COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAC 5030 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN ÇUKUR

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

It can be done them which are needed for their studies and their courses thematic maps and the analysis of to selecting suitable area by means of GIS software, hardware and methods by our students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To create data-base about their studies
2   To create thematic maps according to data-base
3   To make interactive map
4   To create result maps according to different analysis
5   To apply some analysis (the analysis of suitable area selecting)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of Thematic Maps
2 Non-spatial information
3 The Data-base Management Systems
4 To create data-base
5 To collect suitable data for thematic maps
6 To make thematic map
7 Midterm Exam, General Assesmant, Repeat general topics
8 To make thematic map
9 To analysis different compenents
10 To apply the suitable area selecting analysis
11 To apply the suitable area selecting analysis with different data
12 To apply the suitable area selecting analysis with different data
13 To interpret of creating maps
14 To interpret of creating maps
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Symposium Books of GIS Days in Turkey (Turkish)
Guide Books of GIS Software in Turkey (Turkish)
Cukur H., Objectives of Geography Teaching and GIS, The Journal Buca Faculty of Education: Number: 18 (Turkish)
Turoglu H., Basic Principles of GIS (Turkish)
Yomralıoglu T., Basic Principles of GIS (Turkish)
Demirci A., GIS for Geography Teachers (Turkish)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Practices

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

Exam, prepering assignment

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hasan.cukur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 10 50
Preparing assignments 4 10 40
Preparing presentations 4 10 40
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 189

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1444
LO.2
LO.3553
LO.4553
LO.5453