COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET UTKU

Offered to

EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT - NON THESIS
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT

Course Objective

The course aims to provide an introduction to fundamental principles of earthquake seismology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1) Thorne LAY, Terry C. WALLACE
Modern Global Seismology
Academic Press, California, 1995.

Supplementary Book(s):
1) Leon REITER
Earthquake Hazard Analysis
Columbia University Press, New York, USA, 1990

2) Robert S. YEATS, Kerry SIEH, Clarence R. ALLEN
The Geology of Earthquakes
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997

3) Bruce A. BOLT
Earthquakes, Fourth Edition
W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, 1999

Materials: Course Lectures

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Homework, and Mid-term exam

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam-1 (10%): LO-1,2,3
Mid-term exam-2 (10%): LO-2,3,4,5
Homework (30%): LO-1,2,3,4,5
Final exam (50%): LO-1,2,3,4,5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assis.Prof.Dr. Mehmet UTKU, mehmet.utku@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

All of times out Lecture

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes