, workers and assistants, but from the point of view of geographers, there is a need to expand the study from the scope of the human body to the social and environmental content that directly and indirectly affects human health, here we find that geography has the primary role in terms of the environment and human interaction in terms of geographical interpretations of the emergence of the disease And its spread, there are certain diseases in specific environments where they provide the appropriate climate for them, schistosomiasis is found where stagnant water, malaria in the tropical environment hot humid, and Mediterranean fever, and it is confirmed the fact that a disease is largely associated with a specific area characterized by specific environmental conditions. Medical geography asserts that it is the science that is concerned with the search for geographical explanations for the emergence of diseases. Thus, they represent the link between the social sciences on the one hand and the biomedical sciences on the other, so that they serve each other, without either of them going beyond the limits of its specialization. It is a vivid and tangible application of geographical approaches and methods in the study of health, disease and health care systems
Intended learning outcomes
Through his study of medical geography, the student acquires several skills, including that it reflects on his behavior by caring for the environment and preserving it from pollution, improving physical and mental health and positively interacting with the health problems he faces... Such as the prevention of health problems that he may be exposed to. And also translate information, trends and values into realistic abilities used in dealing with different life situations. One of the most important skills is that diseases can be overcome by knowing their secrets and avoiding the causes of their occurrence because reducing the spread of the disease is easier than treating it, and that salvation from the disease and reducing the risk lies in educating people and educating them about health through our studentsTeaching and learning methods
It includes lectures followed by panel discussions because the material is attached to the individual and his daily life due to the environment's stimulating factors for diseases. It is often a mixture between several methods of teaching according to the topic at hand and its vocabulary, and it is difficult to rely on e-learning in light of the current circumstances of power cuts and weak Internet signal in particular for students who live in places far from services in general
Methods of assessments
It includes 40 marks for the midterm exam divided between them and the worksheets, 20 marks for each.
60marks for the final written exam in order to follow in the same footsteps of the college and not to confuse students in a different styleCourse Content Time Distribution
Concept of medical geography first week
The importance of medical geography and its curricula, the second week
The natural environmental factors affecting the disease, the third week
Geographical location, topography. fourth week
Climate, geological structure, fifth week
Human environmental factors affecting disease Sixth week
Genetic traits, economic level, seventh week
Midterm exam week eight
Business type, urban growth, human movements. The ninth week
Pollution and increased diseases tenth week
Epidemiological and demographic transition, the eleventh week
Biological environment twelfth week
Parasites, arthropods, arachnids thirteenth week
Linking health services to the population, the fourteenth week
A future vision of health and local health services, the fifteenth week
Final exam sixteenth week
Books and references:
1 - Medical geography, content, methodology and spatial analyses, Mohsen Al-Muzaffar, Dar Shumoa Al-Thaqafa, Al-Zawiya - Libya, 2002 AD.
2 - Studies in Medical Geography, Muhammad Jaber - Faten Al-Banna, The Anglo-Egyptian Library, Cairo, 2004 AD.
3 - Medical Geography, Samir Muhammad Al-Radis, Dar Alam Al-Kutub, Riyadh, 2001 AD.
4- The Geography of Health, Khalaf Hussein Al-Dulaimi, Dar Safaa for Publishing and Distribution, Amman, Jordan, 2009.
(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)