COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEP 5006 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Environmental Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN ÇUKUR

Offered to

Environmental Education

Course Objective

It can be done them which are needed for their studies and their courses thematic mapsand 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 do rectification and to digitization of maps, and to know projections of maps
2   To make slope, aspect, visibility analysis by using vector files
3   To make morpho-metric map
4   To draw geomorphologic cross section
5   To draw maps of temperature and rainfall by means of vector files

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition to GIS
2 Components of GIS-Hardware and Software
3 Applications areas of GIS
4 To compare classical Geography studies with GIS
5 General properties of Basic Maps
6 Projection types of maps (UTM, UM, WGS ..)
7 Properties of Raster and Vector files
8 To rectification of basic maps
9 To rectification of basic maps
10 To definite graphic data; line, point and area.
11 To determine non-spatial informations
12 To draw morphometric maps by vector data
13 To make maps of temperature and rainfall
14 To draw geomorphologic cross section
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

Research, Discussion, Question-Answer, Group Work, Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STT * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) STT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the term work scores in semester. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

Assignments, final exam and final report presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3. The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes and term work scores will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hasan.cukur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday-16:00; Thursday-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Project Preparation 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 181

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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