1	Course Title:	PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY
2	Course Code:	SOS2001
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. SEÇİL ŞENYURT
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	secilalkis@uludag.edu.tr, 0 224 29 42 285 Uludağ Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Aim of this course is to teach basic facts, terms, notions and events related to Turkey’s physical geography characteristics and make them gain basic information and skill on teaching of Turkey geography.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 He/She will be able to comprehend definition, subject, chapters, goals and principles of Turkey’s physical geography.; 2 He/She will be able to comprehend definition, subject, chapters, goals and principles of Turkey’s physical geography.; 3 He/She will be able to interpret relations and interactions between different provices and regions in Turkey.; 4 He/She will be able to define basic terms and notions used in physical geography.; 5 He/She will be able to analyze basic terms and notions used in physical geography.; 6 He/She will be able to examine reasons, development, characteristics and consequences of complex relations between natural and human environment in Turkey.; 7 He/She will be able to comprehend and interpret characteristics, geographical distribution and reflections of Turkey’s major physical geography components. ; 8 He/She will be able to comprehend and interpret main subjects of Turkey’s physical geography such as mountains, rivers, lakes, soil, vegatation.; 9 He/She will be able to analyze and interpret natural processes in terms of geomorphology, climatology, hydrography and plant geography.; 10 He/She will be able to evaluate physical potential of Turkey between the world countries.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Turkey's geographical location, neighbors, place, borders and importance among the countries of the world.
2	Physical geography features of Turkey.
3	Physical geography features of Turkey.
4	mountains
5	basins
6	rivers
7	lakes
8	Turkey's climate
9	exam
10	soils
11	Vegatation geography of Turkey
12	Vegatation geography of Turkey
13	case study investigatiıon
14	general evaluation

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	• Atalay, İbrahim, “Geopolitics and geography of Turkey”, META Basım, İzmir, 2011
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	0	10	30
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	1	1
Others	1	4	4
Final Exams	1	2	2
Total WorkLoad			121
Total workload/ 30 hr			4,03
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 PQ13 PQ14 PQ15 PQ16 LO1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO5 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High