COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CAE 2007 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

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

The aim of this course is to learn the basic features of Political Geography in relation to the Physical Geography and Human Geography and Understanding the importance of Turkey in the world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know the basic concepts of Political Geography.
2   Analyze the effects of physical and human geography on Political Geography.
3   Understand the importance of Geographical location features on Political Geography.
4   Recognize the features of world domination theories and analyze the today's world domination theories.
5   Identify the main political groupings in the world and in Turkey assess the causes and consequences of grouping.
6   Identify the political problems in Turkey and the world and to take responsibility for solving problems and sustainable development.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Concepts about Political Geography
2 The central Ideas of Geopolitics and Political Geography and the Importance of Being a judge on Earth
3 The central Ideas of Geopolitics and Political Geography and the Importance of Being a judge on Earth
4 The geopolitical importance of Turkey (Location Properties): Relation between Natural Resources and Political Geography.
5 Turkey, State Structure, Socio-Cultural Characteristics and Importance of Education on Political Geography.
6 Turkey's Geopolitical and Geostrategic Effectiveness on Political Geography
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 Geopolitical and Geostrategic Effectiveness of Environment Countries on Political Geography - (EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA)-RUSSIAN FEDERATION
9 Geopolitical and Geostrategic Effectiveness of Environment Countries on Political Geography - (EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA)-RUSSIAN FEDERATION
10 Geopolitical and Geostrategic Effectiveness of Environment Countries on Political Geography-TURKISH REPUBLICS
11 Geopolitical and Geostrategic Effectiveness of Environment Countries on Political Geography -(EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA)-CHINA
12 Geopolitical and Geostrategic Effectiveness of Environment Countries on Political Geography -(BALKANS)
13 Geopolitical and Geostrategic Effectiveness of Environment Countries on Political Geography -(BALKANS)
14 Field Trip or a Movie about Çanakkale
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Akengin, Hamza (2010). Siyasi Coğrafya, Insan ve Mekân Yönetimi, Pegem Yayıncılık, Ankara.
Atalay, Ibrahim (2004). Türkiye Coğrafyası ve Jeopolitiği, Meta Basım, Izmir.
Atalay, Ibrahim (2005). Genel Beşeri ve Ekonomik Coğrafya, 4. Baskı, Meta Basım Yay. Izmir.
Gökırmak, Mert (2001). Avrasya Jeopolitiğinde Türkiye, Uludağ Universitesi, IIBF Dergisi, Cilt: 19 Sayı: 4 Kış Dönemi Aralık 2001.
Günel, Kamil (1994). Coğrafyanın Siyasal Gücü, Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, Istanbul.
Doğan, Nejat; Kula, Ferit; Öcal, Mehmet (2001). Türkiyenin Jeoekonomisi ve Jeopolitikası, Nobel Yyayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
Karabağ, Servet (2008). Jeopolitik Açıdan Sınırlar, Gazi Yayınları Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 58

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1
LO.25
LO.34
LO.44
LO.55
LO.65

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