COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENERAL GEOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEO 1501 GENERAL GEOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 2 0 5

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BORA UZEL

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering

Course Objective

This lecture which is recommended for 1st term of Geophysical Enginnering department programme, intends the begining students of geophysical enginnering to understand basic princibles of geology, main features of earth and the internal and external processes which form the earth crust.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to know the basic principles of Earth Sciencs
2   To be able to know the characteistics of the Earth
3   To be able to understand the basic working and thinking principles of Geology
4   To be able to determine the rocks
5   To be able to understand the basic internal and external processes forming the earth crust
6   To be able to correlate the geological events and structures in time and space
7   To be able to understand the relationships between geological and geophysical events-structures and occurrences of the natural resources

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Earth-Basic princples
2 Sections of earth crusts and its relationships with P and S waves
3 Minerals,magmatic rocks and plutonism
4 Magmatic rocks and magmatism
5 Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks
6 First mid-term examination
7 Sedimentation and sedimentary rocks
8 Basic principles of Geology, Geological time and aging the rocks
9 Stratigraphy and principles
10 Natural hazards and mining
11 Plate tectonics-I
12 Second mid-term examination
13 Plate tectonics-II
14 Plate tectonics and Geophysics

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Textbooks:
1. Ketin, I., Genel Jeoloji. ITÜ Vakfı
2. Monroe, J.S. and Wicander, R., Fiziksel Jeoloji. TMMOB, JMO yayınları (Yayına hazırlayanlar: Dirik, K ve Şener,M.)

Auxiliary Textbooks:
1. Press, F. and Siever, R., Understanding Earth.
2. Plummer, CC and McGeary, D Physical Geology. Wm. C. Brown Publishers
3. Thompson, G.R. and Turk, J., Earth Science and The Environment. Saunders College Publishing
4. Wicander, R and Monroe, JS Essentials of Geology West Publishing Company

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 LAB LABORATORY
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.15 + LAB * 0.15 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.15 + LAB * 0.15 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1: To be able to know the basic principles of Earth Sciencs-Mid-term and final exams
LO2: To be able to know the characteistics of the Earth- Mid-term and final exams
LO3: To be able to understand the basic working and thinking principles of Geology- Mid-term and final exams
LO4: To be able to determine the rocks-Tutorials, mid-term and final exams
LO5: To be able to understand the basic internal and external processes forming the earth crust- Mid-term and final exams
LO6: To be able to correlate the geological events and structuras in time and space- Tutorials, mid-term and final exams
LO7: To be able to understand the relationships between geological and geophysical events-structures and occurrences of the natural resources-Mid-term and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bilal SARI
e-mail:bilal.sari@deu.edu.tr
office phone:0.232.4127342

Office Hours

Monday: 11:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for Mid-term exams 2 10 20
Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15
Mid-term Exam 2 1,5 3
Final Exam 1 1,5 2
Tutorial 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 136

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.111
LO.21
LO.31
LO.422
LO.523
LO.612
LO.7433