Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
KTT 4207	LOST WAX TECHNIQUE	COMPULSORY	2	2	0	4

Offered By

Gemmology and Jewelery Design

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

MÜJGEN EMRE

Offered to

Gemmology and Jewelery Design
Gemmology and Jewelery Design (Evening)

Course Objective

The irecision casting method wich is used at classical jewellry making and the serial production method and to make the students can be able to apply their desings to the moulds with those informations to make the jewellry desing firms to apply those methods to their area.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To identify the serial production system at jewelry sector.
2	To explain the precision costing at the preparation of jewelry mould.
3	To create 3 dimensioned form with wax.
4	To study with details at wax model.
5	To make the wax model ready for production.
6	Metal is poured to make calculation of.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introducing the lost wax method and precision costing
2	Introducing the lost wax method and precision costing
3	Selecting the desingns that can be made with wax and creating three dimensioned ring form.
4	Selecting the desingns that can be made with wax and creating three dimensioned ring form.
5	Fixing the featured form with leveling.
6	Studying the designing details.
7	Detailed study at wax ring model
8	Detailed study at wax ring model
9	Detailed study at wax model, creating stone holes.
10	Detailed study at wax model, creating stone holes.
11	Last retouching at wax model and studying with different kinds of waxes.
12	Studying with different kinds of waxes and brooch and necklace works.
13	The elements that must be taken in consider at surface correcting.
14	To make models to be fitted (sandpapering, refinishing,stone plocement, oxide and etc.)

Recomended or Required Reading

1." Plaster Costing Guid for Golden Jewellry Producers", World Gold Council.
2."Technical Casting",Casting Guide for Jewellers, Helping Sources
3.Eroğlu, Müjgan; Precision Costing Course Notes,1998-2019

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Course Description
2. Weekly Application Studies.
3. Application Project at the of Term.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FN	Final
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	VZ0.40 + FN 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	VZ0.40 + BUT 0.60

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

2.Project applying studies at midsemester %30 (ME1, ME2,ME3,ME4, ME5, ME6)
3. Final %60 ( ME1,ME2,ME3,ME4, ME5, ME6),

Assessment Criteria

Theoretical midterm exam, Project applying studies at midsemester and final and 6 learning outcome will be measured.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Every student has to attand the %80 of the lessans, During lessans and exams every attampt of copy support is going to be assessed as discipline crime.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mujgan.emre@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The interview days and hours with lecturer is going to be announced by The Lecturer at the beginning of the Term.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	2	24
Case study	12	2	24
Preparation for midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for final exam	1	3	3
Preparing presentations	6	6	36
Preparing assignments	1	9	9
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14
LO.1	1	1	1	1			1		1	1	1			1
LO.2						1		1		1			1
LO.3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1	1	1
LO.4			1			1			1	1		1
LO.5	1	1		1							1	1		1
LO.6						1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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