COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLASSIFICATION OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEP 5042 CLASSIFICATION OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Environmental Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Environmental Education

Course Objective

Importance of classification of the natural environment

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The critaria using in the natural environment classification,
2   The learing of the natural environment classification,
3   Importance of the topography and geologic structure in the classification,
4   Importance of climate and plant cover in the classification,
5   Neccessarity of natural environment classification in sustainable development

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Introduction
2 Criteria in the natural environment classification
3 Climatic criteria
4 Pedologic criteria
5 Parent material criteria
6 Topographic criteria
7 Plant cover criteria
8 Midterm Exam
9 Natural system ien the World
10 Ecoregions of Turkey
11 Introduction of Ecregions
12 Land survey
13 Land survey
14 Land survey
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay, I., 2002, Türkiye nin Ekolojik Bölgeleri. Orman Bak. Yay. 167.
Atalay, I., 2008, Ekosistem Ekolojisi ve Coğrafyası. Meta Basım, Izmir.
Atalay, I., 2010, Uygulamalı Klimatoloji. Meta Basım, Izmir

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, explanation, question-answer, collaborative teaching methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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)

Ibrahim.atalay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Every Monday between 13-15 hour

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Proje 2 10 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 168

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.23355555533
LO.33355555533
LO.43355555533
LO.53355555533