COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR VAHAP TECIM

Offered to

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT - NON THESIS
Geographical Information Systems (Non-Thesis)
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Course Objective

In this course public management perspective will be introduced with GIS. GIS is a necessary tool for large scale planning. For that reason public organizations need to use GIS for many of their planning and management activities. Including, forest management, mining management, agricultural planning, disaster management, crisis planning. Internet based mapping is also one of the important subject for many public organization, for providing map based information to public, sharing map-based data with other organizations and providing map-based query for decision making process. GIS is and important decision support tool for urban and rural management.

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:
Green, R.W. (2000) GIS in Public Policy: Using Geographic Information for More Effective Government. ESRI Press, Redlands.
References:
O'Looney, J. (2000) Beyonds Map: GIS Decision Making in Local Government, ESRI Press, Redlands.
VVorboys, M. (1995) GIS: A Computing Perspective. Taylor and Francis, London.
Longley, P., D. J. Maguire, M. F. Goodchild and D. W. Rhind (Eds.) (1999) Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Applications. Wiley, London.
McDonnell, R. and K. Kemp (1995) International GIS Dictionary. Geoinformation International, Cambridge.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework
Midterm Exam
Final Exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes