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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Statistical Methods For Pollution Modelling CEV423 Elective Bachelor's degree 4 Fall 5

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Bilge Ă–ZBAY

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) The student will gain knowledge about the commonly used statistical methods in environmental engineering field.
2) The students will learn and apply correlation and regression analysis.
3) The students will gain knowledge about the applications of principle component analysis in environmental engineering field.
4) The students will learn the basic properties and structures of artifical neural networks.
5) The students will gain knowledge about the artifical neural network applications in environmental engineering field.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1 2 3 4
Learning Outcomes
1 Low Low No relation No relation
2 Middle Middle No relation No relation
3 Middle Middle No relation No relation
4 Middle Middle No relation No relation
5 Low Low No relation No relation

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

-

Course Contents

Defination and usage areas of statistics, common statical methods used in environmental engineering field, correlation analysis and its applications in environmental enginnering field, multivariate linear regression model and applications in environmental engineering, principle component analysis, non-linear models and their applications in environmental enginnering field, artifical neural network (ANN) models, the principle properties and structure of ANN models, ANN applications in environmental enginnering.

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods



Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade

60%

 

Number

Percentage

Semester Studies

Short Exam / Quiz

1

20%

Midterm Examination

1

30%

Presentation/Seminar

1

50%

 

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

40%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Not Required