COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 2008 HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NEVZAT GÜMÜŞ

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course, the reasons for Turkey's social and economic developments, the results reveal relationships within the network.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this module, typical students should be able to understand the reasons for the different cultural environments developed on the natural environment in Turkey and understand the causes of migration flows between regions of social and economic structure and spatial distribution of population
2   At the end of this module, typical students should be able to analyze the relationship between the development of manpower in the country
3   At the end of this module, typical students should be able to identify the spatial diversity on agricultural, industrial and service sectors
4   At the end of this module, typical students should be able to establish the relationship between geological structure and mineral deposits
5   At the end of this module, typical students should be able to realize natural landscape and cultural differences in comprehension newly emerging tourism in a globalized world order
6   At the end of this module, typical students should be able to know the importance of sustainable use of policies for the protection of natural and cultural elements

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definitions and concepts Lectures
2 Turkey's population and population distribution Lectures
3 Turkey's population characteristics and population movements Lectures
4 Geography of Settlement in Turkey, Rural Settlements Lectures
5 Urban Settlements in Turkey Lectures
6 Agriculture in Turkey Lectures
7 Forestry and animal husbandry in Turkey Lectures
8 General Examination, Course evaluation, midterm exam
9 Mineral deposits and mining in Turkey Lectures
10 Turkey's energy sources Lectures
11 Industry in Turkey Lectures
12 Transport in Tırkey Lectures
13 Tourism activities in Turkey Lectures
14 Turkey s foreign trade Environmental issues in Turkey Lectures
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay, I. (2004) Türkiye Coğrafyası ve Jeopolitiği, Meta Matbacılık, ISBN: 975-94965-7-7, Izmir
Şahin, C., Doğanay, H. & Özcan, N.A. (2007) Türkiye Coğrafyası, Gündüz Yayıncılık, ISBN: 975-6859-54-7, Ankara.
Karabağ, S. ve Şahin, S. (2003) Türkiye Beşeri ve Ekonomik Coğrafyası, Gündüz eğitim ve yayıncılık, ISBN:975-6859-39-3, Ankara.
Şahin, C. & Sipahioğlu, Ş, (2004) Doğal Afetler ve Türkiye, Gündüz Yayıncılık, ISBN: 975-6859-29-6, Ankara.
Şahin, C., Doğanay, H. & Özcan, N.A. (2007) Türkiye Coğrafyası, Gündüz Yayıncılık, ISBN: 975-6859-54-7, Ankara.
Tunçbilek, N. (1985) Türkiye de Relief Şekilleri ve Arazi Kullanımı, Istanbul Üni. Yay. Istanbul.
Yazıcı, H ve Koca, M.K. (2007), Türkiye Coğrafyası ve Jeopolitiği, PegemA yayıncılık, ISBN:9944-919-79-9, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Directed Readings, Problem Solving Classes

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)

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Gümüş
nevzat.gumus@deu.edu.tr
(office tel) 902323012294
(gsm) 905335765054

Office Hours

Thuesday, 10.00-11.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 2 26
Pre Class Self Study 13 1 13
Midterm Preparation 1 4 4
Final Preparation 1 5 5
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
Final Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15455455
LO.25455455
LO.3555
LO.45555
LO.55455455
LO.65444555

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