COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 1

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CAE 1002 ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 1 COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RAZIYE ÇAKICIOĞLU OBAN

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

Graduated students may contributed effectively approaches and proposal in the sustainable development context, because to know very well interpretation between the natural environment and social and economic properties in given area.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the concept of General Economic Geography
2   Analyze the Development of Economic Geography.
3   Evaluate the Policies of the Global Economy.
4   Analyze the Global Economic Embodiment.
5   Take responsibility for Economic Development applications.
6   Know the main economic activity and its importance
7   Apply theoretical information in field studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The subject of economic geography, aim, region and basic concepts
2 The relationship between geography and economy relation and its importance
3 the development of economic geography in the historical process, the shaping of the global economy, Companies
4 types of economic activity, production, consumption and distribution and the geographical factors affecting them
5 agricultural activities, development of agriculture in historical process
6 agricultural production, mainly agricultural methods
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 affecting factors on agriculture
9 the main problems of world agriculture
10 agricultural areas
11 livestock, the importance of livestock, livestock methods, distribution and problems
12 seafood, forestry
13 mining, economic geography aging (agriculture, energy, food, water, etc.)
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay, Ibrahim. (2005). Türkiye'nin Beşeri ve Ekonomik Coğrafyası, Inkılâp Yayınları, Istanbul.
Atalay, Ibrahim. (2005). Genel Beşeri ve Ekonomik Coğrafya, Mete Basım Yayıncılık, Izmir.
DARKOT, Besim (1972). Türkiye Iktisadi Coğrafyası, Istanbul Üniversitesi Yayınlarından, No: 1307, Coğrafya Enstitüsü Yay. 51, Istanbul.
TANOĞLU, Ali (1971). Iktisadi Coğrafya, Enerji Kaynakları, Istanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları, No: 124, Coğrafya Enstitüsü No: 6, Istanbul.
Tümertekin, Erol (1972). Iktisadi Coğrafya, Istanbul Üniversitesi Yayın No: 1703, Coğrafya Bölümü Yayın No: 67, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, observation trips, seminars / the Internet, various institutions, organizations, and interviews with faculty members.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

raziye.oban@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Field study 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.34
LO.45
LO.5
LO.64
LO.73

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