Geographical Thought

Code:

GEOGR051

Acronym:

PENGEO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Geography

Instance: 2025/2026 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Geography

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GEOGR	96	study plan	1	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The objectives are to: Bring the student into contact with the major schools of thought, concepts and methodologies of Geography, mainly from an evolutionary perspective. Associate the main areas of geographical knowledge with the levels of analysis of Geography.

Learning outcomes and competences

Explain the reasons, means and instruments of production in order to enlarge knowledge in Geography. Successful students should be able to: "Use geographical terms and concepts correctly. Relate diverse geographic information to the related principles and theories. Select the most appropriate level for the analysis of a given situation. Use geographical concepts in combination with those of other areas of knowledge. Express themselves in their mother tongue, both in oral and written form with correctness, accuracy and fluency, being transparent as a sender and alert/ flexible as a receiver. Be aware of the development of challenges, while keeping a reflective but also receptive attitude to changes, seeking ways to address and transform them into opportunities for growth and development. Apply proper and reflective geographical approaches".

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

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Program

(Tp) — Dominant theoretical dimension
Geographic thought: aspects and problems
Interests
Influences
Instructions
Identities
(TP) — Dominant theoretical-practical dimension
Geographic commentary and social context
Geographical idealism and nature's design
Anthropogeography: evolutionism and neo-Lamarckism
Regional geography and crisis of Geography
Spatial science
Epistemological present: multiparadigmatic geographies.
(tP) — Dominant practical dimension
Geotextual analysis
Morphology
Theoretical regionalization
Social topography
Scale and identity

Mandatory literature

Bailly, A.; Ferras, R; Éléments d’épistémologie de la géographie, Armand Colin, 1997
Capel H; Filosofia y Ciencia en la Geografia Contemporanea, Serbal, 2012
Cresswell T; Geographic Thought, Wiley, 2013
Daveau S; As Geografias de Portugal, Inforgeo 4, 1992
Livingstone DN; The geographical tradition , Blackwell, 1992
Peet R; Modern Geographical Thought, 2nd ed, Blackwell, 2011
Ribeiro O; Pensamento Geográfico, F. C. Gulbenkian, 1997
_; The Dictionary of Human Geography, 4ª ed., Routledge., 2000
_; The Dictionary of Human Geography, 5ª ed., Routledge, 2009

Comments from the literature

Works that do not exist in the Library will be made available to students by the teacher. 

No bibliography is 'mandatory', in the sense that it can be replaced or supplemented by alternative works of equivalent scope.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes, including expository components, analysis and comments and discussion on sources and critical bibliography

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	70,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Trabalho de investigação	25,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	1,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

75% class attendance
Practical work
Discussion of practical work

Calculation formula of final grade

Practical work - 40%
Discussion of practical work - 60%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Special assessment period:
intended for students with special status

The special assessment includes:

- a critical test on an exemplar of Geographical Thought (40%) and, cumulatively, the oral discussion of the critical test (60%)

Classification improvement

Appeal:
intended for students who failed the normal assessment period

The appeal includes:
- test-report relating to the work already assigned throughout the semester (40%) and, cumulatively, the oral discussion of the test-report (60%)

Improvement:
intended for students approved in the normal assessment period

The grade improvement includes:
- test-report relating to the work already assigned throughout the semester (40%) and, cumulatively, the oral discussion of the test-report (60%)

Observations

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