COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAC 5007 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HASAN ÇUKUR

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

It can be done them which are needed for their studies and their courses thematic maps and the analysis of to selecting suitable area by means of GIS software, hardware and methods by our students

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 and Software
3 Applications areas of GIS
4 To compare classical Geography studies with GIS
5 General properties of Basic Maps
6 Projection types of maps (UTM, UM, WGS ..)
7 Midterm Exam
8 Properties of Raster and Vector files
9 To rectification of basic maps
10 To definite graphic data; line, point and area.
11 To determine non-spatial informations
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

Symposium Books of GIS Days in Turkey (Turkish)
Guide Books of GIS Software in Turkey (Turkish)
Cukur H., Objectives of Geography Teaching and GIS, The Journal Buca Faculty of Education: Number: 18 (Turkish)
Turoglu H., Basic Principles of GIS (Turkish)
Yomralıoglu T., Basic Principles of GIS (Turkish)
Demirci A., GIS for Geography Teachers (Turkish)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Practices

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hasan.cukur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 10 50
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1444
LO.2
LO.3553
LO.4553
LO.5453

CONTACT INFORMATION
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