COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CAE 1004 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1 COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ADNAN SEMENDEROĞLU

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

To learn the universe, celestial bodies, earth structure and geological-geomorphological evolution of the earth.
To learn the roles of the running waters in the formation of landforms and learning of climate and major climate types

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the formation of the universe, the universe and celestial bodies
2   To learn the formation, movements and results of the Earth
3   To learn the roles of the internal and external forces on the formation of land forms according to new plate tectonics theory
4   To learn the rocks and minerals whic composed the earth crust
5   To be able to learn geological times and earth's geological evolution
6   To be able to learn climate and major climate types
7   To be able to learn the running waters and fluvial topography

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Universe, the formation of the universe and celestial bodies
2 The structure of the earth, the movements of the earth and its consequences
3 The roles of the internal and external forces on the formation of land forms according to new plate tectonics theory
4 Tthe roles of the external forces on the formation of land forms
5 The rocks and minerals whic composed the earth crust
6 The rocks and minerals whic composed the earth crust
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 Geological times and earth's geological evolution
9 Geological times and earth's geological evolution
10 The running waters and fluvial topography
11 The running waters and fluvial topography
12 Atmosphere, temperature, pressure and winds
13 Humidity, precipitation and precipitation regimes
14 Major climate types
15 SEMESTER FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Erinç, S., (1982). Jeomorfoloji I. I.Ü. Ed. Fak. Yay. No: 2931, Istanbul.
Erinç, S., (1971). Jeomorfoloji II. I.Ü. Ed. Fak. Yay. No: 1628, Istanbul.
Akkuş, A.,(1998), Genel Fiziki Coğrafya, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara
Şahin, C., (1998), Coğrafyaya Giriş. Gündüz Eğitim ve Yayıncılık, Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, land trip and observation

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)

a.semenderoglu@deu.edu.tr
0 232 301 21 28

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 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.1554
LO.2554
LO.3544
LO.454
LO.5544
LO.654
LO.754