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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
NBG 5029	DETERIOTION AND DURABILITY OF NATURAL BUILDING STONES	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 ALI BAHADIR YAVUZ

Offered to

NATURAL BUILDING STONES AND GEMSTONES

Course Objective

Environmental corrosive factors that cause deterioration in natural building stones. Deterioration types and values in natural building stones. Methods of determining durability, deciding the usage areas according to stone types.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Ability to classify deterioration in natural building stones.
2	Ability to comprehend deterioration parameters in natural building stones.
3	Ability to determine deterioration level in natural building stones.
4	Durability of natural building stones.
5	Effects of material characteristics on durability and its relation with proper usage.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Classification of natural building stones according to their geological origin, usage type and place.
2	Classification of natural building stones according to their geological origin, usage type and place.
3	Classification of deterioration of natural building stones according to geological basis
4	Classification of deterioration of natural building stones according to the area of usage.
5	Environmental corrosive factors that cause deterioration in natural building stones. (1)
6	Environmental corrosive factors that cause deterioration in natural building stones. (2)
7	I Mid-term exam
8	Determination of deterioration values in natural building stones.
9	Durability in natural building stones and the effect of material characteristics of natural building stones.
10	Durability in natural building stones and methods of determining durability(1)
11	Durability in natural building stones and methods of determining durability(2)
12	Durability determination techniques of natural building stones.
13	Effects of the material properties of natural building stones on their durability and determinig proper area of usage according to their material properties.
14	II mi- term exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Winkler, E.M., 1997 Stone in Architecture, Springer Verlag Heidelberg New York ISBN 3-540-57626-6.

Supplementary Book(s):
McNail.G.H.,1998, Soil and Rock Construction Material, British Library cataloguing in Publication Data, ISBN 0 419 21420 8.
Labuz,J.F., 1997 Degradation of Natutal Building Stone. Geotechnical Special Publication No.72 ISBN 0-7844-0279-5 The Geo-Institute of Civil Engineers.
Küçükkaya, A.G.,Taşların Bozulma Nedenleri ve Korunma Yöntemleri Birsen Yayınevi ISBN 975-511-360-6

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical course and practical application

Assessment Methods

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

VIZE (% 50) : LO1, LO2, LO3,LO4,LO5
FINAL (%50) : LO1, LO2, LO3,LO4,LO5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bahadir.yavuz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	2	24
Preparation for Mid-term Exam	2	10	20
Preparation for Final Exam	1	20	20
Preparation before/after weekly lectures	12	4	48
Final	1	2	2
Mid-term	2	2	4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			118

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

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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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