COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELECTIVE III (LAND CLASSIFICATION AND DEGRADATION)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
COE 3017 ELECTIVE III (LAND CLASSIFICATION AND DEGRADATION) ELECTIVE 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 essentials of land classification and land degradation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn land classification concept and its application
2   To learn the natural and socio-economic criteria which are used in land classification
3   To learn physical land degradation concept and its varieties
4   To learn chemical land degradation concept and its varieties
5   To learn the results of land degradation and miss use of the land

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The description and extention of land classification.
2 Natural criteria which are used in land capability classification.
3 The role of socio-economic factors in land capability classification
4 Class I and class II lands
5 Class III and class IV lands
6 Class V and class VI lands
7 Class VII and class VIII lands
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 The description and extention of land degradation
10 Physical land degradation
11 Chemical land degradation
12 Biological land degradation
13 Excursion for practice
14 Desertification and deforestation. The causes and results of land degradation in Turkey and in the World
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Semenderoğlu, A., (2007). Fiziksel Arazi Degradasyonu. Türk Coğr. Derg. S 47, s 75-99. Istanbul.
Semenderoğlu, A., (2006). Kimyasal ve Biyolojik Arazi Degradasyonu. Türk Coğr. Derg. S 45, s 15-41. Istanbul. Istanbul.
Semenderoğlu, A., (2006). Araziden yararlanma ve arazi degradasyonu (Sunu).

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 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Field study 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 85

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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