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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PLN 5108	INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR TRANSPORTATION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IREM AYHAN SELÇUK

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

Introducing planning students with information systems of transportation and bring them analyzing skills and information for solving and analyzing transportation problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Introducing Basic Inputs of Information Systems for Transportation
2	Understanding Analyzes of Information Systems for Transportation
3	Distinguishing numerical methods and techniques of Information Systems for Transportation
4	Solving a problem about transportation with information systems for transportation
5	Using information systems for Transportation Practice

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction to Information Systems of Transportation
2	Use of Information Systems in Transportation within the Scope of Literature Research
3	Use of Information Systems in Transportation within the Scope of Literature Research
4	Use of Information Systems in Transportation within the Scope of Literature Research
5	Revealing General Evaluation and Findings in the Scope of Literature Studies	Presentation of the Literature and Defining Homeworks
6	Creating a Work Plan for Determined Homework Subjects
7	Monitoring the Work Plan for Determined Homework Subjects (Detection of Variables and Conducting Field/Institution Research)
8	Monitoring the Work Plan for Determined Homework Subjects (Detection of Variables and Conducting Field/Institution Research)
9	Monitoring the Work Plan for Determined Homework Subjects (Detection of Variables and Conducting Field/Institution Research)
10	Monitoring the Work Plan for the Determined Homework Subjects (Creating the Database)
11	Monitoring the Work Plan for the Determined Homework Subjects (Creating the Database)
12	Monitoring the Work Plan for the Determined Homework Subjects (Creating the Database)
13	Monitoring the Work Plan for the Determined Homework Subjects (Creating the Database)
14	Evaluation and Conclusion
15	Evaluation and Conclusion
16	Final Week
17	Final Week

Recomended or Required Reading

GIS for Transportation Infrastructure Management, ESRI.
Supplementary Book(s):
Cesar Quiroga, P.E., Yingfeng Li, Nicholas Koncz ve John Overman, (2009). Analysis And
Integratıon Of Spatial Data For Transportation Planning. TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
The Texas A&M University.
Alterkawi, M. (2001). Application of GIS in Transportation Planning: The Case of
Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, GBER Vol. 1 No. 2 2001 pp 38-46.
Simone Becker Lopes, Nair Cristina Margarido Brondino, and Antônio Nélson Rodrigues da
Silva, (2014). GIS-Based Analytical Tools for Transport Planning: Spatial Regression
Models for Transportation Demand Forecast. ISPRS International Journal of GeoInformation. file:///C:/Users/kullanici/Desktop/GIS%20for%20Transportation/ijgi-03-
00565.pdf
Materials:-

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Learning and Teaching Strategies:The method of the lesson is explaining applications of transportation planning and transportation demand modelling with transportation information systems.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	PRS	PRESENTATION
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation of homework/assignments/presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 8434

Office Hours

Thuesday 10.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	2	28
Preparation for final exam	1	25	25
Preparing assignments	14	2	28
Web Search and Library Research	14	1	14
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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Description of Individual Course Units

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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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