Information Package / Course Catalogue
Big Data and Data Mining
Course Code: KBU111
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

This course covers the current technologies, tools, architectures and systems used in Big Data, covering analytical data production, storage, management, transfer, in-depth analysis of incoming big data. provides a coverage area for data processing solutions in high-performance networks. Examines emerging big data applications in various fields, and tests widely used big data applications, including application and development issues. It will also focus on data mining and machine learning algorithms to analyze big data.

Course Content

Data warehouse, Introduction to data mining, Classification with decision trees, K-Nearest neighbor classification, Clustering and Hierarchical clustering, Non-hierarchical clustering, Support vector machines, Bayes theorem and classification, Classification and Clustering, Using their approaches together, Association rules and Apriori algorithm, Text Mining, Social Network Analysis with Data Mining, Web Mining.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Defines the main differences between Big Data set and classical data set.
2.Recognize different platforms used for storing Big Data.
3.Learn Machine Learning techniques used in Big Data analysis.
4.Learn techniques for extracting meaningful information from Big Data and visualizing this data.
5.Recognizes current problems and application areas related to Big Data analytics and has the basic knowledge to produce projects/solutions.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Özkan, Y. (2016). Data mining methods. Papatya Publishing Education.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to data mining, basic concepts of big data and business analytics.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Definition of data types, similarity and distance measures, cleaning, preparation, and visualization of data.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Classification – Decision trees.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Classification – Bayesian classification and k-nearest neighbors.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Sınıflandırma – Destek vektör motorları ve Kernel temelli yaklaşımlar.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Classification – Artificial neural networks and ensemble methods; applications with Matlab, R and Weka.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Clustering – Mathematical modeling, k-means and its variations.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Clustering – Hierarchical clustering and density-based clustering.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Clustering – Probability-based approaches and fuzzy clustering.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Midterm Exam
Week 11 - Theoretical
Validation and evaluation of clustering result.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Association analysis – Rule extraction and hash trees.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Feature selection – Principal component analysis and factor analysis.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Web Mining
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%5
Quiz1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Rate1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Assignment25010
Midterm Examination117017
Final Examination117017
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
4
OÇ-3
5
OÇ-4
5
OÇ-5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026