COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELDWORK IN GEOGRAPHY II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
COE 4008 FIELDWORK IN GEOGRAPHY II COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

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 of academic investigation methods in the process of undergraduate thesis preparing.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn Preparation of base maps and data base related to the research area
2   To learn Evaluation of data and preparation of the General Geographic Properties section
3   To learn the studies related to main subject (Chapter III-developing part)
4   To learn how to maintain the land and office studies
5   To learn how to prepare the Conclusion and Recommendations Chapter (Chapter IV).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Preparation of basic and specific data bases. Stage in the draft map of the main subject.
2 The sections and subsections of undergraduate thesis.
3 Monitoring of the thesis process through advisors.
4 Producing figures, cross-sections, graphs etc from data base. To deal with the main subject (Part III)
5 Monitoring of the thesis process through advisors.
6 Progress in Part III (development stage)
7 Field and office studies
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Monitoring of the thesis process through advisors.
10 Monitoring of the thesis process through advisors.
11 Monitoring of the thesis process through advisors.
12 Monitoring of the thesis process through advisors.
13 Monitoring of the thesis process through advisors.
14 Preparation of Part IV (conclusions and recommendations). Delivery of thesis and theses evaluation by advisors.
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Semenderoğlu, A., (2009). Coğrafyada Alan Araştırmaları (basılmamış ders notu). Izmir.
Karasar, N., (2011). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri. Nobel Yayınevi, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interviews with advisors, office and field studies

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 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 93

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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