1	Course Title:	POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
2	Course Code:	SOS3005
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
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. EMİN ATASOY
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Emin Atasoy eatasoy@uludag.edu.tr, 0 224 29 42 282 Uludağ Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi ABD
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To provide students with basic knowledge and skills about geopolitics, global political problems and basic political concepts.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To raise citizens who are sensitive, informed and conscious about global political developments, regional conflicts and political problems.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Basic concepts such as politics, politics, political philosophy, political geography will be comprehended.; 2 The relationship between geography and politics, the impact of geography on politics will be comprehended.; 3 The emergence and development of political geography. To have information about Politische Geographie-Friedrich Ratzel.; 4 To have knowledge about the subject and field of study of political geography.; 5 Organizations in political geography. State, nation and national state and non-state actors etc. will be comprehended in terms of their functions in today's political geography. ; 6 Students will be informed about the types of states according to different criteria.; 7 The shape of the state territory, the effects of the geographical elements on the structure, ideology and power of the state will be comprehended. Geopolitical theories and their effects on international politics will be comprehended.; 8 The effects of human factors such as population, culture, social structure, economy, information and technology on the structure, ideology and power of the state will be comprehended.; 9 Power centers and power struggles in the world, conflict zones in the world, political borders and border conflicts will be comprehended. ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The Emergence of Political Geography, Views on Geopolitics
2	Physical Factors in Political Geography: Location, Area, Shape, Boundaries, Landforms, Climate, Soil
3	Human Factors in Political Geography: Population and Settlement
4	Economic Factors in Political Geography: Agriculture, Mines, Energy Resources, Industry, Transportation
5	Major Geopolitical Views and Theories
6	International Organizations: United Nations, European Union, Organization of the Islamic Conference
7	Turkey's Geopolitical Position
8	Midterm Exam
9	Turkey's Political Geography Problems
10	Turkey's Borders and Future
11	Changing World, Middle East and Turkey
12	Electoral Geography
13	Cultural Geography
14	Semi-Annual Final Exam

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Akengin, H. (2010) Political Geography Human and space management, Pegem Akademi Publications Günal, K. (2004), Geography's Political Power, Çantay, Istanbul Güney, S. (1993), Ankara Political Geography, Volume II, Istanbul. Özey, R, (2007), Political Geography, Aktif Publications Istanbul. Flint, C., Taylor, P. J., 2014, Political Geography, World Economy, Nation-State and Locality . Nobel Academic Publishing Lacoste, Y., 2004, Geography is for War. Doruk Publishing, Ankara. Günel, K., 2010, Political Power of Geography. Çantay Bookstore, Istanbul. Akengin, H., 2013, Political Geography, Human and Space Management. Pegem Academy. Karabulut, B., 2013, Strategy, Geostrategy, Geopolitics. Barış Kitap, Ankara. Tezkan, Y., Taşar, M. M., 2013, Geopolitical World and Turkey from Yesterday to Today. Ülke Yayın Habercilik, Istanbul. Karabağ, S., 2014, Geopolitical Borders. Pegem Academy. Heywood, A., 2019, Politics. Felix Book. Hasanov, A., 2012, Geopolitics. Babıali Kültür Publishing, Istanbul. Defay, A., 2009, Geopolitics. Dost Kitabevi.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	60
Final Exam	0	0
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		100
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		0
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	comment and test questions
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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	10	2	20
Homeworks, Performances	1	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	18	18
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	0	24	0
Total WorkLoad			84
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 PQ13 PQ14 PQ15 PQ16 LO1 2 3 5 2 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 2 1 2 4 3 LO2 2 4 1 4 5 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 5 2 2 5 LO3 3 4 2 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 3 5 4 LO4 5 2 4 2 4 4 2 3 2 1 1 3 4 3 1 3 LO5 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 1 1 4 LO6 2 1 4 1 3 1 4 3 5 4 2 5 5 3 3 2 LO7 5 2 4 3 3 1 4 2 3 3 5 2 2 2 4 3 LO8 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 5 1 3 1 2 2 3 4 3 LO9 1 2 4 2 4 2 1 5 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 2

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High