Attendance
to practical lectures (including the submission of
requested exercises) and submission of seminar reports are required conditions to be evaluated. Practical work and seminar reports will account for 50% of the final score (practical works: 20% and seminar reports: 30%). Objective tests will account for 50% of the score. To pass the course, 5 points out of 10 should be obtained in each test. In
addition to this, the submission of the seminar reports, as well as the active
participation in them, attendance to tutorial sessions,
fieldtrip, AEMET visit, etc., will also be considered in the final score. Students
who do not pass the partial exemption exams will be evaluated in the
official tests of June and July. This call will be evaluated in the same way (percentages), by examining the theoretical and practical contents and submitting the seminar reports. To qualify as NOT PRESENTED, the students should not have
participated in more than 40% of the evaluable activities.

All prior observations apply to part-time students. Exceptional cases: when a student could not do all the evaluation activities due to justified causes, the Professors will take the actions they consider adequate to assess the work of the student. Students who pass the course in the first opportunity will have priority to be granted with Honors.

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
Acquisition of skills for the use, analysis and appraisal of the acquired knowledge in the practical context required by professional activities.	A6 A22 A23 A30 A32	B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13
To work with autonomy and initiative, retrieving useful information from bibliographic references and other sources.	A6 A22 A23 A30 A32	B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13
Development of skills for interpretation and synthesis of data supplied by references, different types of maps and photo interpretation.	A6 A22 A23 A30 A32	B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13

Topic	Sub-topic
I. INTRODUCTION	1. Physical Geography: concept, division and correlation with other sciences. 2. The Earth System and subsystems 3. The Earth Surface: Global Topography
II. THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE HYDROLOGIC SYSTEM OF THE EARTH	4. Composition and structure of the atmosphere 5. Energy of the atmospheric system 6. Winds and atmospheric movement 7. Ocean-atmospheric interaction. Oceanic circulation 8. Atmospheric water and water balance 9. Types of precipitation, air masses and weather fronts 10. Climatic zonation of the Earth 11. Climatic change
III. THE BIOSPHERE	12. Climate, soil, flora and fauna 13. Soil formation, properties and classification 14. Biogeographic processes. Phytogeography and zoogeography
IV. LANDSCAPE AND RELIEF EVOLUTION	15. Weathering and slope processes 16. Fluvial and lacustrine Systems 17. Coastal Systems 18. Karst Systems 19. Glacial Systems 20. Desert Systems

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Guest lecture / keynote speech	B1 B3	28	70	98
Laboratory practice	A30	10	5	15
Supervised projects	A6 A22 A23 B2 B4 B5 B6 B7 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13	8	16	24
Field trip	A32	5	5	10
Objective test	B8	2	0	2

Personalized attention		1	0	1

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies	Description
Guest lecture / keynote speech	Theoretical and basic concepts will be acquired in lectures.
Laboratory practice	Practices are a basic complement of theoretical lectures to deal with the learning of basic methods and techniques for working with geographical data. The aim is that the students develop skills for interpretation, synthesis and analysis supplied by references, maps and photogeology, based on the contents of the subject. Moreover, it is intended to transmit the basic knowledge for the use of geographical information systems and spatial analysis using software (Geographic Information Systems).
Supervised projects	They will consist on the development of themes and individual or group reports, proposed by the Professor, about several aspects of the subject. The following is required: searching and dealing with data, summarizing main ideas, work division, group discussion and exposition of reports. Moreover, the students can voluntarily participate in learning service (ApS) activities. The results of the activities will be assessed. The Professor will continuously supervise the development of the different activities.
Field trip	It is a complement of the other activities.
Objective test	Eliminatory tests of the theoretical contents of the subject that will consist on short of test questions and comments or identification of diagrams and pictures.

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Laboratory practice	A30	Avaliación continua.	20
Supervised projects	A6 A22 A23 B2 B4 B5 B6 B7 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13	Traballos elaborados polos alumnos e presentación dos mesmos.	30
Objective test	B8	Cuestionarios eliminatorios dos contidos teóricos da asignatura.	50

Assessment comments
Attendance to practical lectures (including the submission of requested exercises) and submission of seminar reports are required conditions to be evaluated. Practical work and seminar reports will account for 50% of the final score (practical works: 20% and seminar reports: 30%). Objective tests will account for 50% of the score. To pass the course, 5 points out of 10 should be obtained in each test. In addition to this, the submission of the seminar reports, as well as the active participation in them, attendance to tutorial sessions, fieldtrip, AEMET visit, etc., will also be considered in the final score. Students who do not pass the partial exemption exams will be evaluated in the official tests of June and July. This call will be evaluated in the same way (percentages), by examining the theoretical and practical contents and submitting the seminar reports. To qualify as NOT PRESENTED, the students should not have participated in more than 40% of the evaluable activities. All prior observations apply to part-time students. Exceptional cases: when a student could not do all the evaluation activities due to justified causes, the Professors will take the actions they consider adequate to assess the work of the student. Students who pass the course in the first opportunity will have priority to be granted with Honors.

Basic
	De Blij, H.J., Muller, P.O. y Williams, R.S. 2004. Physical Geography. The global environment. Oxford University Press, Oxford. López Bermúdez, F., Rubio Recio, J.M. y Cuadrat, J.M. 1992. Geografía Física. Cátedra, Madrid. Strahler, A.N. y Strahler, A.H. 1994. Geografía Física. Omega, Barcelona.
Complementary
	Briggs, D. y Smithson, P. 1992. Fundamentals of Physical Geography. Routledge, London Gabler, R.E., Sager, R.J., Wise, D.L. y Petersen, J.F. 1999. Essentials of Physical Geography. Thomson Learning, London. Strahler, A.N. y Strahler, A.H. 2002. Physical Geography: science and systems of the human environment. John Wiley and Sons, New York. Hamblin, W.K. y Christiansen, E.H. 2001. Earth’s Dynamic Systems. Prentice Hall, London. Skinner, B. J. & Porter, S. C. 1995. The Dynamic Earth. An Introduction to Physical Geology. John Wiley and Sons, New York.