COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE OF NATURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GKS 2010 LANGUAGE OF NATURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR MUSTAFA ÖZBAŞ

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

To put forward the results and the causes of social and economic developments on a global scale within the network of relationships

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understands/comprehends human-economic geography and how rapid development/progress happens
2   In addition, evaluates these activities at local, national and global relationships
3   On the other hand comprehends that the global events beyond our immediate area affects our daily lives extremely

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Human Geography (perceptual and behavioral geography and organization of spatial tissues, human geography lesson)
2 Cultural Geography (cultural distribution, cultural ecology, cultural integration, cultural sites, cultural geography in the past, folk culture and popular culture
3 Cultural Differences (Languages, Religions)
4 Population Geography (Population growth, views on population growth, factors that play a role in changing the population, population policies, structure of the population according to age and sex)
5 Migration (causes of migration, prehistoric migrations, great migrations in the past and today, the refugee problem, internal migrations)
6 Rural settlements (rural population, housing, classification of rural settlements and villages, regional differences)
7 Urbanization and cities (origins of the cities and distribution, the economic functions of cities)
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9 Economic development (economic globalization: the rich - poor)
10 Economic activities (agriculture, agricultural zones)
11 Economic activities (fisheries, forestry
12 Economic activities (mining, energy resources)
13 Economic activities (development of the industry, branches of industry)
14 Economic activities (industrial zones) (transportation systems, and events)
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Tümertekin E.& Özgüç N. (2011) Beşeri Coğrafya (Insan, Kültür, Mekan) Çantay Kitabevi,Istanbul
Tümertekin E.& Özgüç N. (2011) Ekonomik Coğrafya (Küreselleşme ve Kalkınma) Çantay Kitabevi,Istanbul
Atalay I. (2007) Genel Coğrafya, META Basım Matbaacılık, Izmir
Şahin C. (2010) Genel Beşeri ve Ekonomik Coğrafya, Gündüz Eğitim ve Yayıncılık, Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Conference, text reading, student presentations, problem-solving

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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 2 26
Pre Class Self Study 13 1 13
Midterm Preparation 1 5 5
Final Preparation 1 10 10
Mid-term Exam 1 1 1
Final Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.145
LO.255
LO.355

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