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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / COG 206 - GEOGRAPHY

Code: COG 206 Course Title: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM-II Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department GEOGRAPHY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer EMRE ELBAŞI (eelbasi@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
.This course introduces students to the geographic concepts required for the technical implementation of GIS. This introductory course will enable students to define and describe the hardware elements of GIS, data models and database concepts, data collection methods and data sources, properties of spatial data, GIS applications and the differences between raster and vector based GIS.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 . PO-1 Cografya biliminde kuramsal ve uygulamali bilgilere sahip olma
PO-5 Cografi Bilgi Sistemleri, uzaktan algilama vb cografi teknolojilerle çalisabilme.
PO-2 Cografya biliminin temel terimlerini kavrama ve cografi terminolojiyi yerinde kullanabilme.
Examination
LO-2 . PO-5 Cografi Bilgi Sistemleri, uzaktan algilama vb cografi teknolojilerle çalisabilme.
PO-9 Cografil verilerin toplanmasi, yorumlanmasi, degerlendirilmesi ve akademik yayin haline getirilmesi sürecinde bilimsel etik degerlere uygun hareket etme.
Examination
LO-3 . PO-5 Cografi Bilgi Sistemleri, uzaktan algilama vb cografi teknolojilerle çalisabilme.
PO-8 Sahip oldugu bilgi ve becerileri laboratuvar ve arazi çalismalari ile bütünlestirebilme
PO-12 Bireysel calisma becerisi ve bagimsiz karar verebilme yetisine sahip olarak fikirlerini sözlü ve yazili ifade ederek iletisim kurabilme
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
.Geographic Information Systems and Geographic Information, From Real World to GIS, Digitization of Real World, GIS hardware and software, Resources, data collection and merging, Data attributes, Databases, GIS tools, Cartographic communication, GIS introduction, The future of GIS, visual exploration of spatial data
Weekly Course Content
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16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 CHRISMAN, N., 1997. Exploring Geographic Information Systems. Wiley DAVIS, D.E., 2000. GIS for Everyone. Esri Press
2 Michael N. DeMers, 1997. Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems. Wiley ESRI, 1995. Understanding GIS, Geoinformation International
3 BURROUGH, P.A. and MCDONELL, R.A. 1998. Principles of Geographic Information Systems. Oxford Press
4 LONGLEY, P.A., et.al, 2001. Geographic Information Systems and Science. Wiley JONES, C., 1997. GIS and Computer Cartography. Longman
Required Course instruments and materials
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Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 3 9
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 3 9
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 6 3 18
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 8 4 32
final exam 1 1 1
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Total work load; 112