COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANALYSIS OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAC 6055 ANALYSIS OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN ÇUKUR

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

It is aimed that evaluation of data collected by means of dendrochronological methods in the field; mapping and taking into account the components of the environment; to be analyzed the natural environment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know dendrocronologic methods
2   To know how it take to the samples
3   To know evaluating to the data by means of the appropriate method and software
4   To know to do standardize to the data
5   To know affecting factors on the environment and according to this situation, to identify areas will be collect data

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Defining to dendrochronology
2 Historical development of the dendrochronology
3 Using areas of dendrochronology method
4 Using of dendrochronology in Geography
5 To be used equipments in dendrochronology
6 Collecting samples from trees
7 Collecting samples from trees
8 Midterm Exam
9 Evaluation of the data received with the Pressler increment borer
10 Measuring length of the tree
11 Confirming the accuracy of the data
12 Entering the data in the SPSS program
13 Creating data sets
14 Interpreting to the data
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

FRITTS H C., Tree Rings and Climate, Laboratory of Tree Rings Research University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Academic Press, San Francisco, 1976
Atalay I., Toprak Coğrafyası,
ÇUKUR H., Ege Bölümünün Ekosistemleri, DEÜ. Sosyal Bilimler Ens. Izmir, 1998 (Yayımlanmamış Doktora Tezi)
ÇUKUR, Hasan (ATALAY, I., SEZER, L.,I., ile), Kızılçam (Pinus brutia Ten.) Ormanlarının Ekolojik Özellikleri ve Tohum Nakli Açısından Bölgelere Ayrılması, Izmir-1998
The Ecologic Properties of Red Pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) Forests and Their Regioning in Terms of Seed Transfer.
Atalay I., Vejetasyon Coğrafyasının Esasları
Atalay I., Türkiye Vejetasyon Coğrafyası

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Application

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hasan.cukur@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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 10 40
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Field study 2 10 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1222
LO.2
LO.3233
LO.4343
LO.5553