COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GIS IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GIS 5029 GIS IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR VAHAP TECIM

Offered to

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

Course Objective

In this course public management perspective will be introduced with GIS. GIS is a necessary tool for large scale planning. For that reason public organizations need to use GIS for many of their planning and management activities. Including, forest management, mining management, agricultural planning, disaster management, crisis planning. Internet based mapping is also one of the important subject for many public organization, for providing map based information to public, sharing map-based data with other organizations and providing map-based query for decision making process. GIS is and important decision support tool for urban and rural management.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will have a broad vision of the use of GIS in Public sectors
2   They will learn the necessity of developing customized GIS in Public Management

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Information Technology & Information Systems
2 Public Management
3 Large Scale Planning with GIS
4 Large Scale Management with GIS
5 A Desigri of GIS for Public Management
6 Urban Planning with GIS
7 Urban Information System
8 Rural Planning with GIS
9 Mid-term Examination
10 Govemorshıp Information System
11 GIS in Disaster Management
12 Earthquake Scenarios with GIS
13 Internet Mapping
14 Large Scale Planning on The Internet

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook:
Green, R.W. (2000) GIS in Public Policy: Using Geographic Information for More Effective Government. ESRI Press, Redlands.
References:
O'Looney, J. (2000) Beyonds Map: GIS Decision Making in Local Government, ESRI Press, Redlands.
VVorboys, M. (1995) GIS: A Computing Perspective. Taylor and Francis, London.
Longley, P., D. J. Maguire, M. F. Goodchild and D. W. Rhind (Eds.) (1999) Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Applications. Wiley, London.
McDonnell, R. and K. Kemp (1995) International GIS Dictionary. Geoinformation International, Cambridge.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 PRJ PROJECT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.40 + PRJ * 0.30


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework
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 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Reading 1 30 30
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 173

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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