COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI GÜL

Offered to

Geographical Information Systems (Non-Thesis)
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Geothermal Energy
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM)
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT - NON THESIS
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT
M.Sc. Geothermal Energy (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

The main objective of the course is to introduce the fundamentals of the Geographical Information Systems as a tool for spatial data handling. The principles behind it are presented one by one: the identification of relevant geographic phenomena, the options of representing them in a GIS, the associated advantages and disadvantages of operating on these representations, the preparation of spatial data sets, the spatio-analytic functionality that comes with GIS, and the methods to visualize spatial data.

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): De By, R., A., Principles of Geographic Information Systems. ITC Educational Textbook Series, 2000.
Supplementary Book(s): Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective, Stan Aronoff, WDL Publications, Ottawa, Canada, 1989.
Yomralıoğlu, T., Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri, Temel Kavramlar ve Uygulamalar, 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture + Project

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

okan.fistikoglu@deu.edu.tr, 0.232.3017026

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes