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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ÇEV 4053 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENG. ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TOLGA ELBIR

Offered to

Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to provide the use of geographic information systems as a tool in various environmental engineering applications. For this purpose, the ArcGIS software is used practically within the scope of the course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Having knowlege for using of a GIS 2   Using GIS as a tool in solving environmental problems 3   Working on environmental analysis

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introdution to GIS 2 Fundamentals of maps 3 Data management for a GIS 4 ArcGIS Technology 5 Data processing by Arcmap 6 Data presentation on Arcmap 7 Symbology on Arcmap 8 Data querry 9 Exercise 10 Exercise 11 Exercise 12 Exercise 13 Exercise 14 Exercise

Recomended or Required Reading

Yomralıoğlu, T., 2000. Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri: Temel Kavramlar ve Uygulamalar, Akademi Kitabevi, Trabzon.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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 * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, homework and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Tolga Elbir Department of Environmental Engineering Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Engineering Tinaztepe Campus, 35160, Buca-Izmir/TURKEY Tel. 90-232-301 7133 e-mail: tolga.elbir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 5-6

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 8 1,5 16 Tutorials 6 1,5 12 Design Project 1 14 14 Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for final exam 1 3 3 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 52

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 PO.11 LO.1 3 4 4 5 3 1 2 1 1 LO.2 2 4 3 5 3 2 2 1 1 LO.3 2 3 3 4 4 1 2