GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOPOLITICS OF TURKEY/SBÖ306
Course Title: POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOPOLITICS OF TURKEY
Credits 2 ECTS 2
Course Semester 6 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Political geography, geopolitics, human and space management
To analyze political geography, geopolitics, geostrategy relations and analyzes the factors that influence these disciplines.
To understand 19th at the end of the century until the end of the second world war, which effectively comprehend the theory of dominance.
To analyze Post-Soviet period features and the geopolitical orientation.
To analyze Post-Soviet period features and the geopolitical orientation.
To analyze Post-Cold War geopolitical theories put forward and characteristics in terms of regional and global power centers.
To analyze international organizations grouped according to purpose and function
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Political Geography, Geopolitics and Strategy
2. Week  Factors Affecting the Political Geography
3. Week  Heartland theory
4. Week  The theory of sea control
5. Week  Air Dominance Theory
6. Week  Rimland Theory
7. Week  the Cold War Period
8. Week  midterm exam
9. Week  the Post cold War Period, Jeopolitic region in the World, Theories
10. Week  The End of History and the Last Man's Thesis
11. Week  The Clash of Civilizations
12. Week  The Grand Chessboard
13. Week  New Eurasianism
14. Week  Globalization and Country
15. Week  International organizations grouped according to purpose and function
16. Week  Final exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
4
1
4
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
1
2
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
6
6
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
10
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
50
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
2
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
2
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Graduates get basic knowledge related to Social Sciences diciplines.X
2Graduates gain concepts, skills and values related to Social Sciences diciplinesX
3Graduates design and conclude a research problem in the field of Social Studies Education in accordance with research techniques.X
4Graduates comprehend the aim, content, method and assessment dimensions of social studies program.X
5Graduates follow recent developments and applications in the field of Social Studies Education.X
6Graduates gain an interdisciplinary perspective in Social Studies field which is integrated area.X
7Graduates can organize the teaching and learning atmosphere in accordance with students’ personal development properties (physical, affective, cognitive and psycho-motor).X
8Graduates determine and use the printed, visual and technological materials appropriate to the acquisitions in Social Studies curriculum, effectively.X
9Graduates select problems that prepare student to real life and offer alternatives about their effective solution.X
10Social Studies teacher candidates have the equipment that shall train their student who can take responsibility, can work independently within a project.X
11Graduates plan and implement teaching-learning process according to the characteristics of gains of Social Studies Education.X
12Graduates take into consideration for ethical values in the professional and cultural sense as a Social Studies teacher.X
13Graduates acquire critical thinking and empathy skills open to interpretation issues in Social Studies.X
14Graduates have knowledge and skills about planning of the teaching process.X
15Graduates can collaborate effectively with school, family and community.X
16Graduates can associate the topics covered in social studies education with Ataturks Principles and ReformsX
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assoc. Prof. Bülent AKSOY)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (www.gazi.edu.tr/~abulent , www.gazi.edu.tr)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (abulent@gazi.edu.tr)