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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS COE 3020 ELECTIVE IV(GEOPOLITICS OF TURKEY) ELECTIVE 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

Explanation of the impact on the geopolitics of Turkey's geographical features.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the importance of the physical location of Turkey on geopolitics. 2   To emphasize the importance of Turkey's geopolitical social and economic characteristics. 3   Develop a sense of love of the homeland and its citizens. 4   To compare the social and economic characteristics of neighbors of Turkey. 5   To learn solution of the problems in the country.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Turkey s physical properties 2 Turkey s physical properties 3 Turkey s human properties 4 Turkey s human properties 5 Turkey s social properties 6 Turkey's economic structure 7 Turkey's economic structure 8 Midterm Exam 9 The main geopolitical views 10 Turkey's geopolitical position 11 The geopolitical location of positive and negative effects 12 Date of positive and negative periods of the process put forward by Turkey's geopolitical position 13 Turkey's relations with its neighbors 14 Principles to strengthen Turkey's geopolitical position 15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay, I.,2011, Türkiye Coğrafyası ve Jeopolitiği, Meta Basım, Izmir.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question Answer, Sampling.

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

Midterm exam, Final exam.

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 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5 Preparation for final exam 1 8 8 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 3 3 3 2 4 LO.2 4 3 4 5 LO.3 4 5 5 LO.4 4 4 3 LO.5 4