Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / COG417 - GEOGRAPHY

Code: COG417 Course Title: HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOGRAPHY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 4 / 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 FATMA BETÜL URHAN (betulurhan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) FATMA BETÜL URHAN,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Geography will comprehend the definition of science, its foundations, paradigm shifts in historical context, and will also recognize new trends and thoughts within the discipline. 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
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
PO-2 Cografya biliminin temel terimlerini kavrama ve cografi terminolojiyi yerinde kullanabilme.
PO-11 Cografi konulari, sistematik bir yaklasimla ele alma, arastirma ve sunma becerisi
Examination
LO-2 PO-
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introducing the course and giving information about its content. Lecture, Discussion Method
2 What is geography? Discovery and cosmic tradition. Organizational structure of geography. Specialization and pluralistic structure. Lecture, Discussion Method
3 Fundamentals of geography. Geography in the ancient world. Middle Ages and Renaissance. Environmental determinism. Lecture, Discussion Method
4 French school of regional geography. Landscape and regions. Regional studies in Britain. Lecture, Discussion Method
5 Geography between the 1950s and 1980s: 30 years of development. Lecture, Discussion Method
6 Paradigms and revolutions. Lecture, Discussion Method
7 Positivism and post-positivist criticisms. Lecture, Discussion Method
8 mid-term exam
9 Science as a power that transforms society. Geography and empiricism. Lecture, Discussion Method
10 Humanistic approaches, behavioral geography and welfare geography. Lecture, Discussion Method
11 New trends and thoughts. Structuration theory. Realism. Lecture, Discussion Method
12 Poststructuralism. Postmodernism. Lecture, Discussion Method
13 Gender and feminist geography. Lecture, Discussion Method
14 New tools in geographical research: satellite images and GIS Lecture, Discussion Method
15 Reinventing nature: actor-network theory and hybridity. Lecture, Discussion Method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Jensen, A.H. (2024) Coğrafya Tarihi Felsefesi ve Temel Kavramları, İdil Yayıncılık.
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1
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

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 3 5 15
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 5 15
       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 2 4 8
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 6 12
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 94