COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
COE 3003 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY 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

Learning the basic features of Turkey's population and understand the importance of knowing the properties of the population of one place in terms of sustainable development planning.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the concept of Human Geography of Turkey
2   Knows the people and events contributing the development and growth in human geography in Turkey.
3   Learn about basic issues on population of Turkey (the importance of the population, census and consequences of population change, distribution of population, population density, future of population, births, deaths, the number and size of household, sex structure; educational, and cultural characteristics of population ... etc.) and produce graphics and maps about these issues
4   Analyze on the migration of Turkish population.
5   Evaluate the policies of Turkey's population; take the responsibility to find solutions in problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Development of Human Geography of Turkey in Historical Process
2 Turkey's Population (The Importance of Population, Census and Population Change-Causes and Consequences-)
3 The population of Turkey (Geographical Distribution of Population and Population Density in Turkey)
4 Turkey's Population (Population of Turkey in the Future, Turkey's Population according to Neighbors)
5 Turkey's Population (Births and Deaths, the Number and Size of Household)
6 Turkey's Population (Sex and Age Structure, Religion and Language Properties)
7 MIDTERM EXAM
8 Field Trip (Industrial Zones)
9 Population Policies / Politics
10 Migration Movements in the Turkish Population (Migrations from External to the Second Motherland)
11 Migration Movements in the Turkish Population (Migrations from External to the Second Motherland)
12 Migration Movements in the Turkish Population (Migrations from Homeland to the Foreign Countries)
13 Documentary on Immigration
14 Population Problems and Solution Proposals
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Alagöz, Cemal Arif (1943). Türk Coğrafya Kurumunun Amaçları ve Çalışmaları. Türk Coğr. Derg. S: 3-4, s: 396-403. Ankara. Rapor.
Alagöz, Cemal Arif (1968). Türk Coğrafya Kurumu, III. Türk Coğrafya Kongresi, XVIII, Meslek Haftası, Açılış Konuşması, Türk Coğr. Derg. Sayı:24-25, Ankara.
Alagöz, Cemal Arif (1973). Coğrafya Enstitüsü Tarihçesi. Türk Kültürü 50. Yıl Armağanı. Ankara. Ayrı Basım.
Atalay, Ibrahim. (2005). Türkiye'nin Beşeri ve Ekonomik Coğrafyası, Inkılâp Yayınları, Istanbul.
Izbırak, Reşat (1976). Türkiye'de Son Yarım Yüzyıl Içinde Coğrafya Alanında Gelişmeler. Ankara Üniv. DTC

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 2 2
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) 65

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.24
LO.34
LO.44
LO.55

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