COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GIS 5043 FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) COMPULSORY 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI GÜL

Offered to

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM) (ENGLISH)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ENGLISH)
Geographical Information Systems (Non-Thesis) (English)
Geothermal Energy
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ENGLISH)
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT
M.Sc. Geothermal Energy (Non-Thesis-Evening)
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT (Non-Thesis)

Course Objective

The main objective of the course is to introduce the fundamentals of the Geographical Information Systems as a tool for spatial data handling. The principles behind it are presented one by one: the identification of relevant geographic phenomena, the options of representing them in a GIS, the associated advantages and disadvantages of operating on these representations, the preparation of spatial data sets, the spatio-analytic functionality that comes with GIS, and the methods to visualize spatial data.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To classify spatial data
2   To compare spatial data and analysis
3   To choose best map design for a specific purposes
4   To interpret the role of the GIS analysis in spatial data.
5   To relate theoritical knowledge to GIS

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A gentle introduction to GIS
2 Computer Representation of Geographic Information
3 Organizing Spatial Data
4 Spatial Data Processing Systems
5 Data Entry and Preparation
6 Spatial Data Analysis I
7 Spatial Data Analysis II
8 Coordinate systems and map projections
9 Data Visualization
10 Data Quality
11 Metadata
12 Software for GIS Applications I
13 Software for GIS Applications II
14 Project Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): De By, R., A., Principles of Geographic Information Systems. ITC Educational Textbook Series, 2000.
Supplementary Book(s): Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective, Stan Aronoff, WDL Publications, Ottawa, Canada, 1989.
Yomralıoğlu, T., Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri, Temel Kavramlar ve Uygulamalar, 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture + Project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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)

okan.fistikoglu@deu.edu.tr, 0.232.3017026

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 36 36
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.354545454253
LO.434453333325
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