COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELECTIVE V (NATURAL HERITAGE OF TURKEY I)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
COE 4025 ELECTIVE V (NATURAL HERITAGE OF TURKEY I) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR RAZIYE ÇAKICIOĞLU OBAN

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to learn Heritage, Natural Heritage and the concepts on Natural Heritage and to recognize of Turkey's natural heritage resources and to understand of the importance of the these resources in terms of sustainable tourism development.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the concept of natural heritage information.
2   Classify Turkey's natural heritage resources.
3   Become aware of Turkey's natural heritage resources.
4   Assess the natural heritage resources through tourism and plan it in Turkey.
5   Create awareness about the importance of using protection of natural heritages in terms of sustainable development.
6   Use theoretical information in field studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Concepts about Natural Heritage
2 Field Trip (Natural History Museum)
3 Heritage Tourism and the Geographical Heritage
4 Geomorphologic Heritage Resources (Volcanic Heritages - pyroclastic cones, caldera, maar etc.)
5 Geomorphologic Heritage Resources (Coastal Heritage-cliff, beach, tombolo, coastal dune, ria, coastal promenade, delta etc.).
6 Field Trip (Kula volcanic heritage areas) or Documentary
7 MIDTERM EXAM
8 Geomorphologic Heritage Resources (Karst Heritage - caves, karstic pits, sinkhole, travertine terraces etc.)
9 Geomorphologic Heritage Resources (Glacial Heritage - glaciers, glacial lake etc)
10 Geomorphologic Heritage Resources (Water Heritage - heritage lakes and heritage rivers)
11 Geomorphologic Heritage Resources (Water Heritage - heritage river-canyon, delta, waterfall etc.)
12 Biogeographically Heritage - the Heritage of Flora
13 Biogeographically Heritage - the Heritage of Fauna
14 Soil Heritage
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Ahipaşaoğlu, Suavi; Değirmencioğlu, Özdal ( ). Anadolu'da Turizm Rehberliği Temel Bilgileri, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.
Akçura, N. (1975). Korunması Gerekli Alanlar, Tanımları, Koruma Araç ve Yöntemleri, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Mimarlık Tarihi ve Restorasyon Enstitüsü Bülteni (MTRE), Tarihi Çevre Korunması Semineri Bildirileri, Sayı 4, [33 - 39], Istanbul.
Akdamar, Ali (2005). Sürdürülebilir Bölgesel Kalkınma, Tarihi Kentler Birliği Dergisi, Ocak, Şubat, Mart 2005, Sayı 1, [44 - 46], Istanbul.
Atalay, Ibrahim (1997). Türkiye Coğrafyası, Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları, Izmir.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, observation trips, seminars / the Internet, various institutions, organizations, and interviews with faculty members.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Arasınav
2 DTK Diğer Etkinlik
3 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
4 BNS BNS VZ * 0.30 + DTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Bütünleme Notu
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.30 + DTK * 0.10 + BUT * 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)

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
Tutorials 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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