COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HYDROGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEO 2007 HYDROGRAPHY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ADNAN SEMENDEROĞLU

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

Learning the elements of hydrological cycling and various properties of running waters, drainage patterns, stream flow analyses and functions of running waters.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn hydrological cycling and its elements
2   To learn the formation and developing of stream drainage patterns and drainage types
3   To learn running water types according to their regimes and stream flows during the year
4   To learn the factors which affect stream flow and regime and the charts related to stream flow
5   To learn the parts and properties of stream channel and basin
6   To learn the various features of the streams, their importance and functions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The description of running water, classification of the running water according to their sizes and stream flows during the year, classification of terrestrial areas according to drainage conditions.
2 The importance of the streams. The roles of streams in establishment and development of civilizations
3 To investigate the river basins according to their drainage conditions.
4 To investigate of hydrological cycle and its elements.
5 The relationships between runoff and precipitation.
6 Stream flow, key stream flow, relative flow, river hydrographs and flood hydrographs
7 River regime and the factors which affect the regime. The river regime types.
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Flow types, stream velocity and stream energy
10 Drainage patterns, the separation of stream tributaries into sequences (stream order)
11 The establishment of drainage pattern and its evolution.
12 The factors which are effective on drainage, drainage types.
13 Stream load and its transportation.
14 Stream erosion, the formation and development of valleys, valley types
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay, I., (1986) Uygulamalı Hidrografya. E.Ü. Ed. Fak. Yayınları. No: 38, Izmir.
Hoşgören, Y.,(1984) Hidrografyanın Ana çizgileri. I.Ü. Ed. Fak. Yayınları. No: 2619, Istanbul
D.S.I. The Bulletins of annual stream flows.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentation, question-answer, field trips-observation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mıdterm exam, final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

a.semenderoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.34
LO.45
LO.5
LO.64