COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENERAL ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
COE 2007 GENERAL ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR RAZIYE ÇAKICIOĞLU OBAN

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

Graduated students may contributed effectively approaches and proposal in the sustainable development context, because to know very well interpretation between the natural environment and social and economic properties in given area.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the concept of General Economic Geography
2   Analyze the Development of Economic Geography.
3   Evaluate the Policies of the Global Economy.
4   Analyze the Global Economic Embodiment.
5   Take responsibility for Economic Development applications.
6   Know the main economic activity and its importance
7   Apply theoretical information in field studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Concepts about General Economic Geography
2 Historical Development of Economic Geography
3 Formatting the Global Economy, Global Enterprises
4 Economic Activities - Agriculture
5 Economic Activities - Agriculture
6 Field Trip (Organic Farming -Hobby gardens-Karacaağaç-Kaynaklar)
7 MIDTERM EXAM
8 Economic Activities - Fishing
9 Economic Activities - Fishing
10 Economic Activities - Forestry
11 Economic Activities - Forestry
12 Economic Activities - Minerals
13 Economic Activities - Minerals
14 Economic Activities- Documentary
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay, Ibrahim. (2005). Türkiye nin Beşeri ve Ekonomik Coğrafyası, Inkılâp Yayınları, Istanbul.
Atalay, Ibrahim. (2005). Genel Beşeri ve Ekonomik Coğrafya, Mete Basım Yayıncılık, Izmir.
DARKOT, Besim (1972). Türkiye Iktisadi Coğrafyası, Istanbul Üniversitesi Yayınlarından, No: 1307, Coğrafya Enstitüsü Yay. 51, Istanbul.
TANOĞLU, Ali (1971). Iktisadi Coğrafya, Enerji Kaynakları, Istanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları, No: 124, Coğrafya Enstitüsü No: 6, Istanbul.
Tümertekin, Erol (1972). Iktisadi Coğrafya, Istanbul Üniversitesi Yayın No: 1703, Coğrafya Bölümü Yayın No: 67, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, observation trips, seminars / the Internet, various institutions, organizations, and interviews with faculty members.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 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)

raziye.oban@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
Tutorials 1 4 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 67

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.34
LO.45
LO.5
LO.64
LO.73

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