GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY/SBÖ203
Course Title: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY
Credits 2 ECTS 3
Course Semester 3 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
Understands the physical features of Turkey.
To understand Turkey's main lines of geological and geomorphological features.
To predict factors which are affect the Turkey's climate.
To predict Turkey's climate elements and characteristics using data.
To associate the Turkey's distribution of soil and characteristics with the effective factors.
To analyze distribution Turkey’s natural vegetation formation assosciating with the ecological conditions.
To analyze Turkey's hydrograhic characateristics and potential distribution with natural envirenmental conditions.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  the geological characteristics of turkey
2. Week  Geomorphological features of Turkey
3. Week  Turkey's mountains
4. Week  Turkey's plateaus and plains
5. Week  Turkey River and Coastal Topography
6. Week  Turkey's Glacial, Wind, Volcano and Karst Topographies
7. Week  Week Factors affecting the climate of Turkey
8. Week  midterm exam
9. Week  Elements of Climate in Turkey
10. Week  Turkey climate types
11. Week  Turkey's vegetations
12. Week  Turkey's rivers and lakes
13. Week  Turkey's groundwater
14. Week  Turkey's soils
15. Week  Naturel Disasters in Turkey.
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
6
2
12
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
4
8
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
2
3
6
 Preparing a Presentation
1
4
4
 Presentation
1
1
1
 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: 
75
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
3
 -- 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)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/abulent)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (abulent@gazi.edu.tr)