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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
GENG 217	NATURAL DISASTERS	2 + 0	5th Semester

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	Goal of course is teaching natural disasters, their forming and effects both on people and environment. .
Course Content	Introduction to Natural Hazards; Climatic Hazards: Mechanisms of Climate Variability, Storms as a Hazard, Drought as a Hazard, Flooding as a Hazard, Oceanic Hazards; Geological Hazards: Earthquakes and Hazards, Volcanoes and Hazards, Land Instability and Hazards, Tsunami; Social Impact: Personal and Group Response to Hazards .
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	To learn occurance of naturel disaster and impacts on humanity and environment.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	2	28
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	1	14
Assignments	1	6	6
Mid-terms	1	10	10
Final examination	1	20	20
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			78

COURSE DETAILS

Select Year

	Course Term	No	Instructors
Details	2014-2015 Spring	2	ERDAL AKYOL
Details	2010-2011 Spring	1	ERDAL AKYOL

Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester
GENG 217	NATURAL DISASTERS	2 + 0	2	Turkish	2014-2015 Spring

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Prof. Dr. ERDAL AKYOL	eakyol@pau.edu.tr		MUH B0022	%

Goals		Goal of course is teaching natural disasters, their forming and effects both on people and environment. .
Content		Introduction to Natural Hazards; Climatic Hazards: Mechanisms of Climate Variability, Storms as a Hazard, Drought as a Hazard, Flooding as a Hazard, Oceanic Hazards; Geological Hazards: Earthquakes and Hazards, Volcanoes and Hazards, Land Instability and Hazards, Tsunami; Social Impact: Personal and Group Response to Hazards .

Topics

Weeks	Topics
1	Introduction
2	Natural hazard types
3	Earthquakes I
4	Earthquakes II
5	Liquefaction
6	Tsunami
7	Slope stability I
8	Slope stability II
9	Volcanic hazards
10	Floods
11	Sequezing and swelling soils
12	Global climate change
13	Hazards in our environment
14	Current issues

Materials

Materials are not specified.

Resources

Resources	Resources Language
(1) Keller E.A & DeVecchio D.E., 2012, Natural Hazards, Prentice Hall, Boston	English
(2) Hunt, R.E., 2007, Geologic Hazards: A field guide for geotechnical engineers, Taylor & Francis, ISBN:1-4200-5250-0	English

Course Assessment

Assesment Methods	Percentage (%)	Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam	60	Final Exam
Midterm Exam	40	Midterm Exam

L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes

Prospective Student