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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
JEF 3607	SEISMOLOGY	COMPULSORY	2	2	0	4

Offered By

Geophysical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELÇIN GÖK

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering

Course Objective

Fundamental principles of seismology, supporting with fundamental mathematics and physics principles in present applications, teaching the basis seismological studies in order to apply in every seismology laboratory.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Describing the earthquake
2	Describing the elastic parameters
3	Formulating the elastic earthquake waves
4	Analysing the earthquake hazard
5	Estimating the earthquake parameters
6	Performing the fault plane solution
7	Describing the earthquake source parameters
8	Reporting the conclusion as ethics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introductions: description, aim and development of Seismology, and its Branches
2	Geological, Physical, Mathematical and Geophysical Descriptions of the Earthquake.
3	Earthquakes and Relationships with Plate Tectonics. Earthquake Provinces
4	Elasticity Theory: Elastic Modules,Elastic Waves, and their Movement Equations
5	Elastic Energy: Size of an Earthquake (Magnitude, Intensity, Energy, Energy Flow, Seismic Moment)
6	Earthquake Parameters and Instrumental Seismology
7	Mid-Term Exam
8	Epicenter Determination
9	Earthquake Waves, and their Time-Distance Curves: Crustal Waves, Mantle and Core Waves, Converted Waves
10	Faulting types and Focal Mechanism Solution
11	Earthquake Hazard and Risk
12	Earthquake Statistics: Magnitude-Frequency Equation
13	Earthquake Source Features and Source Parameters.
14	Earthquake Spectrum, Earthquake Prediction

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1) Jens Havskov ve Lars Ottemoller, 2010.Routine Data Processing in Earthquake Seismology,With Sample Data, Exercises and Software. Springer Netherlands

Supplementary Book(s):
1) Thorne LAY and Terry C. WALLACE
Modern Global Seismology Academic Press, California, 1995.
2)Agustín UDÍAS
Principles of Seismology
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999; ISBN 0 521 62434 7, 0 521 62478 9
3) Keiiti AKI, Paul G. RICHARDS
Qantitative Seismology: Theory and Methods. Volume I,II
W.H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco,1980.
4) K. E. BULLEN, Bruce A. BOLT
An Introduction to the Theory of Seismology, Fourth Edition
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985.

Materials: Course Lectures

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture + Practice + Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Each practice is laboratory study performed in the seismology laboratory, and is assessed as practice/application grade of the course. 30% of the average of these practice grades would be the semester mark for practices/homeworks. The success grade of the year shall be determined after putting semester marks to the curve fitting.

Assessment Criteria

LO1-2-3 Mid-term exam (30%)
LO4-5-6 Homework (20%)
LO3-4-5-6-7-8 Final exam (50%)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elcin.gok@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Tutorials	12	2	24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	1	14
Preparation for midterm exam	2	10	20
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Midterm	2	2	4
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.6	PO.7	PO.9	PO.11
LO.1		5		3	5	2		2
LO.2	4	4
LO.3	3	3
LO.4	5	5				2	4	3
LO.5	5	5	5				5
LO.6	5	5	2				5
LO.7	4	4					5
LO.8		4	4	5	5	4	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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