GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

CLIMATE TYPES OF TURKEY/5921301

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Understanding the importance of the climate.
Evaluation of climatic data.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Atmosphere and features
2. Week	Factors affecting the climate of Turkey
3. Week	Air masses
4. Week	Geographical factors
5. Week	Climatic elements
6. Week	Temperatures
7. Week	Temperatures, Midterm exam
8. Week	Types of precipitation and precipitation regime
9. Week	Types of precipitation and precipitation regime
10. Week	Atmospheric pressure and winds
11. Week	Evaporation and humidity
12. Week	Classification of climates in Turkey
13. Week	Climate diagrams
14. Week	Climate diagrams, drawings, applications of the diagram
15. Week	Final exam
16. Week

-- 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	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks	4	3	12
Searching in Internet and Library	4	5	20
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation	5	10	50
Presentation	3	4	12
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	2	6	12
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	3	10	30
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			178
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.12
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Dr. Murat Ekici)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mekici/)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(mekici@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University