COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 1042 WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ABDULLAH AÇIK

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

The goal of the course is to provide the student with an understanding of the basic principles of geography and apply those principles to the study of world regions. The course emphasizes the physical and human characteristics that make regions distinctive. The physical environment includes landforms and climate while the human landscape is characterized by language, religion, population characteristics, and economic
development. All of these characteristics help define regions of the world. Successful students will gain an understanding of the relationships between Earths landscapes and the people who inhabit those places as well as insight into globalization, development, sustainability and geopolitics. And also they will gain an understanding of transport geography systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize how regional geography combines human and physical geography concepts.
2   Be familiar with the locations of and some attributes of regions, countries, important cities/ports, and important physical/trade features in the world.
3   Learn how maritime administrators approach world geopolitical issues and cargo origins in terms of geographical viewpoint
4   Evaluate reading, listening, and map analysis skills.
5   Discuss the international environment of shipping.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts and ideas in world regional geography. ( The physical, economic, and historical patterns. Landforms, resources, cultures, economic and political systems)
2 Geography and Development in an Era of Globalization
3 U.S.in the geopolitical, economic and social perspective, Canada
4 Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and the Mediterranean Sea
5 Northern Eurasia, Central Asia and Afghanistan
6 The Middle East and Africa
7 Mid-term
8 South and East Asia
9 Southeast Asia/ Australia, New Zealand
10 Structure of international trade, main trade routes and commodity flows.
11 Freight markets, tramp markets, Baltic Exchange, BIFFEX.
12 Liner markets
13 International maritime institutions, international shipping regulations
14 Presentation of term papers

Recomended or Required Reading

World Regional Geography Course Notes,
The Geography of Transport Systems ,Jean-Paul Rodrigue (2013), New York: Routledge, 416 pages. ISBN 978-0-415-82254-1
Farthing, Bruce. 1997. International Shipping, 3rd Edition, LLP.
Prescott, J.R.V. (1985) The Maritime Political Boundaries of the World, London,Methuen. (Prescott is a political geographer).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

They are: 1- Independent reading, 2- Issue based analysis, 3- Brainstorming, 4- Map
Making, 5- Oral presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)


*** 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

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Abdullah Açık
E-mail: abdullah.acik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

H.I.Halil Kesiktaş
Monday 12:00-13:00; Thursday 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 3 0
Final Assignment 0 3 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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