Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

Earthquake Management program is an interdisciplinary program of Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Higher Education (dated 01.10.2004) examined and decided to open the Master's Degree program with thesis.

Qualification Awarded

M.Sc. in Earthquake Management - Non Thesis

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines, Transcript, Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first cycle cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. The exceptions to the requirements of ALES and Foreign Language Proficiency scores is announced by the Graduate School. However, ALES requirement is waived for the admissions to the second cycle graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test as well as for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students may be accepted for graduate transfer with the approval of the Department Directorate and decision of the Board of Directors of the Graduate School in case the student fulfills the graduate transfer regulations decided by the General Council of the Graduate School. Previously taken courses at another graduate programme with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes with the written request of the students including course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the Department Directorates and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students may have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective by the decision of the Board of Directors.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

1,5 years, 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 90 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

Graduates from different disciplines, fields concerned with earthquake science and earthquake risk analysis and training opportunities to equip them to offer theoretical and practical knowledge, Support and promote interdisciplinary research in this area. Coordination and planning against the risk of earthquakes capable of theoretical and application areas, solutions and applications that can manage to produce an expert to train people. Earthquake awareness, to contribute to society, to do scientific studies to minimize the possible effects of an earthquake, and relevant organizations to share their work.
Earthquake education in the management structure by creating an interdisciplinary department create a culture of teamwork is a pioneer in and obtained from national and international projects and projects that can produce specific results, qualified by publishing in scientific journals, can share the community to be a chapter.

A total of 15 faculty members of Marine Sciences and Technology Institute, Geological Engineering, Geophysical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mathematics, Faculty of Architecture and Faculty of Medicine Department of Public Health are involved in interdisciplinary Earthquake Management program.

Percentage of Courses Taught in English: 30%

Key Learning Outcomes

1	Graduates from different disciplines, earthquake science and earthquake risk analysis to be equipped with theoretical and practical knowledge in the fields concerned
2	Supports interdisciplinary research in this field, having the capacity to promote,
3	Coordination and planning against the risk of earthquakes capable of theoretical and application areas, and applications that can manage to produce solutions to the expert,
4	Earthquake awareness to have the ability to contribute to the spread of the society,
5	Possible to minimize the effects of an earthquake capable of scientific research institutions to share information about these trials and to have
6	Earthquake Administration of interdisciplinary teamwork in the department capable of having the culture of a pioneer,
7	Producing national and international projects, the original results obtained from these projects, publishing scientific journals of qualified, capable community to share,
8	Earthquake Management Earthquake in Turkey, which is the country in case of qualified manpower to be
9	Local Governments in cooperation with the skills to be able to transmit knowledge about Earthquake Administration,
10	Earthquakes in residential areas of physical, social, economic, managerial and planning, the impact of the developments and experiences by examining the scientific and engineering efforts to reduce earthquake risk cases can contribute to the development,
11	Earthquake scenarios and alternatives for risk reduction policies, residential areas and explore the principles of spatial planning, evaluation criteria, to have the ability,
12	Earthquake with the anatomy and the related geological and geophysical parameters, and reviews by the environmental impact, infrastructure, transportation, building construction and to have the ability to strengthen research in engineering and architecturel problems and Health, law, public administration to increase the role and significance of participating in the Earthquake Administration to have the ability,

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Our graduates work in the departments of management, planning, coordination and risk analysis of various govermental and private organizations.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
In addition to the compulsory courses of the programme, students register to elective courses appropriate for their thesis topic, on the consent of their supervisor. If necessary, on the consent of their supervisor, they can also register to courses from other programmes (from DEU or other universities). It is obligatory to register MAT5101 Applied Mathematics (3 0 0) or MAT5102 Numerical and Approximate Methods (3 0 0) or MAT5006 Theory of Partial Differential Equations (3 0 0) or MAT5141 Mathematical Mehods (3 0 0) or MAT5151 Methods of Applied Mathematics (3 0 0) with the approval of the supervisor. The registration must be noticed to the Institute during course registration period by the supervisor.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
G	1	FBE 5555	SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5
G	0	-	SEMESTER ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	25
TOTAL:								30

1 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	DEP 5001	BASIC CONCEPTS OF EARTHQUAKE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	2	DEP 5003	EARTH SYSTEM: INTERNAL PROCESSES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	3	DEP 5005	TRUSS SYSTEM CONCEPTS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	4	DEP 5009	NATURAL DISASTERS AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	5	DEP 5011	SEISMOTECTONIC PRINCIPLES IN EARTHQUAKE RESEARCHES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	6	GIS 5029	GIS IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	7	MAT 5151	METHODS OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
G	8	URD 5029	STRUCTURAL TECHNIQUES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	9	DEP 5015	SEARCH AND RESCUE IN EARTHQUAKES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
G	10	GIS 5043	FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	11	MAT 5101	APPLIED MATHEMATICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
G	12	MAT 5141	MATHEMATICAL METHODS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
G	13	GIS 5037	PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8

2 .Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	30
TOTAL:								30

2 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	DEP 5004	PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL PLANNING AGAINST EARTHQUAKES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5
B	2	DEP 5006	BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	3	DEP 5008	MARINE EARTHQUAKE RESEARCHES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5
B	4	DEP 5010	EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDING DESIGN	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	5	MAT 5102	NUMERICAL AND APPROXIMATE METHODS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
B	6	DEP 5014	MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS IN EARTHQUAKE	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	5
B	7	DEP 5016	EXPLORATION OF ANCIENT EARTHQUAKES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8
B	8	DEP 5018	ACTIVE FAULTS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
B	9	DEP 5020	POST - EARTHQUAKE FIRE AND FIREFIGHTING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
B	10	DEP 5012	PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS OF EARTHQUAKES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8

3 .Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	DEP 5097	M.SC. TERM PROJECT	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	15
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	15
TOTAL:								30

3 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Related items of Dokuz Eylul University Regulations of Graduate Education and Exams and related items of Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences Regulations of Education and Code of Practicing Exams are applied for the exams and course grades.
The course evaluation criteria are defined for each course by the instructor(s) of the corresponding course and are given in the Course Description Form found in the information package.

Graduation Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) Non-Thesis Program is comprised of courses (75 ECTS) and term project (15 ECTS), in total 90 ECTS credits. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50 / 4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP grades.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Hasan SÖZBİLİR
e-mail: hasan.sozbilir@deu.edu.tr
Phone: +90 232 - 3017319
Web: www.fbe.deu.edu.tr/department/dep/
Postal Address: D.E.Ü DEPREM YÖNETİMİ A.B.D. FEN BİL. ENST. TINAZTEPE KAMPÜSÜ- BUCA/ İZMİR

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