COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INT 4209 HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Construction Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

MEHMET GÜNEŞ

Offered to

Construction Technology
Construction Technology (Evening)

Course Objective

To learn the construction phases of the construction of the highway and basic computations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to determine the status of the land topography.
2   To be able to sort the factors affecting the selection of the route.
3   To be able to express highway standards.
4   To be able to list the Highway geometric standards.
5   To be able to explain control applications on related to highway earthworks.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Transportation systems
2 Highwayu standards
3 Clasification, traffic surveys
4 route surveys, location, plans.
5 Horizontal curves and superelevations
6 vertical curves
7 Mid-term exam
8 Mid-term exam
9 crossections
10 Design of rural highway project
11 Earthworks,
12 pavement materials and types of construction
13 Maintenance and repairing of highway structures
14 Maintenance and repairing of highway structures

Recomended or Required Reading

Karayolu Inşaatı, Nadir Yayla,Istanbul 2005

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Q&A and problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 RO Rapor/Ödev
3 FN Final
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.20 + RO*0.20 + FN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.20 + RO*0.20 + BUT* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The Learning Outcomes will be measured by using mid-term exam, final exam and homeworks

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Compulsory attandance to theoretical sessions is %70
Any act of cheating will be resulted in disciplinary investigation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.gunes@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The Office hours will be determined according to the program of the instructer for each semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparing assignments 1 21 21
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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