• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Plan siting to earthquake prone areas and zones

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Earthquake and Structural Engineering
   2. Develop basic knowledge of seismic design codes, structural dynamics, geotechnical earthquake engineering, earthquake resistant design, seismic data acquisition and manipulation, earthquake hazard and risk analysis
   3. Review the literature critically pertaining to his/her research projects, and connect the earlier literature to his/her own results
   4. Acquire scientific knowledge and work independently
   5. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
   6. Design and conduct research projects independently
   7. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology
   8. Find out new methods to improve his/her knowledge
   9. Understand the applications and basic principles of instrumentation and/or software vital to his/her thesis projects
   10. Demonstrating professional and ethical responsibility.

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
2. Analyze risk and planning in the existing settlements

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Earthquake and Structural Engineering
   2. Develop basic knowledge of seismic design codes, structural dynamics, geotechnical earthquake engineering, earthquake resistant design, seismic data acquisition and manipulation, earthquake hazard and risk analysis
   3. Review the literature critically pertaining to his/her research projects, and connect the earlier literature to his/her own results
   4. Acquire scientific knowledge and work independently
   5. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
   6. Design and conduct research projects independently
   7. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology
   8. Find out new methods to improve his/her knowledge
   9. Understand the applications and basic principles of instrumentation and/or software vital to his/her thesis projects
   10. Demonstrating professional and ethical responsibility.

   Method of assessment

   1. Homework assignment
   2. Term paper
3. Evaluate the geotechnical hazards related to earthquakes in the existing settlements

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Earthquake and Structural Engineering
   2. Develop basic knowledge of seismic design codes, structural dynamics, geotechnical earthquake engineering, earthquake resistant design, seismic data acquisition and manipulation, earthquake hazard and risk analysis
   3. Review the literature critically pertaining to his/her research projects, and connect the earlier literature to his/her own results
   4. Acquire scientific knowledge and work independently
   5. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
   6. Design and conduct research projects independently
   7. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology
   8. Find out new methods to improve his/her knowledge
   9. Understand the applications and basic principles of instrumentation and/or software vital to his/her thesis projects
   10. Demonstrating professional and ethical responsibility.

   Method of assessment

   1. Homework assignment
   2. Term paper

Contents
Week 1:	Earthquake risk and hazard Uncertainty of earthquakes Seismic intensity and magnitude Scale systems Methods of siting Design earthquake
Week 2:	Earthquake ground motion Correlations with intensity and ground motion parameters Parameters affect ground motion characteristics
Week 3:	Evaluation of earthquake hazard Earthquake hazard analysis (deterministic and probabilistic)
Week 4:	Attenuation relationships Seismic parameters of areas
Week 5:	Surface faulting and tectonic movements Ground shaking
Week 6:	Data gathering from insitu and laboratory
Week 7:	Site response analysis (nonlinear analysis) Zoning for ground motion Local amplification
Week 8:	Mid-term exam
Week 9:	Zoning for ground motion
Week 10:	Zoning for liquefaction possibility
Week 11:	Settlements and lateral spreading
Week 12:	Zoning for slope failures
Week 13:	Inundation and flooding related to earthquakes
Week 14:	Data gathering, evaluation and microzonation mapping - 1
Week 15*:	Data gathering, evaluation and microzonation mapping - 2
Week 16*:	Final exam
Textbooks and materials:
Recommended readings:	1. Kramer, S. L., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1996. 2. TC4, ISSMFE.
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	8	20
Other in-term studies:		0
Project:	12	20
Homework:	3,6,9	20
Quiz:		0
Final exam:	16	40
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	3	15
Own studies outside class:	3	15
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	10	6
Term project:	10	2
Term project presentation:	1	1
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	10	1
Mid-term:	1	1
Personal studies for final exam:	8	1
Final exam:	2	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)