Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / COG 412 - GEOGRAPHY

Code: COG 412 Course Title: ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN TURKEY Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department GEOGRAPHY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer AHMET UYSAL (ahmetuysal@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 students; Turkey is a rapidly growing cities and the new industrial zone, located in the world's industrialized and emerging intersections. This location brings along various environmental problems. In this course, students will learn about the origins and effects of the environmental problems in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 . PO-1 Cografya biliminde kuramsal ve uygulamali bilgilere sahip olma
PO-2 Cografya biliminin temel terimlerini kavrama ve cografi terminolojiyi yerinde kullanabilme.
Examination
LO-2 . PO-3 Cografya bilimi kapsaminda mekani dogal ve beseri özellikleriyle tanima, mekanin kullanimindan kaynaklanan sorunlari tespit edebilme, çözüm önerisi sunabilme.
PO-6 Disiplinler arasindaki çalismalarin önemini kavrama, bilgi ve becerilerini diger disiplinlerle paylasabilme ve ortak projelerde degerlendirebilme.
PO-7 Mekan ve mekani olusturan fiziki ve beseri unsurlar arasinda iliski kurabilme ve bu iliskileri yorumlayabilme becerisi
Examination
LO-3 . PO-6 Disiplinler arasindaki çalismalarin önemini kavrama, bilgi ve becerilerini diger disiplinlerle paylasabilme ve ortak projelerde degerlendirebilme.
PO-10 Bölgesel dengesizlik, iklim degisikligi, kentlesme, küresellesme, sürdürebilirlik, göç, çevre sorunlari gibi konulari genis bir bakis acisi ile yorumlayabilme
PO-11 Cografi konulari, sistematik bir yaklasimla ele alma, arastirma ve sunma becerisi
Examination
LO-4 . 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
.Definitions and concepts: Environment, Ecology, Ecosystem; Pollution sources and effective geographical factors; air pollution and air quality in Turkey; water quality and pollution in Turkey; soil pollution and soil issues in Turkey; nuclear pollution in Turkey; EU-Turkey Environmental Policy
Weekly Course Content
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8 mid-term exam
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16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 ERİNÇ S, 1986, Arazi Kullanımı ve Degredasyon Faliyetleri, İ.Ü. yay., İstanbul
2 ISHER James (Ed.), 1992, Geography and Development –A World Regional Approach, Macmillan Publ.
3 PEL Necmettin, 1992, Doğa Çevre Ekoloji ve İnsanlığın Ekolojik Sorunları, Altın Kitaplar Yay., İstanbu
4 KELEŞ R.- HAMAMCI C., 1998, Çevrebilim, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara
5 KELEŞ R.- HAMAMCI C., 1998, Çevrebilim, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara
Required Course instruments and materials
.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) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 6 30
       b) Search in internet/Library 5 6 30
       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 6 3 18
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 8 4 32
final exam 1 1 1
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Total work load; 140