COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EES 5004 PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES-NON THESIS
Geological Engineering Orientation Program

Course Objective

The increasing worldwide environmental events raises a problem in the interest of geology. Therefore, this course is aimed to present, outside the undergraduate level, the environmental issues associated with the physical interpretation of the geology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   able to understand the structure of the earth
2   able to apply the geologic structures to environment
3   able to explique the geological events
4   able to determine the relation of the geological data with environment
5   able to interpret the relationships between geology and environment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Earth s interior, Theory of Plate Tectonics
2 Geological time
3 Volcanism, magmatism and their effects
4 Weathering, erosion
5 Erosion and acid rains
6 Mass movements
7 Mid-term exam
8 Stream processes
9 Wind effects and formation of deserts
10 Geological structures
11 Morphology and earthquakes
12 Mountain ranges
13 Interpretations
14 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Monroe, J.S. ve Wicander, R., 2011. Fiziksel Jeoloji. TMMOB, JMO yayınları (Yayına hazırlayanlar: Dirik, K ve Şener,M.)

Supplementary Books:
1. Ketin, I., Genel Jeoloji. ITÜ Vakfı
2. Press, F. and Siever, R., Understanding Earth. Plummer, CC and McGeary, D. Physical
Geology. Wm. C. Brown Publishers
3. Thompson, G.R. and Turk, J., Earth Science and The Environment. Saunders College
Publishing Wicander, R and Monroe, JS Essentials of Geology West Publishing Company

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interactive courses

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 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

nothing

Assessment Criteria

Semi final and final exams will be enough

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

courses are required to take at least 10 patients.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.Sacit Özer
sacit.ozer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday and Wednasday 14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Tutorials 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 2 4 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparation for quiz etc. 3 5 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Reading 5 6 30
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 2 1,5 3
Quiz etc. 3 1,5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 194

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1322
LO.223
LO.34
LO.423
LO.54

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