Information Package / Course Catalogue
Turkey's Human and Economic Geography
Course Code: SBÖ258
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

In this course, students Turkey's human and make them understand the economic geography characteristics, these features the country's geo-economic and perform the evaluation in terms of its geopolitical position to contribute to arrive on the situation and to make them aware of the importance of these factors that determine the country's foreign policy, the future integrity of our own students to their countries and aims to provide the necessary consciousness to protect their independence.

Course Content

Population and its characteristics, migration, census, settlement, urbanization and problems, classification of cities. Agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, mines and energy resources, industry, transportation, trade, tourism.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Sultan BAYSAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Explains the interaction between human and environment
2.Understands the distribution of population on earth
3.Interpret the concept of settlement in human geography
4.Understands the settlement features,
5.Evaluates the interaction between natural resources and economic activities
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course Content Definition and Scope of Human-Economic Geography, Organization of Space
Week 2 - Theoretical
Human Geography Population
Week 3 - Theoretical
Settlement
Week 4 - Theoretical
Ekenomic Geography Agriculture
Week 5 - Theoretical
Livestock-Fisheries-Forestry
Week 6 - Theoretical
Energy Sources
Week 7 - Theoretical
Industry
Week 8 - Theoretical
Distribution of Industry in the World/Globalization and Development (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Distribution of Industry in the World/Globalization and Development
Week 10 - Theoretical
Transportation - Trade
Week 11 - Theoretical
Environmental Problems
Week 12 - Theoretical
Environmental Problems
Week 13 - Theoretical
International Organizations
Week 14 - Theoretical
International Organizations
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Final Examination1628
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
4
4
OÇ-2
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
5
OÇ-4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026