SOCIOLOGY
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
EEE5541	Introduction to Digital Image and Video Processing	Fall	3	0	3	12

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ZAFER İŞCAN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This is an introductory course on digital image and video processing designed for graduate students and senior level undergraduate students. The objectives of the course are as follows: To introduce the student to theoretical foundations in Digital Image and Video Processing; to introduce the student to modern applications in Digital Image and Video Processing; to give students a hands-on experience about image and video processing using extensive simulation assignments (mostly using MATLAB); to give students an ability to solve complex engineering problems, that require image and video processing.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1.Discuss the main processes and problems of image and video formation and reproduction
2.Describe image and video sampling and quantization.
3.Apply functions Image Processing Toolbox in MATLAB to image and video processing problems.
4.Define and compute apply geometric transformations on images.
5.Describe and apply gray level transformations and frequency domain filtering on images and video.
6.Discuss and apply image restoration, morphological image processing, and image segmentation
7.Apply basic image compression and feature extraction approaches.
8.Describe video sampling rate and standards conversion
9.Explain motion estimation, and video enhancement methods.

Course Content

Introduction and overview; Human Visual System,
Image Formation; Image Processing Basics; MATLAB Basics;
Image Processing Toolbox; Image Sensing and Acquisition;
Arithmetic and Logic Operators; Geometric Operators;
Gray-level Transformations; Histogram Processing;
Neighborhood Processing; Frequency Domain Filtering;
Image Restoration; Morphological Image Processing;
Edge Detection; Image Segmentation; Color Image Processing;
Image Compression and Coding; Feature Extraction and Representation, Visual Pattern Recognition; Video Fundamentals, Video Standards, Video Standards Conversion,
Motion Estimation and video enhancement

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction and overview, Human Visual System, Image Formation
2)	Image Processing Basics, MATLAB Basics
3)	MATLAB Image Processing Toolbox, Image Sensing and Acquisition
5)	Gray-level Transformations, Histogram Processing
7)	Edge Detection, Image Segmentation
8)	Image Segmentation, Midterm Exam
9)	Image Restoration, Morphological Image Processing
10)	Color Image Processing
11)	Image Compression and Coding
12)	Feature Extraction and Representation, Visual Pattern Recognition
13)	Video Fundamentals, Video Standards, Video Standards Conversion
14)	Motion Estimation and video enhancement

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Practical Image and Video Processing Using MATLAB, Oge Marques, Wiley, 2011, ISBN: 978111093467.
References:	Video Processing and Communications, by Yao Wang, Joern Ostermann, and Ya-Qin Zhang, Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN 0-13-017547-1. Digital Video Processing, by M. Tekalp, Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 0-13-190075-7.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments	4	% 20
Project	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 20
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	5	70
Project	1	14	14
Homework Assignments	4	20	80
Midterms	1	3	3
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			212

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2)	To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3)	To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4)	To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5)	To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6)	To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7)	To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8)	To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9)	To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10)	To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11)	To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12)	To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.