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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS GEO 4007 ALAN SEç.7 (ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ADNAN SEMENDEROĞLU

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

Turkey's introduction ecological aspects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Specify how to classify the natural environment. 2   Understand the characteristics of Turkey's natural environment. 3   Analysis and evaluation of geographical perspective. 4   Determine the problems and potential of Turkey's natural environment, to analyse the sustainable development according to regions. 5   To explain the negative aspects of human activities on the natural environment in Turkey. 6   A holistic approach to assess the natural environment.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The concept of ecological zones 2 The criteria for distinguishing between ecological zones 3 Climate 4 Topography 5 Soil and main material 6 Vegetation 7 Midterm Exam 8 Mediterranean ecological zone 9 The Black Sea and the Black Sea transitional ecological region 10 Terrestrial ecological zones 11 Transition region 12 The relations between regional ecosystems 13 Plantation species selection by region 14 General evaluation 15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay,I., 2002, Türkiye nin Ekolojik Bölgeleri, Orman Bakanlığı Yay. Atalay,I., 2008, Ekosistem Ekolojisi ve Coğrafyası, Meta Basım, Izmir. Atalay,I., 2009, Büyük Atlas ve Türkiye nin Ekolojik Bölgeleri, Inkılap Yay., Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question Answer, Sampling, Field Studies.

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

Midterm exam, final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

a.semenderoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 2 26 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52 Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4 Preparation for final exam 1 4 4 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 3 LO.2 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 LO.3 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 LO.4 5 5 LO.5 5 4 LO.6