COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MINERALOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YEŞIM YÜCEL ÖZTÜRK

Offered to

Geological Engineering
Geological Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

IS PRESENTAION OF MINERALS IN TERMS OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND
TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCUSS ALL THESE GENERAL PROPERTIES BY INQUIRING WITH THE AID OF APPLICATION .

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE CONCEPTS OF MINERAL AND CRYSTAL (KNOWLEDGE)
2   ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE RELATONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AND EXTERNAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS (COMPREHENSION)
3   ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (COMPREHENSION)
4   ABLE TO INTERPRET THE RELATIONS BETWEEN MINERALS AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELEMENTS IN THE EARTH CRUST(EVALUATION)
5   ABLE TO RELATE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN COMPOSITIONAL DIVERSITIES AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS (APPLICATION).
6   ABLE TO CLASSIFY THE MINERALS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR CRYSTALLOGRAPHICIS, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (SYNHTESIS)
7   ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MINERALS USING HAND SPECIMEN (KNOWLEDGE)
8   ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE USEGE OF THE MINERALS ACCORDING TO THEIR PROPERTIES(APPLICATION)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 CRYSTALLOGRAPHYIC PROPERTIES OF MINERALS, SYMMETRY AND SYMMETRY OPERATIONS
2 CRYSTAL SYSTEMS AND POINT GROUPS
3 INDEXING OF CRYSTAL FACES AND PROJECTIONS
4 CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY, CHEMICAL BOUNDS, CRYSTAL STRUCTURES
5 COMPOSITIONAL DIVERSITIES OF CRYSTALS AND DEFECT STRUCTURES
6 TYPES OF STRUCTURES OF MINERALS, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS
7 IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES OF MINERALS 1. TUTORIAL EXAM
8 MINERAL SYSTEMATICS AND CLASSIFICATION
9 NATIVE MINERALS AND SULFIDES
10 OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES
11 CARBONATES, SULFATES
12 SULFATES-PHOSFATES, BORATES
13 SILCATES (ISLAND, RING, CHAIN) 1. TUTORIAL EXAM
14 SILICATES (LAYERED , FRAME WORK)

Recomended or Required Reading

TEXT BOOK:
YENIYOL M., 2004, MINERALOJI, DILEK OFSET MATBAASI ISTANBUL, 324P.
SUPPLEMANTARY BOOKS:
1. KLEIN C. AND HURLBUT JR C.S., 1993, MANUAL OF MINERALOGY, JOHN WILEY AND SONS, NEWYORK, 691P.
2.KEITH F., 1974 MODERN MINERALOGY, PRENTICE-HALL INTERNATIONAL INC. LONDON, 325P.
3. BERRY L.G. MASON B., 1983, MINERALOGY, W.H. FREEMAN AND COMPANY USA, 561P.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

VISUAL AND AUDIBLE LECTURE
INTERACTIVE LECTURE
VALUATION OF INTERACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING STUDENTS
LABORATUAR WORK PARALLEL TO THEORIC KNOWLEDGE

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 LAB LABORATORY
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.40 + LAB *0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE*0.40 + LAB *0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

LABORATORY NOTE GIVEN ABOVE IS AN AVARAGE OF 2 LAB EXAMS.
STUDENTS WHO GOT BELOW 50 FROM LAB EXAM AND IRREGULARLY ABSENT FROM THE LAB ARE NOT ALLOW TO TAKE THE FINAL EXAM.
STUDENTS CONTRIBUTING TO THE INTERACTIVE STUDIES WILL GRANTED WITH EXTRA POINTS.

Assessment Criteria

1 MID TERMS
2 LAB EXAM
Final EXAM

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

STUDENTS WHO GOT BELOW 50 FROM LAB EXAM AND IRREGULARLY ABSENT FROM THE LAB ARE NOT ALLOW TO TAKE THE FINAL EXAM.
DEPENDING ON THE GENERAL QUALITY OF THE CLASS, GRADES BELOW 35-40 ARE NOT CONSIDERED FOR GRADING.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Yeşim YÜCEL ÖZTÜRK
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi,
Mühendislik Fakültesi, Jeoloji Müh. Bölümü
OFFICE: 1st FLOOR ROOM 177
Tel: (0232 301 7359)

Office Hours

PROF DR. YEŞIM YÜCEL ÖZTÜRK:THURSDAY 13.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for tutorial exam 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.14
LO.23
LO.3
LO.434
LO.54
LO.65
LO.75
LO.85

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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