COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATIC PROPERTIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN LIFE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Environmental Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN ÇUKUR

Offered to

Environmental Education

Course Objective

It is aimed that Within the framework of statistical data to evaluate the elements of climate, mapping and interpretation of these data

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be distinguished to analised by statistical methods of micro- climatic areas
2   To be map the results obtained from calculations
3   To be interpret to the calculating results and maps.
4   To be determined micro-climatic areas by means of certain methods
5   To be known as a urban climate, thermal islands, synoptic maps and the topic of climatic exchanges.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concepts of zonobiome, micro-clima, topoclimatology
2 The determining elements to natural environment and human factors
3 The properties of climatologic data and methodology
4 Air pressure and winds/direction of prevailing winds
5 The air temperatures and data properties
6 The mapping of thermal data
7 Mapping method according to the lapse-rate
8 Mapping method according to the lapse-rate
9 The determine freezing events in the autumn- first freezing and spring- last freezing period
10 Influences of freezing events on the environment
11 The temperature differences between urban and rural areas
12 The temperature and humidity differences between dry and irrigating agricultural lands
13 Urban/head-island, the effects of settlement patterns
14 The effects of consumption and production of energy on the environment
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay I., Uygulamalı Klimatoloji
Atalay I., Genel Fiziki Coğrafya,
Erol O., Klimatoloji
Erinç S., Umumi Klimatoloji ve iklim çalışmaları
Koçman A., Türkiye Iklimi
Koçman A., Ege Ovalarının iklimi
Cukur H., ve Diğ., Fluctiation of daily precipitation and environmental effects in the Aegean Subregion, 5 th. Turkey Romanian Geographical Academic Seminar.
Cukur H., ve Buldan I., The effect of morphoclimatic factors on olive production in Edremit Gulf (4 th. Turkey Romanian Geographical Academic Seminar)
Cukur H., Daily Precipitation Variations of Selected Meteorological Stations in Turkey, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Cukur H., Edremit Körfezinde Iklim Özelliklerinin Zeytin Yetiştiriciliği Üzerine Etkileri
MASATOSHI, M. Y., Climate in a small area ( an introduction to local meteorology), University of Tokyo pres, 1975, Tokyo Japan

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Research, Discussion, Question-Answer, Group Work, Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STT * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) STT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the term work scores in semester. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

Assignments, final exam and final report presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3. The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes and term work scores will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hasan.cukur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday-16:00; Thursday-16:00

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 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Design Project 2 10 20
Final 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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