COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC JEWELRY TECHNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KTT 4101 BASIC JEWELRY TECHNIQUES COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Gemmology and Jewelery Design

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

BAŞAK GÜRSOY

Offered to

Gemmology and Jewelery Design
Gemmology and Jewelery Design (Evening)

Course Objective

The techniques used to learn alloy-metals and chemicals, preparing for alloy creation and producing basic product tencniques and aim used that skills on producing.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define affecting Precious metals and chemicals.
2   To be able to analyse carat compution
3   To be able to use base production techniques
4   To be able to make solder, to file, polish
5   To be able to manufacture products with base production techniques

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 925 sterling silver alloy preparation, preparation of carat gold alloy, silver solder preparation, gold solder preparation.
2 Plate preparation, wire preparation
3 Make the cut with hand tools
4 Drilled the metal, straight lines to filed, make to filed round and the corner lines
5 Corner filed, make preparation for solder , parts assembly by solder
6 Forging the metal forming, curve using hand tools
7 Midterm
8 Midterm
9 Forging-curving operations using hand tools, joining with the jump ring
10 Join with the jump ring, join with pins
11 Pin with the join, join with rivets
12 Join with rivets, making the surface polish
13 Making tarnishing process
14 Cleaning the polisheds piece

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source:
1) GURSOY, Başak; "Jewellery Techniques", Mengi Matbaa, Izmir, 2010
2) GURSOY, Başak; " Jewellery Education Atalier Handbook", Manisa Il Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü, 2010
Supporting resources:
1) BAYAZIT, PUBLIC, "Jewellery Design Methods and Techniques of Fundraising" Favorite Gold Academy Book Series 6, 2009.
2) P Magazine, "Jewelry and Jewelry Through the Ages" Issue: 17.1999.
3) Jewellery ATASAY, "Living Anatolian Jewelry" Istanbul, 2004.
4) M. Altan TÜRE, M. Yılmaz SAVAŞÇIN, Jewelery Birth. Goldas Culture Publications. Istanbul, Turkey. 2000.
5) Mehmet Zeki KUŞOĞLU, TURKISH JEWELRY GLOSSARY. Ötüken Neşriyat AŞ,Istanbul, Turkey. 1994.
6) Adli AYTER, JEWELRY AND JEWELRY ART OF PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE. Asgold-Atasay Jewelry Inc. Publication. Istanbul, Turkey. 1996.
7) Nurettin ARAS, MODERN JEWELRY. Offset Fatih. Istanbul, Turkey. 1996.
8) R. Allen HARDY, THE JEWELRY MANUAL engravers. Prentice Hall Press. New York. 1976
References: Internet
Other course materials: Metals, chemicals, hand tools, jewelry, gemstones processed.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Manufacture Jewellery Production

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 RO Rapor/Ödev
3 FN Final
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.20 + RO*0.20 + FN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.20 + RO*0.20 + BUT* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Lecture Midterm Exam 10%
2. Project Implementation Midterm 30%
3. Final Exam 60%

Assessment Criteria

Will be measured 5 learning output with theoretical midterm exam, final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Each student must attend the courses at least 80%. Any cheating action will be resolved with disciplinary proceeding.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

basak.gursoy@deu.edu.tr
yasemin.basevirgen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Any time that lecturer's isn't giving coarse lectures.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 12 2 24
Lectures 12 2 24
Mid-term exam preparation 1 3 3
Final exam preparation 1 6 6
Other (project implementation) 6 7 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures (course materials, articles read, etc.). 12 2 24
Mid-term 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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