Course List

Republic of Türkiye

Fırat University

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of Geography

New Course Catalog

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1st Year

1st Semester

Code	Course Name	T	P	C	ECTS
GEO 111	Introduction to Geography	2	0	2	3
GEO 113	Introduction to Human Geography	2	0	2	4
GEO 115	Meteorology and Climatology I	2	0	2	5
GEO 117	Introduction to Geomorphology I	2	0	2	4
GEO 119	Cartography	2	0	2	5
GEO 121	Natural Environment	2	0	2	3
GEO 123	Technological Equipment in Geography	2	0	2	2
ENG 107	English	2	0	2	2
TUR 109	Turkish Language	2	0	2	2
Total		18	0	18	30

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2nd Semester

Code	Course Name	T	P	C	ECTS
GEO 116	Introduction to Economic Geography	2	0	2	3
GEO 118	Meteorology and Climatology II	2	0	2	4
GEO 120	Introduction to Geomorphology II	2	0	2	4
GEO 122	Map Knowledge	2	0	2	4
GEO 124	Introduction to Turkish Geography	2	0	2	3
GEO 126	Lithology (Rock Knowledge)	2	0	2	5
GEO 128	Computer Usage in Geography	2	0	2	3
ENG 108	English	2	0	2	2
TUR 110	Turkish Language	2	0	2	2
Total		18	0	18	30

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2nd Year

3rd Semester

Code	Course Name	T	P	C	ECTS
GEO 201	Population Geography I	2	0	2	3
GEO 205	Fluvial Geomorphology	2	0	2	3
GEO 209	Introduction to GIS	2	0	2	4
GEO 213	Agricultural Geography	2	0	2	3
GEO 217	Settlement Geography	2	0	2	2
GEO 239	Map Reading Techniques	2	0	2	3
ENG 207	English	2	0	2	2
HIS 209	History of Atatürk's Principles and Reforms	2	0	2	2
Elective Courses (8 Credits - 8 ECTS)
Total		24	0	24	30

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4th Semester

Code	Course Name	T	P	C	ECTS
GEO 206	Karst Geomorphology	2	0	2	3
GEO 226	Population Geography II	2	0	2	3
GEO 236	GIS and Remote Sensing	2	0	2	5
GEO 242	Geography of Asia	2	0	2	3
GEO 244	Geographic Methodology	2	0	2	2
GEO 246	Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia Regions	2	0	2	2
ENG 208	English	2	0	2	2
HIS 210	History of Atatürk's Principles and Reforms	2	0	2	2
Elective Courses (8 Credits - 8 ECTS)
Total		24	0	24	30

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3rd Year

5th Semester

Code	Course Name	T	P	C	ECTS
GEO 301	Plant Geography	2	0	2	4
GEO 303	Aegean and Marmara Regions	2	0	2	3
GEO 305	Structural Geomorphology	2	0	2	4
GEO 309	Energy Resources	2	0	2	3
GEO 327	Tourism Geography	2	0	2	2
GEO 335	Geography of America	2	0	2	3
GEO 337	Urban Geography	2	0	2	3
Elective Courses (8 Credits - 8 ECTS)
Total		22	0	22	30

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6th Semester

Code	Course Name	T	P	C	ECTS
GEO 302	GIS in Climatology	2	0	2	3
GEO 312	GIS in Human and Economic Geography	2	0	2	4
GEO 330	Black Sea, Mediterranean, and Central Anatolia Regions	2	0	2	2
GEO 332	GIS in Geomorphology	2	0	2	3
GEO 346	Field Applications	0	2	1	3
GEO 348	Terrestrial Hydrology	2	0	2	2
GEO 350	Urban Planning	2	0	2	2
GEO 352	Geographic Data Analysis	2	0	2	3
Elective Courses (8 Credits - 8 ECTS)
Total		22	2	23	30

4rd Year

7th Semester

Code	Course Name	T	P	C	ECTS
GEO 413	Regional Planning	2	0	2	6
GEO 415	Seminar	0	2	1	8
GEO 421	Human Geography of Turkey	2	0	2	5
GEO 423	Physical Geography of Turkey	2	0	2	5
Elective Courses (6 Credits - 6 ECTS)
Total		12	2	13	30

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8th Semester

Code	Course Name	T	P	C	ECTS
GEO 406	Environmental Issues	2	0	2	6
GEO 422	Political Geography	2	0	2	5
GEO 424	Transportation Geography	2	0	2	5
GEO 450	Graduation Thesis	0	2	1	8
Elective Courses (6 Credits - 6 ECTS)
Total		12	2	13	30