Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / COG 201 - GEOGRAPHY

Code: COG 201 Course Title: BIOGEOGRAPHY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department GEOGRAPHY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer RECEP KARA (recepkara@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to examine the distribution of plants on earth. This is to explain the role of climatic, edaphic and anthropogenic effects in the environment of plants in this distribution, together with the geological development of the earth.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 . PO-1 Cografya biliminde kuramsal ve uygulamali bilgilere sahip olma
PO-3 Cografya bilimi kapsaminda mekani dogal ve beseri özellikleriyle tanima, mekanin kullanimindan kaynaklanan sorunlari tespit edebilme, çözüm önerisi sunabilme.
PO-2 Cografya biliminin temel terimlerini kavrama ve cografi terminolojiyi yerinde kullanabilme.
Examination
LO-2 . PO-1 Cografya biliminde kuramsal ve uygulamali bilgilere sahip olma
PO-3 Cografya bilimi kapsaminda mekani dogal ve beseri özellikleriyle tanima, mekanin kullanimindan kaynaklanan sorunlari tespit edebilme, çözüm önerisi sunabilme.
PO-4 Insan-mekan etkilesiminin tespitinde yararlanilan baslica arastirma yontem ve tekniklerini kullanabilme, bu etkilesimin ifadesinde kullanilan gorsel araclari (tablo, grafik, harita) vb hazirlayabilme ve gerekli arac gerecleri yazilimlari kullabilme
Examination
LO-3 . PO-10 Bölgesel dengesizlik, iklim degisikligi, kentlesme, küresellesme, sürdürebilirlik, göç, çevre sorunlari gibi konulari genis bir bakis acisi ile yorumlayabilme
PO-13 Toplumsal sorumluluk ve mesleki etik bilinciyle yasadigi sosyal çevre için mesleki proje ve etkinlikler planlayabilme ve uygulayabilme.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
What is biogeography? Floristic plant geography; Continuous fields, Floristic plant geography; Discontinuous areas and Relict areas, Vikaryant areas, Endemism and endemic areas, Endemism in Türkiye, Chorology; Distribution and migration of living things, Reasons limiting the spread, Geological periods, Flora realms, Floristic regions of Turkey, Biomes; Terrestrial and aquatic biomes.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 History of Biogeography, Phytogeography and Plant Geography Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
2 Geological Periods and Distribution of Plants Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
3 Distribution Areas, Distribution Types, Cosmopolitan and Endemic Plants, Relicts, Vicarianity Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
4 Formation of Areals and Field fragmentation, Migration, Continental Drift Hypothesis Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
5 Ecological Vegetation Geography Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
6 Vegetation Formations Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
7 Vegetation Layers Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
8 mid-term exam
9 World Flora Realms Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
10 Holarctic Flora Realm Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
11 Paleotropic Flora Realm Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
12 Neotropical Flora Realm Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
13 Australian Flora Kingdom Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
14 Cap and Antarctic Flora Realms Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
15 Biomes and Plant Habitats Lecture, Discussion Method, Question and Answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Kılınç, M., Kutbay, G. 2007, Ankara. Bitki Coğrafyası. Palme Yayıncılık
2 Çetik, A.Rıza. 1973, Ankara. Vejetasyon Bilimi. Ülkemiz Matbaası
3 Akman, Y., Ketenoğlu, O., 1987. Vejetasyon Ekolojisi (Bitki Sosyolojisi), Ankara.
4 Akman, Y., Düzenli, A., Güney, K., 2005. Biyocoğrafya, Ankara, Palme Yayıncılık.
5 Kılınç, M., 2005. Bitki Sosyolojisi (Vejetasyon Bilimi), Ankara, Palme Yayıncılık.,
Required Course instruments and materials
Computer, Projector.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 7 3 21
       b) Search in internet/Library 7 3 21
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 7 4 28
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 9 4 36
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 150