COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL SCENARIOS AND MODELLING IN THE GIS CONTEXT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GIS 5017 ENVIRONMENTAL SCENARIOS AND MODELLING IN THE GIS CONTEXT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM)
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Geographical Information Systems (Non-Thesis)

Course Objective

Basic information on environmental modeling in a geographical information systems (GIS) framework will be presented to students having BSc degree in various branches of science and/or engineering.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Working knowledge in environmental modelling
2   Ability to transfer of modelling data to a GIS environment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Types of Environmental Models Importance of Spatial Distribution of Environmental Data GIS as a means of Data Organisation
2 Modelling of Quality of Lakes and Rivers
3 Modelling of Marine Systems
4 Ecological Modeling
5 Data and Information Needs for Environmental Models GIS Based Organization of Data
6 Statistical Models in Environmental Evaluation
7 Midterm Examination
8 Multivariate Techniques
9 Dynamic Simulation Modelling: Systems, Models and Simulation
10 Dynamic Simulation Modelling: Types of Models, Model Parameters vs. Data
11 Key Issues in Dynamic Simulation Modelling: The Time Step, Data Sources, Calibration of Model Parameters, Sensitivity Analysis
12 Multimedia Modelling
13 Model GIS Interfacing
14 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Zanetti, P. (1993): Environmental Modeling Computer Methods and Software for Simulating Environmental Pollution and its Adverse Effects. Computational Mechanics Publications. 535 pp. Southampton-Boston.
Steel, R.G.D. & Torrie, J.H. 1980. Principles and procedures of statistics: a biometrical approach. 2nd ed.: McGraw-Hill. 633 pp. New York
BRADSHAW, A.D. (1984): The Ecological Component ; in: Planning and Ecology; Chapman and Hall; London, New York.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and hands-on exercises

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm Exam
Final Exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Reading 1 35 35
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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