COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHISICA GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CAE 2006 PHISICA GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

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 be able to learn the location and position of Turkey. To be to learn climate, soil and vegetation properties, hydrological properties and geological-geomorphological evolution of Turkey. To be to learn mainly environmental problems and natural disasters in Turkey

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn the location and position of Turkey, topographic properties of Turkey (elavation, slope, topographic unevenesses etc)
2   To be able to learn with outlines the climate, plant cover and soil properties of Turkey
3   To be able to learn the main geological formations and their distributions in Turkey
4   To be able to learn the roles and effects of the internal and external forces on the formation of landforms in Turkey
5   To be able to learn the main landforms (mountains, plateaus and plains) of Turkey
6   To be able to learn the outlines of karst, glacier and volcanoe topagrapy of Turkey
7   To be able to learn he effects and consequences of the major environmental problems and natural disasters in Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The location and position of Turkey. The topographic properties (elavation, slope, topographic unevenesses etc) of Turkey
2 The planetar and physical geographical factors which determine the climate of Turkey. The general pressure and wind conditions of Turkey
3 The temperature and evaporation conditions of Turkey
4 Humudity, precipiation conditions and major climate types in Turkey
5 The main geological formations and their distributions in Turkey
6 The roles of internal and external forces which have been effected on the formation of landforms in Turkey
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 The main landforms (mountains, plateaus and plains) of Turkey
9 Karst, glacier topography and volcano topography in Turkey
10 The vegetation geography of Turkey
11 The soil types and their distributions in Turkey
12 The major environmental problems and natural disasters in Turkey
13 The major environmental problems and natural disasters in Turkey
14 The land degratation and its conclusions in Turkey
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay, I., (2001), Genel Fiziki Coğrafya, EÜ Basımevi, Bornova-Izmir
Atalay, I., (2011), Türkiye Coğrafyası ve Jeopolitiği, Meta Basım ve Matbaacılık
Hizmetleri, Izmir
Şahin, C., Doğanay, H., (2000), Türkiye Coğrafyası (Fiziki, beşeri, ekonomik,
jeopolitik)
Hayır Kanat, M., (Editör), (2015), Türkiye Coğrafyası ve Jeopolitiği, Nobel yayıncılık.
Güngördü, E., (2008), Türkiye'nin Coğrafyası, Asil Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti., Ankara
Lecture notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, land trip and observation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 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 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 86

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.3554
LO.4554
LO.5554
LO.6554
LO.7554

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