COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATURAL STONE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
NBG 5015 NATURAL STONE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TURGAY ONARGAN

Offered to

NATURAL BUILDING STONES AND GEMSTONES

Course Objective

The objective of this course is, to keep technological and ecological criteria all together during the quarrying of natural marble quarries and inoculate participants that they can direct production by taking protective policies through nature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand environmental problems in natural stone industry
2   Foreseeing possible environmental effects and taking measures.
3   Deciding the most appropriate method out of alternative solution methods
4   To comment acquired data with the current knowledge.
5   To prepare a report on environmental impact assessment of natural stone mining.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Recultivation in mining and CED concepts. CED and legal conditions in environmental renovation
2 Environmental effects of natural stone mining and limits.
3 Environmental precautions in natural stone quarrying activities.
4 Environmental precautions in management activities.
5 Dust problem, effects of mining on ground water and precautions.
6 Waste amount and efficiency.
7 Mid term exam
8 Visual effects and precautions
9 Noise problem, its effects and precautions
10 Compulsory operations before leaving the work site
11 Rehabilitation techniques after quarrying.
12 Parameters of eco-production in natural stone mining.
13 Natural stone processing units and environmental effects.
14 Homework submission and Discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):
1. References: Wright, M.A. (2000). The practical euide to reclamation. University of Utah-Utah Ofl, Gas & Mining Division, A.B.D.
2. Ünver, Ö. (1992). Uluslararası Çalışma Grubu Topl,, TKÎ kurumunda arazi ıslah çalışmaları, Milli Kütüphane, Ankara.
3. Thomburg, A.A. (1982). Plant materials for use on surfece mined lands in arid and semiarid regions, Report No EPA-600/7-79-134. U.S. Environmental Protection Agencv. ABD.
4. Ripley, E., Redmann, R & Crowder, A. (1992). Environmental effects of minine. Ontario: Sî. Lucie Press.
5. Seçmen, Ö. (1998). Türkiye florası fders notlan). Izmir: Ege Univ. Fen. Fak. Teksirler Serisi No: 120.
6. Ramani, R.V., Sweigard, R.J. & Clar, M.L. (1990). Reclamation plannIng-surface jninjng handbook. A.B.D.
7. Michaud, L.H. (1981). A manual of reclamation practice. Ontario: International Academic Services Ltd.
8. Naveh, Z. & Lieberman, A.S. (1984). Landscape ecology-theory and application. New York: Springer-Veriag.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical course + Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.35 + PRJ * 0.15 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.35 + PRJ * 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

MID-TERM EXAM (%35) : LO1, LO2, LO3, LO3, LO4
HOMEWORK (%15) : LO4, LO5
FINAL EXAM (%50) : LO1,LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

turgay.onargan@deu.edu.tr, 0232-3017511

Office Hours

friday 7-8th hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Midterm 1 2 2
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.11PO.12
LO.1434443
LO.234215453341
LO.32341543255
LO.45544513432
LO.5555545443444

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