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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
DEP 5006	BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS	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

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET UTKU

Offered to

EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT - NON THESIS
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT

Course Objective

The course aims to provide an introduction to fundamental principles of earthquake hazard analysis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to define the earthquake hazard and earthquake risk concepts
2	To be able to define the Earthquake-Hazard-Risk relationship
3	To be able to define the basic approaches of earthquake hazard analysis
4	To be able to define the earthquake hazard analysies as to earthquake source types
5	To be able to define the seismic risk reduction.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction: earthquake hazard and risk	Homework-1: About the risk studies as statistical
2	The Elements of Seismic Hazard Analysis.
3	Earthquake Ground Motion: basic concepts	Homework-2: The hazard studies on earthquakes
4	Seismotectonic Province and Seismotectonic Source
5	Solution Approaches for Seismic Hazard Analysis.	Homework-3: The risk studies on earthquakes
6	Mid-term exam -1
7	The source types of earthquakes and their relationships with Seismic Hazard Analysis
8	Seismic Hazard Analysis: point and line sources	Homework-4: The seismic hazard studies according to earthquake source types
9	Seismic Hazard Analysis: field source
10	Seismic Hazard Analysis: complex source
11	Seismic Hazard Analysis for Selected Seismotectonic Sources
12	Mid-term exam -2
13	Seismic Risk Reduction. Reasonable Risk.	Homework-5: About the risk reduction studies of the Turkey
14	Special tutorials and presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1) Leon REITER
Earthquake Hazard Analysis
Columbia University Press, New York, USA, 1990

Supplementary Book(s):
1) Robert S. YEATS, Kerry SIEH, Clarence R. ALLEN
The Geology of Earthquakes
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997

2) Thorne LAY, Terry C. WALLACE
Modern Global Seismology
Academic Press, California, 1995.

Materials: Course Lectures

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Homework, and Mid-term exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE 1	MIDTERM EXAM 1
2	MTE 2	MIDTERM EXAM 2
3	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
4	FIN	FINAL EXAM
5	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE 1* 0.10 + MTE 2 * 0.10 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
6	RST	RESIT
7	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE 1* 0.10 + MTE 2 * 0.10 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 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-1 (10%): LO-1,2,3
Mid-term exam-2 (10%): LO-2,3,4,5
Homework (30%): LO-1,2,3,4,5
Final exam (50%): LO-1,2,3,4,5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assis.Prof.Dr. Mehmet UTKU, mehmet.utku@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

All of times out Lecture

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	2	24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	11	4	44
Preparation for midterm exam	2	10	20
Preparing homeworks	5	15	75
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Midterm	2	2	4
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			179

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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