COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN GIS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GIS 5027 CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN 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 ultimate goal, in this Course, is to allow geographically dispersed decision makers to respond quickly in a collaborative decision-making environment. Use of GIS and a CAD CAM (Computer Aided Design & Management) systems will be presented to students to solve operations issues of Crisis Management. Mass destruction and disaster scenarios, assessment techniques, disaster - recovery conceptualizations, public affairs decision making techniques will also be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to allow geographically dispersed decision makers to respond quickly in a collaborative decision-making environment.
2   use of GIS and a CAD CAM (Computer Aided Design & Management) systems
3   to solve operations issues of Crisis Management
4   mass destruction and disaster scenarios, assessment techniques, disaster - recovery conceptualizations, public affairs decision making techniques

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Conceptualizations on Crisis Management Conceptualizations on Crisis Management and related implementations in general.
2 Conceptualizations on Crisis Management Conceptualizations on Crisis Management and related implementations in general.
3 Conceptualizations on Crisis Management Conceptualizations on Crisis Management and related implementations in general.
4 Conceptualizations on Crisis Management Conceptualizations on Crisis Management and related implementations in general.
5 Mass destruction and disaster scenarios, assessment techniques.
6 Mass destruction and disaster scenarios, assessment techniques.
7 Mass destruction and disaster scenarios, assessment techniques.
8 Mass destruction and disaster scenarios, assessment techniques.
9 Midterm Examination
10 Disaster - recovery conceptualizations, public affairs decision making techniques.
11 Disaster - recovery conceptualizations, public affairs decision making techniques.
12 Disaster - recovery conceptualizations, public affairs decision making techniques.
13 General discussion
14 Midterm Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

TEXTBOOK: Handouts will be given to students on weekly basis.
REFERENCE BOOKS: None specific. (Updated Web sources will be used)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.25 + MTE 2 * 0.25 + FCG * 0.5
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.25 + MTE 2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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