COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATURAL BUILDING STONES OF THE WORLD AND TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
NBG 5018 NATURAL BUILDING STONES OF THE WORLD AND TURKEY 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 ALI BAHADIR YAVUZ

Offered to

NATURAL BUILDING STONES AND GEMSTONES

Course Objective

Production areas of natural building stones across the country, stratigraphic locations, geological and engineering characteristics, commercial names at market, usage areas. Production areas of natural building stones across the world, their geological origin, usage areas, their classification according to usage aims.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the locations of quarrying among Turkey
2   Ability to classify the natural stones according to their geological origins.
3   Ability to comprehend stratigraphical and geological characteristics of natural building stones of Turkey.
4   Ability to comprehend structural and mass characteristics of natural building stones of Turkey.
5   Ability to classify the natural stones according to their geological origins , quarrying locations, usage areas.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Classification and distribution of the world s and Turkey s natural building stones according to their regional characteristics and origins
2 Geology and economy of natural building stones of Marmara Island.
3 Geology and economy of natural building stones of Afyon
4 Geology and economy of natural building stones of Muğla
5 Geology and economy of natural building stones of Denizli
6 Geology and economy of natural building stones of Diyarbakır and Southeastern Anatolia.
7 Geology and economy of natural building stones of Marmara Region
8 Midterm exam
9 Geology and economy of natural building stones of Aegean and central Anatolia region.
10 Geology and economy of natural building stones of Mediterranean region and other important regions of production.
11 Geology and economy of natural building stones of Italy, Greece and Spain.
12 Geology and economy of natural building stones of Persia, India, China and Pakistan
13 Geology and economy of natural building stones of Scandinavia, Baltic region and other European countries.
14 II. Mid term

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Supplementary Book(s): Yüzer, E., ve Erdoğan. M (1996). Türkiye Mermer Envanteri Tütkiye Mermerleri Mühendislik Özellikleri Araştırma Projesi, T.C. DPT-Proje No: 90K120720.
2. Yavuz.A.B., 2001. Muğla Yöresi Mermer Ocaklarında Blok Mermer Üretimini Etkileyen Jeolojik Parametreler. D.E.Ü. Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Doktora Tezi (Yayımlanmamış).
3. Waelkens.M. Herz. N. And Moens. L., J 992 Ancient Stones Quarrying Trade and Provenence Leuven Universty Pres.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical course

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mıd term exam (% 50) : LO1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5
Final (%50) : LO1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bahadir.yavuz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 2 10 20
Preparation for Final Exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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