COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
COE 3001 THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ADNAN SEMENDEROĞLU

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

Learning the geomorphological and geological evolution of Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn formation and distribution of the rocks which have various age and properties in Turkey
2   To learn the internal and external forces which play the role in formation of Turkey throughout geological times
3   To learn the role of external forces, factors and processes in formation of Turkey
4   To learn main landforms of Turkey (mountains, plains and plateaus), erosional and depositional landforms and their distributions
5   To learn the topographical properties (inclination, elevation etc) of Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The distribution of the lands which belonging to various geological times in Turkey
2 The orogenic movements in Turkey
3 The earth movements in Turkey (epeirogenic movements/neotectonic movements)
4 The earthquakes in Turkey, earthquake zones, measures and protection ways.
5 The topographical properties, slope classes, elevation steps and their distribution in Turkey
6 The roles of internal forces in formation of Turkey, volcanism and volcanism types in Turkey
7 The roles of external forces in formation of Turkey
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 The main landforms of Turkey (orogenic, tectonic and volcanic mountains)
10 The main landforms of Turkey (tectonic plains)
11 The deltas and deltaic plains in Turkey.
12 Karstic landforms in Turkey. Plateaus and their distributions in Turkey
13 The structural landforms and Glacial landforms in Turkey
14 Excursion for practice
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay, I., (2000). Türkiye Coğrafyası ve Jeopolitiği. E.Ü. Basımvevi, Bornova.
Atalay, I., Mortan, K., (2010). Türkiye Bölgesel Coğrafyası (4. Baskı). Inkilap Kitapevi, Istanbul.
Atalay, I., (1987). Türkiye Jeomorfolojisine Giriş. E.Ü. Ed. Fak. Yay. No 9, Izmir.
Erinç, S., (1982). Jeomorfoloji I. I.Ü. Ed. Fak. Yay. No: 2931, Istanbul.
Erinç, S., (1971). Jeomorfoloji II. I.Ü. Ed. Fak. Yay. No: 1628, Istanbul.
Yalçınlar, I., (1969). Strüktüral Morfoloji II. I.Ü. Yay. No: 878, Istanbul

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Using of visual materials and verbal expression. Excursions for practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 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)

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 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Field study 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 73

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.14434
LO.2433353344
LO.3543453355
LO.44434333444
LO.5333433

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