Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
SOCİAL GEOGRAPHY UCOG238 4. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Lecture and question-answer
Course Coordinator
Instructors Mustafa Murat YÜCEŞAHİN
Assistants
Goals The purpose of this course is to provide knowledge to undergraduate students as follows: from the point of the political, the economic and the cultural fields of geography, but the emphasis will remain upon social issues affecting people’s life, class, race/ethnicity, gender, poverty, the body, health and well-being. This course explains and focuses on, the role of space in the creation of social inequality with particular emphasis on the Turkish context in places as well.
Course Content Generally, ‘Social Geography’ can be defined as a geographical investigation of the relationships between spatial change and social processes. Social Geography is primarily concerned with the ways in social relations, identities and inequalities are created. How these creations vary over space and the role of space in their construction is the principle distinction between sociology and social geography. Sociology emphasizes society, but geographers emphasize space: in social geography we are concerned with society and space.
Learning Outcomes 1) Students can identify the social construction of space and explain the interaction between the society and space
2) Students can explain spatial differences based on the social processes
3) Students know the social problems, social inequalities and explain the reasons of the socio-spatiall differences by region of the world.
4) Students know the variability by gender, religion, ethnicity, culture and education outcomes of socio-spatial structures
5) Students can develop insights to conduct a social research based on the relationship between society and the space
6) Students know the concepts and methods of social geography and can explain social structures by rregion of the world in different spatial scales

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to social geography Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week .Basic concepts of social geography: Space and the society Lecture; Question Answer; Role Play
Opinion Pool; Debate
Play Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Changing World: Globalization and Modernization of Societies Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Building of Social Space Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Demonstration
Speech Loop; Debate
Storyline; Scenario Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Transformations of time and space Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Opinion Pool; Debate
Storyline; Scenario Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Class, Social stratification, inequalities and Space Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study; Role Play
Opinion Pool; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Storyline; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Mid-term Question Answer

 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
8. Week Wealth, Poverty and the Space Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study; Demonstration
Debate
Problem Based Learning; Storyline; Scenario Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Gender and the Space Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Role Play
Brainstorming; Speech Loop
Problem Based Learning; Storyline; Scenario Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Division of Labour, Class, Gender and the Space Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study; Role Play
Opinion Pool; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Storyline; Scenario Based Learning; Play Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Race, Ethnicity, Identity and the Space Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Demonstration
Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Debate
Scenario Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Crime, Deviance and the Space Lecture; Question Answer; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Scenario Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Mass Media, Technology, Society and the Space Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Megacities and Poor Regions / Neighbourhoods Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Case Study; Demonstration
Opinion Pool; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Storyline; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Casino, V.D. 2009. Social Geography: A Critical Introduction, Wiley-Blacwell, London.
Tümertekin, E., Özgüç, N. 1998. Beşeri coğrafya: İnsan, Kültür, Mekan, Çantay kitabevi, İstanbul.
Valentine, G. 2001. Social Geographies: Space and Society. Prentice Hall, London.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 5
Midterm Exam 1 15
Final Exam 1 30
1 1
1 1.5
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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