Course Information

Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
EROSİON AND SOİL CONSERVATİON	UCOG471	7. Semester	4 + 0	4.0	6.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Nurettin ÖZGEN
Assistants
Goals	The aim of this course is; to explain how individual and social behaviors develop in human-environment interaction. To analyze how the environment affects people's perceptions, attitudes and behaviors. In addition, environment-human interaction perception, attitude, belonging, identity, value and so on. to explain the factors affecting the development of behavioral forms. In the context of different structures and variables, analyzing with geographical thoughts and patterns is one of the main objectives of the course.
Course Content	1. Definition and Scope of Behavioral Geography. 2. Basic Concepts and Disciplinary Relations in Behavioral Geography. 3. Development of Behavioral Geography and Historical Background. 4. Meta theory of behavioral geography. 5. Navigation 6. Space and Location. 7. Location ID / Location Commitment 8. Spatial Behavior, Activity Spaces and Time Geography. 9. Spatial Information and Geographical Information Systems. 10. Midterm Exam Week 11. Mind Maps and Concept Maps. 12. Environmental Attitudes and Decision Making (Example Social Experiment-1). 13. Perception Management (Example Social Experiment-2). 14. Individual, Gender and Cultural Differences (Example Social Experiment-3).
Learning Outcomes	1) Students will comprehend the factors that affect their perceptions and attitudes towards the environment. 2) Students will learn the correlation of environmental behavior with geography. 3) Students will learn the conceptual depth and patterns of behavioral geography.