COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EVOLUTION AND GEODYNAMICS OF OCEANS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DJJ 6016 EVOLUTION AND GEODYNAMICS OF OCEANS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FAIK ERDENIZ ÖZEL

Offered to

MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS

Course Objective

The course aims to describe the processes that shape the ocean basins, determine the structure and composition of oceanic crust and control the major features of continental margins.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Having skill for making scientific and engineering studies on the sea.
2   Having information about oceans and take part on the studies that related to this topic.
3   At first continental shift on the seas surroundings of Turkey and world seas, having skill for investigation about all unlive marine resources with geologic and geophysic methods
4   Having information about properties of continental margin
5   Taking part at the original studies by using available hardware, software and informatic technologies.
6   Gain experience at the sea studies.
7   Using available hardware and software with ARGE projects.
8   Having skill man power for institution that done sea studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 World oceans Atlantic Ocean; Pasific Ocean; Indian Ocean; North Ocean
2 Main oceanic features
3 Origin of the oceans
4 Ocean ridges and trenches
5 Konveksiyon Akımları ve Okyanusal Sırtlar
6 Convection currents and ocean ridges
7 Geophysical properties of ocean ridges
8 Paleomagnetic evidence for the continental drift (Plate tectonics)
9 Geological evidences for the oceanic trenches
10 Geophysical evidences for the oceanic trenches
11 History of continents
12 Prediction of changes for the earthsurface
13 Mapping the oceans
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Brown, J., Colling, A., Park, D., Phillips, J., Rothery, D., Wright, J. (1989). The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution (First Edition).
Supplementary Book(s):
References:
Materials: Lesson Presentations

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lessons
Lecturer leads students for giving answer to questions and want to present their opinions about lesson content. Lessons are for assessment done on environment of informations are about sample data analizing. data collecting and
2. Review Sessions and Class Discussions
Review Sessions will be carried out by lecturer on the last time of lesson at the every week. Homeworks and presentations that done by students will generate base of problems at this sessions. With this, attendance to class discussions of students will encourage.
3. Computer Applications
In the computer applications, data processing program will be introduced for executing data interpretations.Informations are about using of this softwares will be provided by using class applications are related to data interpretation, discussions and resource books that related to data processing method.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Exams will measure skill that is assessment of information about ocean structures. Every exams will contain class material and include assessment are about homework. Studying on the problems and understand these problems of students, there is a condition for completing lesson with success. Preparing presentations about any topic that is related to lesson content and make discussion these presentation in the classroom will be developed their skills about attendance and interpretation to lesson of students.

Assessment Criteria

1. One main topic of every a section will take part in the exams. One or more questions for every a topic will ask to students. Point assessment of exam questions will substantiate by point system that lecturer determines.
2. Extraction point of student attendance will be depended on situation of attendance to lessons, quality of answers to questions which asked by lecturer during lesson and attendance by students for creating education environment.
3. Good attendance for notes that been between two notes will sustain notes to maximum level.
4. Understandable of topic and correction of data assessment results will evaluate through presentation which related to lesson content.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is imperative to attendance for lesson is percentage of seventy.
2. Any plagiarism interference is resultedby actual disciplinary punishment.
3. No attendance to lesson won t evaluate as a excuse for doing homework late or presentation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Bakü Boulevard No:100 Inciraltı/IZMIR
Tel: 0232 278 55 65/ 157
Faks: 0232 278 50 82

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 8 5 40
Preparing assignments 5 7 35
Reading 11 3 33
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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