COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF TüRKIYE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAC 5024 ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF TüRKIYE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RAZIYE ÇAKICIOĞLU OBAN

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

The recognition of Türkiye's natural environment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Türkiye's natural environment, according to the characteristics defining climate, vegetation, soil, main material
2   Classification of the natural environment
3   Reforestation and erosion control of the natural environment to make such selection
4   Continuous utilization of the natural environment
5   To distinguish between ecological zones

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Zoning Türkiye according to the natural environment
2 Zoning sub-regions according to their natural environment
3 Showing the separation of regional and sub-regional slices
4 Showing the separation of regional and sub-regional slices
5 Agricultural systems implemented by region
6 Productivity of vegetation zones
7 Productivity of vegetation zones
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 Causes of species diversity and richness by region
10 Causes of species diversity and richness by region
11 Regional and departmental determination of climax plant species
12 Regional and departmental determination of climax plant species
13 Regional and sub-regional determination using plantation species
14 Field studies
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay,I., 2008, Ekosistem Ekolojisi ve Coğrafyası, Meta Basım, Izmir.
Atalay, I., 2002, Türkiyenin Ekolojik Bölgeleri, Orman Bak. Yay. No:163, Izmir.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question Answer, Sampling.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Although the lecture of the course is done by the instructor of the course, it is expected that the students are prepared for the lesson and active participation. Attendance to the course is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

raziye.oban@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 189

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.143
LO.254
LO.35
LO.454
LO.554