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OSD FAKÜLTESİ / OSDCOG 301 - ORTAK SEÇMELİ DERSLER BÖLÜMÜ

Code: OSDCOG 301 Course Title: QUATERNARY GEOGRAPHY Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 2
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ORTAK SEÇMELİ DERSLER BÖLÜMÜ
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer EMRE ELBAŞI (eelbasi@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
It is a course aimed at teaching the general characteristics of the geography of the Quaternary.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can define the geography of the Quaternary. PO-
Examination
LO-2 to be able to understand the methods of research and analysis of the Quaternary period. PO-
Examination
LO-3 can explain the main periods of Quaternary. PO-
Examination
LO-4 can explain the sea level changes in the Quaternary. PO-
Examination
LO-5 Can define climate change and explain the causes of the climate change. PO-
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Geographical developments and interdisciplinary studies in the Quaternary.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Course Description Lecture Method
2 General information about geologic time. Lecture Method
3 Geological Time Table Lecture Method
4 General Information About the Quaternary Lecture Method
5 Quaternary Chronology Lecture Method
6 Climate Changes in the Quaternary Lecture Method
7 Major Glacial Periods Lecture Method
8 mid-term exam
9 Interglacial Periods Lecture Method
10 Neotectonic movements in the Quaternary Lecture Method
11 Mediterranean, Black Sea and Caspian Sea Relations Lecture Method
12 Sea Level Changes Lecture Method
13 Consequences of Sea Level Changes Lecture Method
14 Coastal Shapes Formed as a Result of Sea Level Changes Lecture Method
15 Fluvial Shapes Formed by Sea Level Change Lecture Method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Martin Williams, David Dunkerley, Patrick De Deckker, Peter Kershaw, John Chappell,1998, Quaternary Environments: Second edition. Arnold, London
2 Ardos, M., 1996, Türkiye'de Kuvaterner Jeomorfolojisi. Çantay Kitabevi, İstanbul
3 Lutgens, FK., Tarbuck EJ., Tasa, D. (2012). Essentials of Geology, Pearson Prentice Hall.
4 Erol, O. 1979. Dördüncü Çağ. Ankara Üniversitesi, Coğrafya Araştırma Enstitüsü Yayınları, No. 22, Ankara
5 Buzullar ve Buzul Jeomorfolojisi, Hüseyin Turoğlu. İstanbul: Çantay, 2011. xv+592 sayfa (245 şekil + 246 fotoğraf) (ISBN 978-975-9060-82-4)
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 1 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 1 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 1 14 14
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       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 1 1 1
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 1 1
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 60