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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MBA 3022 ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

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 (Evening) Maritime Business Administration

Course Objective

This is an introduction to economic geography. The aim is to give the geographical basics of maritime economics. The geo-politic analysis of the states and some important strategic points. The raw materials, industrial products and agricultural goods and their positioning over the world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the distribution of raw materials, minerals, fuels 2   To comprehend the demographic transition 3   To understand the pattern of world manufacture 4   To comprehend the trade and service functions 5   To gain the ability to correlate the transport and trade in the world

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Production and consumption 2 Towns and urban functions 3 The demographic transition 4 National income 5 Minerals and mining 6 Fuel and power 7 Midterm exam I 8 The structure and location theory 9 The pattern of world manufacture 10 Trade and service functions 11 Transport and trade 12 Industrialization process 13 The developed world 14 The developing world

Recomended or Required Reading

Economic Geography, Norman Pounds, London, John Murray Publishers, 1981. Ekonomik Coğrafya: Küreselleşme ve Kalkınma, Erol Tümertekin ve Nazmiye Özgüç, Istanbul, Çantay Kitabevi .

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and active teaching and learning strategies

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 MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 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

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

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 3 36 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48 Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Midterm 2 2 4 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 LO.1 3 3 5 3 3 5 LO.2 3 3 5 3 3 3 5 LO.3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 LO.4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 5 3 LO.5 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3