COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VEGETATION GEOGRAPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CAE 5001 VEGETATION GEOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

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 plant growth-environment conditions like climate, topography, soil and parent material and biotic factors which determine the distribution of plant species and communities. To be able to learn the classification of plants according to temperature, humudity, precipitation and light requirements. To be able to learn the classification of plants according to climate zones and zonobiomes in the World.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn the differences between vegetation and flora concepts
2   To be able to learn plant growth-environment conditions of plant species and communities
3   To be able to learn the classification and distribution of plant species and communities according to temperature requirements
4   To be able to learn the classification and distribution of plant species and communities according to humudity, precipitation and water requirements
5   To be able to learn the vegetation zones according to zonobiome based zonal vegetation classification system 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 The vegetation and flora concepts
2 The climatic factors and light as the growth-environment conditions of plant species and communities
3 The daylight duration and daylenght and temperature factors
4 The classification and distribution of plant species and communities according to temperature requirements
5 The relations among the precipitation factor, humudity and ecophyiological properties of plants. The classification of plants according to water requirements
6 The effects of airpressure, winds and elevation as a topographic factor on distribution of plants
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 The effects of exposition, topographic unevenesses and biotic factors (over grazing, early grazing, forest fires, competition between plants etc)
9 The effects of soil and parent material, the relations phiysical-chemical properties of soil with plant cover
10 The formation of plant formation areas (areals) and floristic zones
11 Plant spreading factors, disjunction of areals, relicts and endemism.
12 The vegetation zones according to Walter's zonobiome based zonal vegetation classification system in the World.
13 The vegetation zones according to Walter's zonobiome based zonal vegetation classification system in the World.
14 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay, I., (2001), Genel Fiziki Coğrafya, EÜ Basımevi, Izmir
Kılınç, M., Kutbay, G., (2007), Bitki Coğrafyası, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara
Kılınç, M., Kutbay, G., (2005), Bitki Sosyolojisi (Vejetasyon Bilimi), Palma Yayıncılık
Inandık, H., (1969), Bitkiler Coğrafyası, I.Ü. Coğ. Enst. Yay., No: 930-32, Istanbul
Erinç, S., (1977), Vejetasyon Coğrafyası, I.Ü. Coğ. Enst. Yay., No: 92, Istanbul

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Presentation, Land Trip and Observation

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


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
Social Sciences Building, Floor 1, No: 202
0 232 301 21 28

Office Hours

Monday 12.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1544
LO.2544
LO.3544
LO.4544
LO.5544

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