COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOHAZARDS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5067 GEOHAZARDS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CEM KINCAL

Offered to

Applied Geology
Applied Geology

Course Objective

Geohazards are nothing more than natural processes. they become hazards only when people live or work in area where these processes occur naturally. The naturalness of these
hazards is a philosophical barried that encounter when we try to minimize their adverse effects. It is the enviromental geologist's job minimize their adverse effects. It is the
enviromental and maket this information available to planners and decision makers so that they can formulate various alternatives to avoid or minimaze the threat to human life
or property.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Earthquakes and tsunamy
2   Floods
3   Snow and avalanches
4   Rock falls
5   sea waves

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Natural Hazards an Overview
2 Eartquake and Related phenomena
3 Earth Intensity
4 Influence of ground conditions on eartquake
5 Earth pressure during eartquake
6 Earthquake resistent previsions and earthquake hazard reduction
7 Mid-term exam
8 River Flooding
9 Coastal Hazards
10 Volcanic hazards
11 Landslide hazards
12 Snow Avalaches
13 Subsidence
14 Subsidence

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Keller, E.A., 1988, Enviromental Geology (6.th Ed.) Macmillan Pub. Co., Newyork, 521 p.
2. Okamoto, S., 1973, Introduction to Eartquake Engineering, Univ. Of Tokyo Press. 571 p.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lectures and applications

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

necdet.turk@deu.edu.tr, 232 3017313

Office Hours

sunday 3 and4 hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparation for midterm exam 2 14 28
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 177

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1543
LO.2543
LO.3543
LO.4543
LO.5543