Tradition, multiculturalism and new challenges
in geography teaching at the
Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania
- Zoltan Pal Teacher assistant,
Department of Physical Geography
Faculty of Geography
Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj
Changing Horizons in Geography Education
Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005
Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005
Outline of the presentation
• General overview of the Romanian Geography
higher education network
• brief presentation of the BBU Cluj
• tradition and multiculturalism at the University
and Geography Faculty
• changes induced by the market of human
resources
• changes induced by the Bologna process
• final toughts
Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005
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General overview of the Romanian Geography
higher education network
BUCHAREST
UNIVERSITY:
University of Bucharest
TIRGOVISTE
ORADEA
CRAIOVA
SIBIU
TIMISOARA
CONSTANTA
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SUCEAVA
UNIVERSITY:
UNIVERSITY: University
VALAHIA
University
of
Oradea
SPECIALIZATIONS:
GEOGRAPHY
UNIVERSITY: University of Craiova
UNIVERSITY:
Cantemir
University
UNIVERSITY:Dimitrie
University
of University
Vest
UNIVERSITY:
Al.
Ovidius
I.
Cuza
University
UNIVERSITY:
Stefanand
cel Geography
Mare University
FACULTY:
FACULTY:
of
of History
Human
Sciences
ENVIRONMENTAL
GEOGRAPHY
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Geography
teaching has
FACULTY:
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and
Tourism
FACULTY:
Chemistry-Biology-Geography
FACULTY:
of
of
Geography
Natural
Sciences
and
Geology
and Agricultural
FACULTY: of
Hystory
and
Geography
SPECIALIZATIONS:
SPECIALIZATIONS:
GEOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY
OF
TOURISM
got
more than a century long
SPECIALIZATIONS:
GEOGRAPHY
SPECIALIZATIONS: Sciences
GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM
SPECIALIZATIONS:
GEOGRAPHY
SPECIALIZATIONS:
history
GEOGRAPHY
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centres:
SPECIALIZATIONS:
GEOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY
OF TOURISM
GEOGRAPHY
FOREIGN PROTECION
LANGUAGE
TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SPECIALIZATIONS:
GEOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY
OF
TOURISM
Iasi,
Bucharest
and
Cluj.
ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL
GEOGRAPHY
TERRITORIAL
PLANNING
GEOGRAPHY – ONE FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
environmental science
ENVIRONMENTAL
GEOGRAPHY
TERRITORIAL PLANNING
CARTOGRAPHY
FACULTY:
of Geography
Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005
Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005
Brief presentation of the BBU Cluj
Today, Babeş-Bolyai University is Romania's largest, the
most complex and diversely structured university.
This is not a subjective assessment, but a conclusion drawn
from the main indicators which define the identity of a
university. The university now has more than 45,500 students
enrolled in the 21 faculties which currently exist.
The Babeş-Bolyai University provides courses for more than
45,500 students (of which more than 500 are foreign
students, more than 3,000 are doctoral students and 4,300
are secondary education teachers), the educational and
research activity being carried out by a teaching staff of over
1,700.
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Multiculturalism at the BBU
Cluj
The multiculturalism orgiginates directly from
the history of the University. The present
structure was established in 1959 by joining the
romanian Babes and the hungarian Bolyai
Universities.
Located in a geographical area characterized by the presence
of diverse ethnic and religious groups, our University adheres
to a policy of multiculturalism, its students and teaching staff
being Romanian, as well as Hungarian, German and Roma.
15 of our 21 faculties provide both a Romanian
and a Hungarian curriculum, and 9 of them
provide both a Romanian and a German
curriculum. Our University proposes academic
studies for 105 specializations in Romanian,
52 in Hungarian, 13 in German and 4 in
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Multiculturalism at the BBU
Cluj
Having departments for training students in widely-spoken
languages (English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish,
Portuguese), in other modern languages (Norwegian, Danish,
Finnish, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovakian), in the great Asian
languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean), Babes-Bolyai
University offers varied opportunities for language training.
With its four theology faculties Orthodox, Greek Catholic,
Roman Catholic and Reformed, representing the seven
Christian denominations in Transylvania our university offers
singular opportunities for the study of theology.
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Affiliations of BBU Cluj
European Universities Association (http://www.eua.be)
o International Association of Universities (http://www.unesco.org/iau/ )
o Danube Rectors´ Conference (http://www.d-r-c.org/)
o Inter University Centre Dubrovnik (http://www.iuc.hr)
o Association of Carpathian Region Universities (http://acru.tuke.sk/)
o Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (http://www.auf.org)
o Association of the Faculties/Institutions of Letters and Humanities of
French-Speaking Universities
o Regional Conference of the Rectors of Central and European
Francophone Agency Universities.
o HERODOT  (by Faculty of Geography)
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France
Australia
oUniversité Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne http://www.univ-paris1.fr
oUniversity of Technology, Sidney http://www.usyd.edu.au
oUniversité Panthéon-Assas Paris II http://www.u-paris2.fr
oUniversité de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III http://www.univ-paris3.fr
Austria
oUniversité de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris IV http://www.paris4.sorbonne.fr
oUniversität Salzburg http://www.sbg.ac.at
oUniversité Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI http://www.admp6.jussieu.fr
oUniversität Wien http://www.univie.ac.at
oUniversité Paris XII Val de Marne http://www.univ-paris12.fr
oUniversité Catholique de l´Ouest, Angers http://www.uco.fr
Belgium
oUniversité d´Angers http://www.univ-angers.fr
oUniversité Libre de Bruxelles http://www.ulb.ac.be
oUniversité d´Artois Arras http://www.univ-artois.fr
oFree University of Brussels http://www.vub.ac.be
oUniversité d´Auvergne - Clermont I, Clermont-Ferrand http://www.uclermont1.fr
oCatholic University of Leuven http://www.kuleuven.ac.be
oUniversité Catholique de Louvain http://www.ucl.ac.be
oUniversité Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux III http://www.montaigne.ubordeaux.fr
Canada
oYork University, Toronto http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/index.htm
oUniversité de Caen (Centre d´Enseignement Universitaire International pour
Etrangers) http://www.unicaen.fr
oUniversité du Québec ŕ Montréal www.uqam.ca
oUniversité de Bourgogne de Dijon http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/
oThe University of Western Ontario http://www.getcited.org/inst/138567
oUniversité Joseph Fourier Grenoble I http://www.ujfgrenoble.fr/ujf/fr/welcome.phtml
oUniversité de Sherbrooke www.usherbrooke.ca
oUniversité Pierre Mendčs France Grenoble II http://www.upmfgrenoble.fr/upmf
Denmark
oUniversité de Limoges http://www.unilim.fr/
oUniversity of Southern Denmark, Odense http://www.sdu.dk
oUniversité Lumičre Lyon II http://www.univ-lyon2.fr
Germany
oUniversité Jean Moulin Lyon III http://www.univ-lyon3.fr
oUniversität Bremen http://www.uni-bremen.de
oUniversité de Provence - Aix-Marseille I http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr
oUniversität Bremerhaven http://www.hs-bremerhaven.de
oUniversité de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille II http://mediterranee.univ-aix.fr
oTechnische Universität Chemnitz-Zwickau http://www.tu-chemnitz.de
oUniversité de Marne-la-Vallée http://www.univ-mlv.fr
oMartin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg http://www.uni-halle.de
oUniversité de Metz http://www.univ-metz.fr
oUniversität Leipzig http://www.uni-leipzig.de
oWestfällische Wilhelms-Universität Münster http://www.uni-muenster.de
oFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg http://www.uni-erlangen.de
oCarl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg http://www.uni-oldenburg.de
oUniversität Osnabrück http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de
oEberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen http://www.uni-tuebingen.de
oUniversität Rostock http://www.uni-rostock.de
Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg http://www.uni-
wuerzburg.de
oUniversité Montpellier II http://www.univ-montp2.fr
oUniversité de Nantes http://www.univ-nantes.fr
oUniversité de Nice - Sophia Antipolis http://www.unice.fr
oUniversité d´Orléans http://www.univ-orleans.fr
oUniversité de Perpignan http://www.univ-perp.fr
oUniversité de Rennes I http://www.univ-rennes1.fr
oUniversité de Rennes II Haute Bretagne http://www.uhb.fr/index.jsp
oUniversité de Rouen Haute-Normandie http://www.univ-rouen.fr
Interuniversity agreements
Italy
oUniversitŕ degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" http://www.uniroma1.it
Greece
oUniversitŕ degli Studi "Pio V" din Roma http://www.luspio.org
oNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens www.uoa.gr
oUniversitŕ degli Studi di Bari http://www.uniba.it/index.php
oAristotle University of Thessaloniki www.auth.gr
oUniversitŕ degli Studi di Camerino http://www.unicam.it
oUniversitŕ degli Studi di Ferrara http://www.unife.it
Hungary
oUniversitŕ degli Studi di Firenze http://www.unifi.it
oEötvös Loránd University, Budapest www.elte.hu
oUniversitŕ degli Studi di Milano http://www.unimi.it
oCorvinus University of Budapest www.uni-corvinus.hu
oUniversitŕ Sacro Cuore di Milano http://www.unicatt.it
oBudapest University of Technology and Economics www.bme.hu
oUniversitŕ degli Studi di Napoli "L´Orientale" http://www.iuo.it
oPázmány Peter Catholic University, Budapest www.ppke.hu
oUniversitŕ degli Studi di Padova http://www.unipd.it
oAnsrássy Gyula University of Budapest www.andrassyuni.hu
oUniversitŕ degli Studi di Perugia http://www.unipg.it
oUniversity of Debrecen www.unideb.hu
oUniversitŕ per Stranieri di Perugia http://www.unistrapg.it
oSzent István University, Gödöllő www.szie.hu
oUniversitŕ di Pisa http://www.unipi.it
oUniversity of Miskolc www.uni-miskolc.hu
oUniversitŕ degli Studi di Torino http://www.unito.it
oUniversity of Pécs www.pte.hu
oUniversitŕ degli Studi di Trieste http://www.univ.trieste.it
oUniversity of Szeged www.u-szeged.hu
oUniversity of Veszprém www.vein.hu
Israel
oHebrew University, Jerusalem
oCarmel College, Daliat-el Carmel
oBen Gurion University of Negev http://www.bgu.ac.il
Japan
oUniversity of Kobe http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp
Korea
oHansung University of Foreign Studies, Seoul
http://www.hansung.ac.kr
Universitŕ degli Studi di Udine http://www.uniud.it
The Netherlands
oLeiden University http://www.leiden.edu
oWindesheim University for Professional Education http://www.windesheim.nl
oReformed University Zwolle http://www.gh-gpc.nl
Norway
oNorwegian
University
http://www.ntnu.no
of
Science
and
Technology
Poland
oJagiellonian University, Krakow www.uj.edu.pl
oKrakow University of Economics www.ae.krakow.pl
Republic of Moldavia
oAGH University of Science and Technology www.agh.edu.pl
oState University of Moldova, Chişinău www.usm.md
oThe Technical University of Gdansk www.pg.gda.pl
oIon Creangă State Pedagogic University, Chişinău
www.upm.moldnet.md
oWarsaw School of Economics www.sgh.waw.pl
oAlecu Russo State University, Bălţi
Interuniversity agreements
Trondheim
USA
oArizona State University http://www.asu.edu
Russian Federation
oDePaul University Chicago, Illinois http://www.depaul.edu
oIvanovo State University www.ivanovo.ac.at.ru
oFlorida International University, Miami www.fiu.edu
oSaint-Petersburg State University www.spbu.ru
oFlorida State University, Tallahassee http://www.fsu.edu
oIndiana University Bloomington http://www.iub.edu
Serbia & Montenegro
oJohnson & Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island http://www.jwu.edu
oUniversity of Belgrade www.bg.ac.yu
oMichigan State University, East Lansing http://www.msu.edu/home
oUniversity of Novi-Sad www.ns.ac.yu
oOhio State University http://www.osu.edu/index.php
oPlymouth State University, New Hampshire http://www.plymouth.edu
Slovak Republic
oSan Jacinto College South Houston http://www.sjcd.edu
oSlovak University of Agriculture in Nitra www.uniag.sk
oThe Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts http://www.clarku.edu
oTulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana http://www.tulane.edu
Sweden
oUniversity of Athens, Georgia http://www.gsu.edu
oUppsala University http://www.uu.se
oUniversity of Illinois at Urbana Chamapign http://www.uiuc.edu/index.html
Switzerland
oUniversity of Nevada, Reno http://www.unr.edu/content
oUniversité de Genčve http://www.unige.ch
oUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.unc.edu
oUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania http://www.pitt.edu
oUniversité de Lausanne http://www.unil.ch
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond http://www.vcu.edu
oUniversité de Neuchâtel http://www.unine.ch
Ukraine
oIvan Franko University Lvov www.franko.lviv.ua
o"Yuriy Fedkovich" National University Chernivtsi www.chnu.cv.ua
Odessa National "I.I. Mechnikov" University www.osu.odessa.ua
Uzhgorod State University www.univ.uzhgorod.ua
Interuniversity agreements
FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY,
Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ
Recent history
1968-1978 – Faculty of Biology-Geology-Geography
specializations: geography
1979-1989 - Faculty of Biology-Geology-Geography
specializations: geography-one foreign language
1990- new specializations are established:
geography
environmental studies
land cadastre
touurism
Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005
Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005
FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY,
Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ
Recent history
1993 – Faculty of Geography, specializations:
geography
geography – one foreign language
environmental studies
land cadastre
territorial planning
tourism
Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005
Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005
FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY,
Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ
Recent history
1994 – Faculty of Geography,
specializations:
geography (romanian, hungarian, german)
geography – one foreign language (romanian,
german)
tourism (romanian, hungarian)
environmental science
topography (romanian, hungarian)
Territorial planning
Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005
Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005
FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY,
Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ
Recent history
2001 – romanian : 5 specializations
hungarian :4 specializations
german: 2 specializations
2003 – master programs in Romanian, Hungarian, French,
English
Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005
Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005
FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY,
Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ
Recent history
2005 the Bologna process starts
Specializations:
Geography (rom, hun, germ)
Geography of tourism (rom, hun)
Territorial planning (rom)
Cartography (rom)
Master programs in Romanian, Hungarian, French, English
Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005
Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005
FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY,
Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ
Recent history
2005 situation:
3 departments :
- Physical Geography
- Regional Geography
- Human Geography
Total of 76 people-teaching staff
Total of 2400 studenst (including the 4 territorial colleges)
Publications (books, courses, 2 journals),
Laboratories, research, institutes, associations, etc.
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FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY,
Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ
geography
geography – one
foreign language
tourism
environmental science
topography
territorial planning
1993
geography
geography
geography – one
foreign language
tourism
geography – one
foreign language
tourism
topography
topography
+ diversification of
master
territorial planning
territorial planning
Geography
Geography of tourism
Territorial planning
Cartography
2001-2004
2000
2005
Faculty of
Environmental Sciences
Saturated human
resources market
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Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005
FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY,
Babes-Bolyai University, CLUJ
Local projection of the Bologna conditions . . .
The base training time is decreasing from 4 to 3 years
The academic stuff is paid based on
teaching hours, . . .
Curricula changes were made in that way, that the
teaching hours remained the same, actually the
number of theorethical hours increase impair to the
seminars and practical-lab hours
Changing Horizons in Geography Education Herodot/Eurogeo Conference 2005
Toruń, Poland 2nd - 5th September 2005
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