1	Course Title:	POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
2	Course Code:	COG0502
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
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. BAYRAM ÇETİN
16	Course Lecturers:	yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	bayramcetin@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To ensure that the political geography sub-discipline, which deals with the spatial aspects of political activities, has evolved from its emergence to the present, its basic concepts and main approaches.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Have knowledge about the political geography sub-discipline that deals with the spatial aspects of political activities, its development from its emergence to the present, its basic concepts and main approaches. Will be able to analyze the relationship between geography and political organizations.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Basic concepts such as politics, politics, political philosophy and political geography will be taught.; 2 The relationship between geography and politics, and the effect of geography on politics will be taught.; 3 The emergence and development of political geography. To be informed about Politische Geographie-Friedrich Ratzel.; 4 Knowledge about the subject of political geography and the field of study.; 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 Knowledge about the types of states according to different criteria will be learned.; 7 The shape of the state land and the effects of its geographical elements on the structure, ideology and power of the state will be taught. Geopolitical theories and their effects on international politics will be taught.; 8 The effects of human factors such as population, culture, social structure, economy, knowledge and technology on the structure, ideology and power of the state will be taught.; 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	Basic concepts such as politics, politics, political philosophy, political geography.
2	Relations between geography and politics, the effect of geography on politics.
3	The emergence and development of political geography. Politische Geographie-Friedrich Ratzel.
4	Subject and field of study of political geography
5	Organizations in political geography. State, nation and national state and non-state actors etc.
6	Classification of States according to Different Criteria
7	The effects of natural geographical factors on the structure, ideology and power of the state
8	The form of the state land, the effects of its geographical elements on the structure, ideology and power of the state
9	The effects of human geographical factors on the structure, ideology and power of the state
10	The effects of human factors such as population, culture, social structure, economy, information and technology on the structure, ideology and power of the state
11	Power centers and power struggles around the world
12	Conflict zones in the world
13	Political Borders and border conflicts
14	Geopolitical theories and their impact on international politics

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Flint, C., Taylor, P. J., 2014, Siyasi Coğrafya, Dünya - Ekonomisi, Ulus-Devlet ve Yerellik . Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık Lacoste, Y., 2004, Coğrafya Savaşmak İçindir. Doruk Yayımcılık, Ankara. Günel, K., 2010, Coğrafyanın Siyasal Gücü. Çantay Kitabevi, İstanbul. Akengin, H., 2013, Siyasi Coğrafya, İnsan ve Mekân Yönetimi. Pegem Akademi. Karabulut, B., 2013, Strateji, Jeostrateji, Jeopolitik. Barış Kitap, Ankara. Tezkan, Y., Taşar, M. M., 2013, Dünden Bugüne Jeopolitik Dünya ve Türkiye. Ülke Yayın Habercilik, İstanbul. Karabağ, S., 2014, Jeopolitik Açıdan Sınırlar. Pegem Akademi. Heywood, A., 2019, Siyaset. Felix Kitap. Hasanov, A., 2012, Jeopolitik. Babıali Kültür yayıncılığı, İstanbul. Defay, A., 2009, Jeopolitik. Dost Kitabevi.
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 examination
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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	8	112
Homeworks, Performances	1	14	14
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	1	1
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	1	1
Total WorkLoad			156
Total workload/ 30 hr			5,2
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

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

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High