COURSE SYLLABUS

URBAN GEOGRAPHY

1	Course Title:	URBAN GEOGRAPHY
2	Course Code:	COG2005
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):	3
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. BAYRAM ÇETİN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	bayramcetin@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The emergence of cities, urbanization and urban land use patterns to teach.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To be able to comprehend the settlements, which are the most important activity of man, with their spatial characteristics, to analyze the relations between cities and related settlement systems.

Learning Outcomes:

1	The student knows what it means to the city, news of approaches are used in the geography of the city.;
2	Students taking this course, then the inner city and understand the relationship between cities and their surroundings.;
3	Differentiate between urban and rural settlements. ;
4	Show the horizontal distribution of cities, together with their reasons.;
5	Show the vertical distribution of cities, together with their reasons.;
6	Describe the urban functions.;
7	Classify the cities;
8	Describe affecting urban land use of dominant function or functions;
9	Arrange in order the factors affecting urban land use based on their effectiveness.;
10	Recognize and define the patterns of urban land use in the historical development process;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Definition of cities and of related concepts
2	Origin of the city and the major theories
3	Main urban landscapes
4	Urban physical environment
5	City in the geographical models (Thünen model, such as central place theory)
6	Inner city land patterns
7	City and its hinterland
8	Urbanization, urbanization and urban types of functions, functional classification of cities
9	Administrative functions
10	Cultural function
11	Industrial function
12	Commercial function
13	Transport function, other functions,
14	Classification of cities, Urban perception

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Beaujeu-Garnier, J., Chabot, G., (1967), Urban Geography, John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York. Carter, H., (1983), An Introduction to Urban Historical Geography, Adward Arnold, London. Göney, S., (1984), Şehir Coğrafyası I, İst. Üniv. Edb. Fak. Yay. No: 2274, Coğ. Ens. Yay. No: 91, İstanbul. Haggett, P., (1983), Geography: A Modern Synthesis, Harper & Row Publishers, New York. Hall, T., (2001), Urban Geography (second edition), Routledge, London. Knox, P. L., (1982), Urban Social Geography, An Introductıon, Longman, New York. Mumford, L., (1961), The City in History, Penguin Books, London. Thomas, J.C., (1982), Urban Geography, A First Approach, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	10
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	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	Written exam
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High