COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EARTH SCIENCES AND NATURAL DISASTERS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEO 4154 EARTH SCIENCES AND NATURAL DISASTERS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ISMAIL IŞINTEK

Offered to

Geological Engineering
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

Is to teach relating morphologic and geologic elements to naturel hazards such as earthquake, tusunami, landslide, sliding, rock fall, debris-mud-flow, flood, volcanic eruption and pollution, is to determine paleohazards, active hazards and potential hazards and is to provide morphologic and geologic information to be used in prevention studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   able to classify natural hazards
2   able to determine paleo, active and potential hazard areas
3   able to relate geologic and morphologic characteristics of settlement and living area, to potential natural hazards
4   able to make prior review for choosing settlement and living areas
5   able to make a plan before, during and after natural hazard
6   able to determine causes of natural hazards
7   able to make an engeneering plain, a damage distribution plain, assessment and
8   able to solve some problems which are drived from natural hazards using geologic information

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Earthquake and relationship between earthquake risque and geologic map information and geologic elements
2 Using geologic map information in selection of settlement and living area, in earthquake region
3 Landslide, sliding and theire relation with geologic map information, geomorphology and geologic elements
4 Rock fall, collaps, subsidence and theire relation with geologic map information, geomorphology and geologic elements
5 Mud flow, grain flow, debris flow, creep, soil avalanche and theire relation with geologic map information, geomorphology and geologic elements
6 Stream movoments, flooding and theire relation with geologic map information, geomorphology and geologic elements
7 presentation of homework subject
8 Volcanic eruption and relating hazards (pyroclastic flow, lava flow, ash, volcanic mud-debris flow and their relation with volcano types.
9 Natural hazard risk depending on volcanic eruption and their relation with geologic map information
10 Sea movements and coastal hazards and their relation with geologic map information
11 Natural and waste pollution, relating hazards and their relation with geologic map information
12 Geologic planning, before, during and after natural hazard Geologic planning, before, during and after natural hazard
13 Assessment, planning of natural hazards and land using, engeneering plain, a damage distribution plain
14 Midterm

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1. Inci, U. & Işintek I., 2012, Yerbilimleri ve Doğal Afetler Ders Notları. 12 pdf
dosyası DEÜ Müh. Fak. Jeo. Müh. Böl., (yayımlanmamış)
2. Demirtaş R., 2000, Deprem ve jeoloji JMO yayınları, no.52. 560s.
Supplementary books:
1. Coch, N., K., 1995, Jeohazards, Natural and Human. Prentice Hall, 481 s.
3. Bell, F. G., 1999, Geological Hazards Their assessement, avoidance and mitigation, E
& FN SPON. P.648.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral and visual course, interactive turtorial and homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 mid term, final and makeup exam
2, 4, and 5 midterm and homework
4, 5, 7 ve 8 homework

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone: 0232 3017328

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 26 26
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.155553
LO.25555534
LO.355554
LO.455554
LO.5555545
LO.6555555
LO.75555555
LO.855554555

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