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Geopolitics

Course Description: This course aims to introduce political geography, its fields, and its relationship with other sciences. It covers the origin, growth, development, and functions of the state, both internally and externally. The course also examines the geographical components of a state (natural, human, economic), political boundaries and their issues. It will delve into territorial waters, exploring their forms, types, and examples, as well as the new political map of the world, international blocs, international rivers, colonialism, and religious, ethnic, and linguistic minorities.
Credits: 2
Objectives of the course :

The student will learn about political geography, its fields, and its relationship with other sciences, its development and components, political borders and their problems, the new political map of the world, territorial waters, and rivers. .

Course outputs :

1 Knowledge and Understanding
1.1 Recognizes his political reality
1.2 Mentions the most important political border issues
1.3 Defines religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities
2 Skills
2.1 Classifies the most important natural, human, and economic components of the state
2.2
Explains the new political map of the world
2.3 Distinguishes between territorial waters and their types
3 values
The student shall adhere to integrity and ethics in scientific research within their field of specialization.
The student bears responsibility for continuous self-learning and capacity development.
The student actively collaborates with peers in solving geographical problems within research groups.

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  • Last updated: 2026-04-26

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