COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ATILLA HÜSNÜ ERONAT

Offered to

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

Course Objective

Basic information on geographical information systems (GIS) will be presented to students having BSc degree in various branches of science and/or engineering. In the meantime, students will be charged to study a number of case studies on GIS in coastal zone management (CZM).

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

TEXTBOOKS :
AKYARLI, A., ÖNER, D., 1994: Lecture Notes on GIS in Estuarine and Coastal Management (in Turkish), Izmir, Turkey, prepared for a Trainig Course on Remote Sensing and GIS in Coastal and Estuarine Modelling , 40 pp. + Appendices.
Manuals of IDRISI software package.
REFERENCE BOOKS :
BURROUGH, P.A., 1990: Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment, Clarendon Press. Oxford, Vol.1, 194 p.
REIJNEVELD, A. et al., 1991: GIS for Coastal Mangement, Delft Beleidscommissie Remote Sensing, 61 p.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and lab work.

Assessment Methods

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes