COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HIGHWAY INFORMATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HRT 4214 HIGHWAY INFORMATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

SURVEYING AND CADASTRE

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

AYLIN AKTAŞ

Offered to

SURVEYING AND CADASTRE (Evening)
SURVEYING AND CADASTRE

Course Objective

To teach students the basics about motorway projects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Express tehcnical terms related to motorways.
2   List steps for motorway projects.
3   Generate theorical and final route.
4   Compute necessary calculations for transition curves.
5   Calculate area and volume of the objects.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Motorways technical terms
2 Transportation system, classification of motorways, structure and remits of the Turkey s General Directorate of Highways
3 Steps in motorway projects, study of route project: technical and economical aspects
4 Theorical and final route design.
5 Horizontal curves
6 Horizontal curves
7 Mid-term week
8 Mid-term week
9 Super-elevation transition curves
10 Vertical curves
11 Vertical curves
12 Cross-sectional area calculation
13 Volume calculations
14 Sample project

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook:Yol Bilgisi, Ömer Halis Tombaklar, Konya, 1996
Mühendislik Ölçmeleri, Prof. Dr. Ömer Aydın, YTÜ, Istanbul, 2005, Yol Bilgisi N. Yaman, F. Kaman
Materials:Calculator

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes will be assessed by mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students must attend at least 70% of all lectures during the semester.
Disciplinary investigation will be initiated in case of any kind of academic dishonesty act like cheating, plagiarism, collusion, etc.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

deniz.arca@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The appropriate office hours will be announced to the students at the beginning of the term.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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