COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 2

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CAE 2005 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 2 COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

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 learn the roles of processes and factors on the formation of landforms. Learning karst, glacier, volcano topography, soil and plant geography. To learn the causes and consequences of natural disasters and climate changes

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn the roles of structure, factors and processes in the formation of landforms
2   To be able to learn karst, glacier, volcano topography and formation of coastal forms
3   To be able to learn the evolution of the landforms
4   To be able to learn learn basic subjects about soil and plant geography
5   To be able to learn the causes and consequences of natural disasters and climate changes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The roles of processes and factors in the formation of landforms
2 The roles of structure and faults in the formation of landforms
3 Karstification and karstic landforms, karst topography and the evoluation of karst topography
4 Karstification and karstic landforms, karst topography and the evoluation of karst topography
5 Glacial topography and glacial landforms
6 Periglacial landforms
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 Volcanism, volcanic landforms and volcano topography
9 Volcanism, volcanic landforms and volcano topography
10 Soil formation, the process and factors that plays a role in soil formation, soil types
11 Plant growth-environment conditions of plant communities and classification of plants
12 Plant growth-environment conditions of plant communities and classification of plants
13 Natural disasters (flood, erosion and mass movements, earthquake and tsunami etc.), causes and conclusions of natural disasters results
14 Natural disasters (flood, erosion and mass movements, earthquake and tsunami etc.), causes and conclusions of natural disasters
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Erinç, S., (1982), Jeomorfoloji I. I.Ü. Ed. Fak. Yay. No: 2931, Istanbul.
Erinç, S., (1971), Jeomorfoloji II. I.Ü. Ed. Fak. Yay. No: 1628, Istanbul.
Akkuş, A.,(1998), Genel Fiziki Coğrafya, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara
Şahin, C., (1998), Coğrafyaya Giriş. Gündüz Eğitim ve Yayıncılık, Ankara
Atalay, I., (2001), Genel Fiziki Coğrafya, EÜ Basımevi, Bornova-Izmir

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 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 86

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1545
LO.2545
LO.3545
LO.4545
LO.5545

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