COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GIS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GIS 5036 GIS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 9

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Geographical Information Systems (Non-Thesis) (English)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ENGLISH)
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ENGLISH)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM) (ENGLISH)

Course Objective

To introduce the environmental engineering applications of GIS to an audience coming from variety of backgrounds and to teach environmental databases and their significance in solving environmental engineering problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows and uses a GIS platform
2   Knows and creates spatial data related to environmental engineering
3   Performs spatial assessments on environmental data
4   Solves engineering problems using GIS technology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to geographic information systems
2 Fundamentals of spatial data and data types in GIS
3 Data visualization and geo-databases
4 Creating environmental data
5 Analyzing environmental data - 1
6 Analyzing environmental data - 2
7 Midterm exam
8 Common GIS software used in environmental GIS applications
9 Applications in water quality and pollution - 1
10 Applications in water quality and pollution - 2
11 Applications in air quality and pollution
12 Applications in soil quality and pollution
13 Other applications in environmental engineering (solid waste management, nuclear waste management, noise pollution)
14 Applications in geo-environmental planning

Recomended or Required Reading

Spatial information and the Environment
Peter Halls
CRC Press, 2001
ISBN: 0415253624

GIS Applications for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Systems
U. M. Shamsi
CRC Press, 2005
ISBN: 0849320976

Environmental Modeling with GIS and Remote Sensing
Andrew Skidmore
CRC Press, 2002
ISBN: 0415241707

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations, in-class hands-on applications, homework assignments

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 * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

3 homeworks and a term project will be given.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Homeworks will be turned in before the lecture.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Orhan GUNDUZ
Department of Environmental Engineering
Room: A-115
Phone:3017141
Fax:4531143
E-mail: orhan.gunduz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Mondays 5-6

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 3 30 90
Design Project 1 30 30
Midterm 1 2,5 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 215

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.134442111214
LO.221212323142
LO.313111221321
LO.441231224123

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