COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBÖ 3010 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI EKBER GÜLERSOY

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education
Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course, is to give information to teacher candidates about political geography and the main perspectives regarding with political geography, to get the students to comprehend in a systematical way by scrutinizing on scale of the World and for Turkey physical, human and economical factors in political geography, and political, military and economical organisations on the world; to teach the factors that affect the countries' policies, to transfer the effects of these factors on development of countries comperatively, and to interpret national and international policies that Turkey should follow.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to analyse the emergence of the states and their power resources.
2   To be able to classify of states according to political structures.
3   To be able to make evaluations about the politically problematic regions in the world.
4   To be able to analyse, in Balkans-Caucasians-Middle East triangle, the position of Turkey amongst Central Asia-Caspian Sea Basin countries and European countries and African countries, and the advantages-disadvantages that this causes.
5   To be able to make evaluations about operational objectives of regional and global political organizations.
6   To be able to interpret on the political activities within the country and results of these.
7   To be able to comprehend how to be transferred "patriotism" acquisition to students in scope of Turkey's geopolitical-geosociocultural, geoeconomical and geostrategical position and importance.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A) INTRODUCTION
2 B) STATIC FACTORS IN POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY B.1. Area
3 B.2. Form
4 B.3. Boundaries
5 B.3. Boundaries
6 B.3. Boundaries
7 B.4. Location
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9 B.4. Location
10 C) TURKEY'S POSITION: The New World Order in the Globalizing World (New geopolitical / geostrategical Scenarios, Projects), and Turkey's New Geopolitics
11 D) LIMIT DISPUTES ON A GLOBAL SCALE (LAND, SEA AND AIR) AND THE PROBLEM OF SHARING OF WATER RESOURCES
12 E) ENERGY RESOURCES AND ENERGY POLICIES IN THE WORLD
13 F) AEGEAN CONTINENTAL SHELF, TERRITORIAL WATERS AND FIRLINE PROBLEMS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TURKISH-GREEK RELATIONS G) GEOPOLITICAL/GEOSTRATEGICAL IMPORTANCE FROM PAST TO FUTURE OF CYPRUS
14 H) IMPORTANCE AND FUTURE OF TURKISH STRAITS IN A CHANGING WORLD I) UNDERDEVELOPMENT ISSUE IN RESPECT OF POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY I) REGIONAL, CONTINENTAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL-ECONOMICAL-MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS AND POSITION OF TURKEY AMONGST THESE
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

1. GÜNEL, Kâmil (2002) Coğrafyanın Siyasal Gücü, Çantay Kitabevi, Istanbul.
2. GÖNEY, Süha (1979) Siyasi Coğrafya, I.Ü. Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayın No: 103, Istanbul.
3. ÖZEY, R., (2002) Dünya ve Türkiye Ölçeğinde Siyasi Coğrafya, Aktif Yayınevi, Istanbul.
4. AKENGIN, H., (2010) Siyasi Coğrafya, Pegem Akademi Yayınevi, Ankara.
5. LACOSTE, Y., (2008) Büyük Oyunu Anlamak, Jeopolitik: Bugünün Uzun Tarihi, NTV Yayınları, Istanbul.
6. TARAKÇI, N., (2003) Devlet Adamlığı Bilimi: Jeopolitik ve Jeostrateji, Çantay Kitabevi, Istanbul.
7. KORKUT, C., (1970) Siyasi Coğrafya Açısından Devlet Sınırları ve Türkiye'nin Sınırları, Karınca Matbaacılık, Izmir.
8. SEVGI, C. (1988) "Jeopolitik ve Jeostratejinin Tarihsel Gelişimi Açısından Türkiye'nin Stratejik Konumu", Ege Coğrafya Dergisi, Sayı: 4, Izmir, s. 214-249.
9. TARAKÇI, N., (2003) Türkiye ve Dünya Üzerine Jeopolitik Analizler, Çantay Kitabevi, Istanbul.
10. KARABAĞ, S., (2002) Mekânın Siyasallaşması, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation method (via Power Point), discussion, question and answer, brain storming, interpretation of visuals.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Multiple choose tests, written examinations (with long and short answers).

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.gulersoy@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday; 11.30-12.30, 17.00-18.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Homework assignment 2 4 8
Field study 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 72

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.135
LO.235
LO.335
LO.435
LO.535
LO.635
LO.735

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