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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
GIS 5018	ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL INVENTORIES VIA GIS	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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUHAMMED AYDOĞAN

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The aim of this Course is:

to teach students how to obtain and use environmental & cultural profile instruments through GIS techniques.

The developments that technology management and innovation approaches will provide in the professional field. To raise awareness about the importance of entrepreneurship.

Understand the relationship between GIS and related concepts, new technologies, historical conservation and environmental protection, urban planning and information systems.

Cultural impact on spatial organizations and the use of environmental & cultural inventories in Urban Planning will also be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	to teach students how to obtain and use environmental & cultural profile instruments through GIS techniques
2	cultural impact on spatial organizations
3	the use of environmental & cultural inventories in Urban Planning
4	Understand the relationship between historic environmental protection, GIS, technology management and innovation;

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Conceptualizations on Environmental & Cultural Inventories	Conceptualizations on Environmental & Cultural Inventories and related implementations in general. Social & economic factors, urban values,
2	Conceptualizations on Environmental & Cultural Inventories	Conceptualizations on Environmental & Cultural Inventories and related implementations in general. Social & economic factors, urban values,
3	Conceptualizations on Environmental & Cultural Inventories	Conceptualizations on Environmental & Cultural Inventories and related implementations in general. Social & economic factors, urban values,
4	Conceptualizations on Environmental & Cultural Inventories	Conceptualizations on Environmental & Cultural Inventories and related implementations in general. Social & economic factors, urban values,
5	Model of Cultural Structure	Model of Cultural Structure. Signs, norms, values, basic assumptions.
6	Model of Cultural Structure	Model of Cultural Structure. Signs, norms, values, basic assumptions.
7	Model of Cultural Structure	Model of Cultural Structure. Signs, norms, values, basic assumptions.
8	Model of Cultural Structure	Model of Cultural Structure. Signs, norms, values, basic assumptions.
9	Midterm Examination
10	GIS techniques to obtain Environmental & Cultural Profiles
11	GIS techniques to obtain Environmental & Cultural Profiles
12	GIS techniques to obtain Environmental & Cultural Profiles
13	General discussion
14	Midterm Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
Introduction to Arc Info (ESRI)
Introduction to QGIS (https://locatepress.com/book/itq Authors: Professor Scott Madry, April 2021)

Supplementary Books:
Learning Geomedia Professional (Intergraph: 2007).
Geomedia Professional Software. ArcGIS, ArcMAP and ArcScane Software.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course will be held in computer laboratory with GIS software. Conception, definitions
and new technologies related GIS will be explained with virtual presentation in
computer lab.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	PRS	PRESENTATION
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term Exam: Getting to know concepts and technology related to Information systems.
Testing and evaluating the skill of identifying basic principles and CBS components.

Final Assignment: Evaluating the skills of Identifying software, feeding input,
processing and getting output
With presentation of final report: Re-evaluating mastery of concepts taught and testing
the skill of software usage by lab applications.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Course will be held in computer laboratory. Conception, definitions and new
technologies related GIS will be explained with virtual presentation in computer lab.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

m.aydogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 9:00-10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparation for midterm exam	2	25	50
Preparation for final exam	1	30	30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	4	56
Midterm	2	2	4
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11
LO.1	3	2	2	4	4	2	4	4	3	3	2
LO.2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3
LO.3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	4
LO.4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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