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| YHEY2008 | Finding Direction in the Wilderness | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WILDLIFE ECOLOGY and MANAGEMENT | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Ahmet ARPACIK | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Ebubekir GÜNDOĞDU | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Understanding typographic maps, map marks and following typographic maps, forest type maps, using Global Positioning Systems and compass, nature resource satellites, practical direction estimates. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Students will be able to learn standard typographic maps with a 1/25000 scale and distinguish the map marks on those maps. | 6,7,12 | 1,2 | | LO - 2 : | Students will be able to find their direction with the help of typographic maps and compass and will be able to use GPS. | 6,7,12 | 1,2 | | LO - 3 : | Students will be able to understand abbreviations used in the forest type maps and find their direction using those maps. | 6,7,12 | 1,2 | | LO - 4 : | Students will be able to learn the nature resource satellites and practical methods of finding directions. | 6,7,12 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| General information about maps and projections, general information about standard typographic maps with a 1/25000 scale, map marks, stand type maps, and abbreviations used those maps, using compass and Global Positioning Systems (GPS), natural resource satellite images, practical finding direction. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Giving general information about content of the course, explaining applicaitons, explaining some rules during the course. | | | Week 2 | Projection parameters, projection types, reference systems, coordinate systems, datum. | | | Week 3 | Maps, secret and unclassified maps, standard typographic maps with a 1/25000 scale and nomanclature of those maps | | | Week 4 | Map marks on the typographic maps and their definitions. | | | Week 5 | Continue of map marks on the typographic maps and their definitions. | | | Week 6 | Applications to find some details such as creek, ridge, road or lakes on the typographic maps. | | | Week 7 | Finding coordinates using typographic maps. | | | Week 8 | Giving general information about GPS, finding some parameters suchas coordinates, altitude or track distance with the help of GPS. Entering coordimates of a point to GPS and finding that coordinates. | | | Week 9 | Written mid term examination | | | Week 10 | Forest type maps, abbreviations and their definitions used in those maps. | | | Week 11 | Showing some geographic details such as creek or ringe and abbreviations of some stands on the stand type maps. | | | Week 12 | Oral examinaton | | | Week 13 | Natural resource sattelites, general information about sattelites, history of those satellites and using in the planning of wildlife planning. | | | Week 14 | Practical finding direction. | | | Week 15 | Continue to practical finding direction. | | | Week 16 | Final examination | | | |
| 1 | Özdemir, M.A., 2010. Harita, Pusula Kullanımı ve Doğada Yön Bulma. Available from internet: http://dag.org.tr/dokumanlar/5/dogada yon.pdf | | | |
| 1 | Anonim, 2016. Pratik Yön TahminleriAvailable from internet: http://denizcilik.beun.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/yonbulma.pdf | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 22/04/2022 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 15/06/2022 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 15 | 30 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 2 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 3 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | | Total work load | | | 76 |
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