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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / CM 555 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: CM 555 Course Title: BASIN MORPHOLOGY AND THREE DIMENSIONAL LAND MODELING Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (MASTER'S DEGREE)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MUHAMMED CÜNEYT BAĞDATLI (mcbagdatli@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) MUHAMMED CÜNEYT BAĞDATLI,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To determine the characteristic features of the water collection basins and to demonstrate the water flow behavior with the 3D simulation of the basin

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 PO-1 PO-1 Have an advanced level of knowledge about the recent and best practices in Environmental Engineering, deepen and expand their knowledge on the expert level, conduct and assess the analyses by employing statistical methods
PO-2 PO-2 Plan experiments and carry out original researches in the field by making use of the theoretical and practical knowledge at the expert level that they have obtained in their field
PO-3 PO-3 Make use of the knowledge they have in order to find a solution to problems by analyzing, comparing and questioning them and can carry out original research in the related field on their own
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Classification of streams, formation of the river bed, basin area and its surroundings, basin shape, basin slope, main stream characteristics, area-height distribution curve, altitude calculations, basin relief calculations, drainage characteristics, stream transition time, determination of basin flow rate and basin flow coefficients
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Classification of Basin Streams Distance Education
2 The formation of the river bed in the basin Distance Education
3 Determination of basin area and its surroundings Distance Education
4 Determination of basin shape Distance Education
5 Determination of basin slope and aspect characteristics Distance Education
6 Determination of main stream characteristics in basin Distance Education
7 Determination of area-height distribution curves Distance Education
8 mid-term exam
9 Height calculations in the basin Distance Education
10 Basin relief calculations and determination of drainage characteristics Distance Education
11 Stream transition time and determination of basin specific flow Distance Education
12 Basin spatial analysis Distance Education
13 Basin models Distance Education
14 Creation of three dimensional basin model Distance Education
15 Basin simulations Distance Education
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 DL Rosgen, HL Silvey - 1996. Applied river morphology
2 JG Lyon - 2002. GIS for water resource and watershed management
3 GN Peterson - 2014. GIS cartography: a guide to effective map design
4 P Longley, M Batty - 2003. Advanced spatial analysis: the CASA book of GIS
Required Course instruments and materials
Computer

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 7 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 14 2 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 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       c) Performance Project 4 2 8
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 4 3 12
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 2 8
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 2 8
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 165