COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DETERMINATION AND MAPPING OF THE ECO-SYSTEMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAC 6050 DETERMINATION AND MAPPING OF THE ECO-SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ADNAN SEMENDEROĞLU

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

Learning determination and mapping methods of geo-ecosystems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the geo-ecosystem and ecoregion concept
2   Learning the geo-ecosystems in Turkey and in the World
3   Learning the determination of the local biomes (geobiomes)
4   Learning the mapping of geo-ecological regions and local biomes
5   Learning to take advantage of geo-ecological point of view in applied geography

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Geo-ecosystem and ecoregion concept
2 Ecological regions (ecoregions) according to Bailey
3 The wide terrestrial ecoregions (zonobiomes) in the World according to Walter.
4 Zonobiome and orobiome
5 Geobiomes (local biomes)
6 Geobiomes (local biomes)
7 The role of parent material and soil on geobiomes
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 The role of topographic properties and land forms on geobiomes
10 The role of hydrological properties on geobiomes. The role of climatic changes on geobiomes
11 The ecoregions of Turkey
12 The determination of zonobiome, orobiome and local biomes in sample area
13 Practices and investigations in sample areas.
14 Preparation of the geo-ecosystem map
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

WALTER, H., 2002, Vegetation of the earth : The Ecological Systems of The Geo-Biosphere, (Almanca Vegetation und Klimazonen 7. baskıdan çeviren Siegmar-W Breckle, 4. baskı, Completely Revised and Enlarged Edition, Stutgart), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
ATALAY, I., 2008, Ekosistem Ekolojisi ve Coğrafyası. Cilt I, Çevre ve Orman Bakanlığı Yayınları, No: 327, META Basımevi, Izmir.
BAILEY, R. G., 1998, Ecoregions, The Ecosystem Geography of The Oceans and Continents. Springer-Verlag, New York.
SEMENDEROĞLU, A., 2001, Urla-Çeşme Yarımadasının Jeoekosistemleri ve Ekolojik Birimleri. Türkiyenin Kıyı ve Deniz Alanları III. Ulusal Konferansı (26-29 Haziran, 2001) Bildiriler Kitabı. Editörler; E. Özhan, Y. Yüksel.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, observation and land trips.

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 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework+Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students are expected to attend the course and to participate actively. Attendance to the course is compulsory. Students must prepare and present homework on at least two subjects during the semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

a.semenderoglu@deu.edu.tr

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 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 22 22
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Field study 2 12 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.155445
LO.255445
LO.344445
LO.4555553
LO.5554453