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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
INŞ 4053	IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	3

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR CEM POLAT ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering

Course Objective

This course aims to teach; the importance of irrigation for Turkey, soil-plant-water relations, calculation of irrigational water demand for various crop patterns through the use of appropriate methods, irrigational methods, drainage methods and economics of irrigation systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To calculate crop water demand regarding soil-plant-water relations.
2	To be able to identify features of an irrigation system.
3	To design an irrigation scheme regarding crop water demands, physical and economical conditions.
4	To be able to realize hydraulic calculations of irrigation and drainage systems.
5	To design network components of irrigation and drainage systems.
6	To be informed of irrigational water demands and problems in Turkey and around the world.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

INŞ 3024 - HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction, history of irrigation in Anatolia, introduction of GAP (Southeastern Anatolia Project) project.
2	Water resources planning, water and soil potential of Turkey
3	Soil-plant-water relations
4	Soil-plant-water relations
5	Water demand of crops, irrigation methods
6	Introduction to irrigation networks, operational methods applied on irrigation schemes
7	1. Mid-term exam
8	Open channel irrigation schemes
9	Canaletto irrigation schemes
10	Drainage systems
11	Pressured irrigation systems, sprinkling irrigation structures
12	Drip irrigation systems
13	Mini-sprinkling and Bublers irrigation and drainage systems
14	2. Mid-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Acatay, T.S. (1996) Sulama Mühendisliği DEÜ DEVAK Yayınevi, Izmir.

Supplementary Book(s): Öziş, Ü (1983) Su Yapıları EÜ Matbaası, Izmir.
Erkek, C.; Ağıralioğlu, N. (1993) Su Kaynakları Mühendisliği , Beta Yayınevi, Istanbul

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The main teaching method is the comprehensive explanations of graphical presentations (which are uploaded to Lecturer s personal web page) and available textbook chapters. The students are demanded weekly to read and study the available textbook chapters and presentations before their attendance. With the start of the semester, students prepare a person-specific project covering the design of an irrigation scheme.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE1	MIDTERM EXAM 1
2	MTE2	MIDTERM EXAM 2
3	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
4	FIN	FINAL EXAM
5	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE1 * 0.15 + MTE2 * 0.15 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
6	RST	RESIT
7	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE1 * 0.15 + MTE2 * 0.15 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1,2,4 and 6th learning outcomes are evaluated by the questions posed during mid-term and final exams.
1,3,4 and 5th learning outcomes are evaluated trough the semester project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Cem P. Cetinkaya, cem.cetinkaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced after the declaration of semester s teaching program

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Preparing assignments	1	15	15
Preparation for final exam	1	4	4
Preparation for midterm exam	2	2	4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	1	12
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	2	2	4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			77

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.8	PO.10	PO.13
LO.1	2	4
LO.2			3
LO.3			5	4
LO.4		5
LO.5			5		3
LO.6						3	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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