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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ÇEP 5502	GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7

Offered By

Environmental Education Non-Thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN ÇUKUR

Offered to

Environmental Education Non-Thesis

Course Objective

It can be done them which are needed for their studies and their courses thematic maps and the analysis of to selecting suitable area by means of GIS software, hardware and methods by our students

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To do rectification and to digitization of maps, and to know projections of maps
2	To make slope, aspect, visibility analysis by using vector files
3	To make morpho-metric map
4	To draw geomorphologic cross section
5	To draw maps of temperature and rainfall by means of vector files

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Definition to GIS
2	Components of GIS-Hardware and Software
3	Applications areas of GIS
4	To compare classical Geography studies with GIS
5	General properties of Basic Maps
6	Projection types of maps (UTM, UM, WGS ..)
7	Properties of Raster and Vector files
8	To rectification of basic maps
9	To rectification of basic maps
10	To definite graphic data; line, point and area.
11	To determine non-spatial informations
12	To draw morphometric maps by vector data
13	To make maps of temperature and rainfall
14	To draw geomorphologic cross section
15	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Guide Books of GIS Software in Turkey (Turkish)
Cukur H., Objectives of Geography Teaching and GIS, The Journal Buca Faculty of Education: Number: 18 (Turkish)
Turoglu H., Basic Principles of GIS (Turkish)
Yomralıoglu T., Basic Principles of GIS (Turkish)
Demirci A., GIS for Geography Teachers (Turkish)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Research, Discussion, Question-Answer, Group Work, Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	STT	TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2	FINS	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	STT * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	STT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the term working scores in semester. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation and written homework, end-of-semester final homework and short report presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3.The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores to be taken from these quizzes will be added to the term working scores and final exam scores in semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hasan.cukur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday-16:00; Thursday-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	6	78
Preparing assignments	2	10	20
Preparing presentations	2	10	20
Final	1	2	2
Project Assignment	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			181

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10
LO.1	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3
LO.2	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3
LO.3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3
LO.4	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3
LO.5	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3

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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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