COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELEMENTS OF CONSTRUCTION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 2007 ELEMENTS OF CONSTRUCTION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERDAR AYDIN

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

Introduce students to different types of structures such as masonry, timber and reinforced concrete, and the elements forming these types of systems; inform them about traditional and modern construction and design techniques of the walls, floors, footings, roofs, stairs, beams, columns, windows and doors.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Become familiar with structure types, elements and materials.
2   Learn about the design techniques of wall, foundation and other load carrying elements in masonry, timber and reinforced concrete buildings.
3   Learn different types of roofs and the elements forming the roofs.
4   Grasp the types of stairs and the stair balancing.
5   Learn about the design techniques of non-load carrying elements such as windows, doors and chimneys.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Masonry structures
2 Footings
3 Stone walls
4 Brick walls
5 Arches and vaults
6 Timber structures
7 Timber floors
8 Reinforced floors
9 Roofs
10 Roof elements
11 Stairs
12 Stairs elements
13 Doors and windows
14 Application

Recomended or Required Reading

Materials: Lecture notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations and homeworks

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Serdar Aydın- serdar.aydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 8 1 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.144444
LO.244544
LO.343544
LO.443544
LO.543344