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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
SSD 2008	TECHNICAL ENGLISH	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	2

Offered By

Natural Building Stones Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ILKER ÖZKAN

Offered to

Natural Building Stones Technology
Mining Technology
Welding Technology
Industrial Glass and Ceramics
GEOTECHNICS
Mining Technology
Drilling Technology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to improve reading, comprehension, writing skills and vocabulary knowledge of the students with the help of texts written in English.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To define the mineral term (in English).
2	To list the features of a mineral (in English).
3	To outline rocks and types of rocks (in English).
4	To define the clay minerals (in English).
5	To describe the hydrologic cycle (in English).
6	To identify the groundwater exploration and monitoring (in English).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	What is a mineral
2	The chemical composition of minerals
3	The crystalline nature of minerals
4	Physical properties of minerals
5	Mineral classification
6	Types of rocks and rock cycle
7	Mid-term exam
8	Igneous rocks
9	Sedimentory rocks
10	Rock forming minerals
11	Soil and rock sampling
12	Clay minerals
13	The hydrologic cycle
14	Groundwater exploration and monitoring

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Graham R. Thompson, Jonathan Turk , Earth Science and The Environment, 1993
Supplementary Book(s): Donald D. Coduto, Geotechnical Engineering Principles and Practises, 1999
Supplementary Book(s): Robert D. Holtz, William D. Kovacs, An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering, 1981

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in the classroom theoretically. The instructor will teach the examples of terminology related to professional issues by giving texts written in English. The instructor will also discuss the texts with questions and answers for better understanding.

Assessment Methods

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

I. Mid-term exam %50: To examine the theoretical information.
II. Final exam %50: To examine the all learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ilker.ozkan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday between 13.00-13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	1	13
Preparation for midterm exam	1	5	5
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.9	PO.10
LO.1	1	1
LO.2	1	1
LO.3	1	1
LO.4	1	1
LO.5	1	1
LO.6	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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