COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CAE 2003 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1 COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HEDIYE ARZU GÖKÇE GÜNDÜZOĞLU

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

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
3 Components of GIS-Software
4 Applications areas of GIS
5 To compare classical Geography studies with GIS
6 General properties of Basic Maps
7 Projection types of maps (UTM, UM, WGS ..)
8 Properties of Raster and Vector files
9 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
10 To rectification of basic maps
11 To definite graphic data; line, point and area.
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

Symposium Books of GIS Days in Türkiye (Turkish)
Guide Books of GIS Software in Türkiye (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)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Practices

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

arzu.gokce@deu.edu.tr
Sosyal Bilimler Binası K1-3
Tel: 301 21 35

Office Hours

Wednesday 16:00- 16:30

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 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 55

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.245
LO.355
LO.45
LO.55