COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONSERVATION AREA AND PLANNING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAC 5004 CONSERVATION AREA AND PLANNING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ADNAN SEMENDEROĞLU

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

Learning conservation strategies and management of natural and cultural assets

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning objective and importance of conservation
2   Learning strategies and criteria of conservation
3   Learning the relationship between conservation and development
4   Conservation statuses, protected areas and planning methods for conservation
5   Learning approaches to conservation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Conservation concepts. The development of conservation approaches in Turkey and in the World.
2 International conventions on natural and cultural issues: CBD, the Bern Convention, CITES, CMS, RAMSAR Convention.
3 International conventions related to cultural heritages. European Landscape Convention, Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention), The laws and regulations on conservation of cultural heritages in Turkey.
4 Conservation and planning strategies, planning for protection
5 Ecology-based nature conservation criteria, deep ecology approach
6 Conservation and development, conservation and tourism
7 The differences between sustainable tourism and eco-tourism approaches in terms of conservation concept, the principles of sustainable tourism and eco-tourism
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Site concept in Conservation. National parks and biosphere reserves
10 Natural conservation areas, natural monuments, nature parks, wild life protection areas, marine conservation areas
11 Particular Environmental Conservation areas
12 Practices and investigations in sample area (Izmir Bird Paradise)
13 Non-governmental organizations and conservation. Important bird areas, important plant areas, important natural areas. Natura 2000 protected areas ecological network, marine conservation areas.
14 Sample area investigation (Dilek Peninsula NP)
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Yücel, M., (1995). Doğa Koruma Alanları ve Planlanması. Çukurova Ün. Yay., Adana

TMOB.,(2008). Doğa Koruma ve Planlama. TMOB Şehir Plancıları Odası. Ankara
Türkyılmaz, B., (2009). Doğal Sitler-Izmir ve Çevresinde Irdelenmesi. TMOB Izmir Kent Sempozyumu. S 269-280, Izmir.
Korunan Alanlar Sempozyumu (2005) Bildiriler Kitabı, Isparta

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Using of visual materials and verbal expression. Discussions, group studies, excursions for practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 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 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 22 22
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Field study 2 12 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.144343
LO.2453343
LO.3553353
LO.4443553
LO.544343

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