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) ELECTIVE 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 (ENGLISH)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM) (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.23324333434324
LO.32343424332443
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