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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS GEO 2003 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPULSORY 1 2 0 3

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

Developing skills in using Geographic Information Systems

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 Midterm exam 8 Projection types of maps (UTM, UM, WGS ..) 9 Properties of Raster and Vector files 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

Yomralıoğlu, T., 2000, Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri: Temel Kavramlar ve Uygulamalar , 5.Baskı, 480 sayfa, ISBN 975-97369-0-X, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question Answer, Sampling, Group Work, Preparation of Sample Maps.

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

Midterm exam, Final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

arzu.gokce@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 1 13 Tutorials 13 2 26 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26 Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for final exam 1 3 3 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 4 3 LO.2 5 3 3 LO.3 5 3 3 3 3 3 LO.4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 LO.5 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 5