COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHISICA GEOGRAPHY OF TüRKIYE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CAE 2006 PHISICA GEOGRAPHY OF TüRKIYE 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 be able to learn the location and position of Türkiye. To be to learn climate, soil and vegetation properties, hydrological properties and geological-geomorphological evolution of Türkiye. To be to learn mainly environmental problems and natural disasters in Türkiye

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn the location and position of Türkiye, topographic properties of Türkiye (elavation, slope, topographic unevenesses etc)
2   To be able to learn with outlines the climate, plant cover and soil properties of Türkiye
3   To be able to learn the main geological formations and their distributions in Türkiye
4   To be able to learn the roles and effects of the internal and external forces on the formation of landforms in Türkiye
5   To be able to learn the main landforms (mountains, plateaus and plains) of Türkiye
6   To be able to learn the outlines of karst, glacier and volcanoe topagrapy of Türkiye
7   To be able to learn he effects and consequences of the major environmental problems and natural disasters in Türkiye

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The location and position of Türkiye. The topographic properties (elavation, slope, topographic unevenesses etc) of Türkiye
2 The planetar and physical geographical factors which determine the climate of Türkiye. The general pressure and wind conditions of Türkiye
3 The temperature and evaporation conditions of Türkiye
4 Humudity, precipiation conditions and major climate types in Türkiye
5 The main geological formations and their distributions in Türkiye
6 The roles of internal and external forces which have been effected on the formation of landforms in Türkiye
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 The main landforms (mountains, plateaus and plains) of Türkiye
9 Karst, glacier topography and volcano topography in Türkiye
10 The vegetation geography of Türkiye
11 The soil types and their distributions in Türkiye
12 The major environmental problems and natural disasters in Türkiye
13 The major environmental problems and natural disasters in Türkiye
14 The land degratation and its conclusions in Türkiye
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay, I., (2001), Genel Fiziki Coğrafya, EÜ Basımevi, Bornova-Izmir
Atalay, I., (2011), Türkiye Coğrafyası ve Jeopolitiği, Meta Basım ve Matbaacılık
Hizmetleri, Izmir
Şahin, C., Doğanay, H., (2000), Türkiye Coğrafyası (Fiziki, beşeri, ekonomik,
jeopolitik)
Hayır Kanat, M., (Editör), (2015), Türkiye Coğrafyası ve Jeopolitiği, Nobel yayıncılık.
Güngördü, E., (2008), Türkiye'nin Coğrafyası, Asil Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti., Ankara
Lecture notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Presentation, Land trip and Observation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 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 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
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.1554
LO.2554
LO.3554
LO.4554
LO.5554
LO.6554
LO.7554

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