COURSE UNIT TITLE

: REMOTE SENSING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YBS 3036 REMOTE SENSING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Management Information Systems

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR VAHAP TECIM

Offered to

Management Information Systems

Course Objective

The course aims to provide students the ability to analyze, evaluate and obtain new information from spatial images by teaching remotely sensed image data and spatial image processing techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identifying remotely sensed data types.
2   Choosing appropriate image in different featured remotely sensed data.
3   Determining required techniques for processing the remote sensing data.
4   Analyzing the remote sensing data.
5   Evaluating the obtained information from processed remote sensing data.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Remote Sensing
2 Basic Concepts and and Historical Development
3 Data Acquisition in Remote Sensing
4 Electromagnetic Energy and Factors Affecting Remote Sensing
5 Remote Sensing Data Types and Structural Properties
6 Principles of Images in Remote Sensing
7 Remote Sensing Satellites
8 Spatial Image Processing: Preprocessing
9 Spatial Image Processing: Image Enhancement
10 Spatial Image Analysis: Band Arithmetic
11 Spatial Image Analysis: Indices
12 Spatial Image Analysis: Classification
13 Spatial Image Analysis: Raster - Vector and Vector - Raster Conversion
14 Remote Sensing Applications

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Textbook: Campbell, J. B. (2002). Introduction to Remote Sensing (Third Edition). New York: Taylor & Francis.

Help book: Russ, J.C. (2011). The Image Processing Handbook (Sixth Edition). USA: Taylor & Francis.
Aranoff, S. (2005). Remote Sensing for GIS Managers. California: ESRI Press.
Girard, M. & Girard, C.M. (2003). Processing of Ramote Sensing Data. India: A.A. Balkema Publishers.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the Assessment Methods and Total Workload sections.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Activities are given in detail in the 'Assessment Methods' and 'Workload Calculation' sections.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The rules implemented by the department apply.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

It will be announced.

Office Hours

It will 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 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.3555555555
LO.455555
LO.555555

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