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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS NBG 5021 SYNTHETIC GEMSTONES AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES 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 MURAT HATIPOĞLU

Offered to

NATURAL BUILDING STONES AND GEMSTONES

Course Objective

The reasons of creating a synthetic gemstone, chemical characteristics of its crystals and procedures and techniques of synthetic crystal production are discussed in this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge of synthetic gemstones which have or don t have natural equivalents 2   Crystal chemistry, twin crystals, growth theorem knowledge. 3   Ability to comprehend characteristic growth structures. 4   Ability to use mathematical, scientific and engineering related knowledge on gem stones 5   Ability to solve professional knowledge and ethic based problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Gemstones that also occur in nature and can be processed synthetically (names, reasons of production). 2 Synthetic gemstones having no equivalent in nature (their names and reasons of production) 3 Chemistry of crystals 4 Twin crystals and their occurrence reasons 5 Crystal growth theorems. I. Mid-term exam 6 Crystal growth techniques out of a molten substance 7 Crystal growth techniques out of a solution 8 Crystal growth techniques out of vapor 9 Reasons of inclusions in gemstones 10 Types and characteristics of solid inclusions 11 Types and characteristics of liquid inclusions II. Mid-term exam 12 Types and characteristics of gaseous inclusions 13 Characteristic structures of growth and specifications 14 Characteristic structures of growth and specifications

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Supplementary Book(s): Murat HATIPOĞLU. Sentetik Süstasları. Kurt NASSAU. Gems Made by Man. Cornelius S. HURLBUT. Gemology.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical course + homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1 2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2 3 ASG ASSIGNMENT 4 FIN FINAL EXAM 5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 + MTE 2/2 * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50 6 RST RESIT 7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 + MTE 2/2 * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

MID TERM EXAM % 30 (LO1,LO2,LO3,LO4,LO5) HOMEWORK % 20 (LO2, LO4) FINAL EXAM % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3,LO4,LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zeliha.yayla@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 2 12 24 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48 Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Preparing assignments 2 4 8 Midterm 2 2 4 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

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 LO.1 5 2 4 3 4 1 2 2 LO.2 5 4 5 3 2 2 1 2 LO.3 4 4 5 2 2 1 3 5 5 LO.4 3 4 5 2 4 2 1 5 LO.5 3 3 4 2 5 2 2 5