COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECO-TEXTILES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STA 6040 ECO-TEXTILES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Art and Design Proficiency in Art

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEHRIBAN ÖZLENEN IŞMAL

Offered to

Art and Design Proficiency in Art

Course Objective

To teach textile ecology, concepts and ecological assessment criteria, properties of ecological and organic textiles, environmentally friendly clean production methods and technologies, current approaches/applications to ecological textile design, eco textile labels and certificates.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   define textile ecology, ecological concepts and ecological assessment criteria
2   determine the properties of ecological and organic textiles
3   define environmentally friendly clean production methods and technologies
4   define approaches to ecological textile design, criteria of eco design and current applications
5   define eco textile labels and certificates

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to ecology; importance, general concepts and approaches regarding ecology
2 Textile ecology, profile of the sector, ecological and organic textiles, assessment criteria
3 A general overview: Ecological applications and production methods in textile industry
4 Life Cycle Assessment
5 Principals and methods of environmentally friendly production methods
6 Ecological approaches to textile pretreatments and finishings
7 Ecological approaches to textile dyeing and printing
8 Environmentally friendly Technologies; ultrasound (US), enzymatic, plasma, ultraviolet (UV), microwave, ozon etc. treatments and their advantages
9 Environmentally friendly Technologies; ultrasound (US), enzymatic, plasma, ultraviolet (UV), microwave, ozon etc. treatments and their advantages
10 Ecological approaches to textile design and current applications
11 Ecological approaches to textile design and current applications
12 General trends in the globe and Türkiye and their comparisions
13 Eco textile labels and certificates
14 Eco textile labels and certificates

Recomended or Required Reading

Tarakçıoğlu, I., 2008, Organik Pamuk ve Tekstil Sanayii, Istanbul Ticaret Odası, Yayın No:7
Bayraktar T., Türkant B. , Parıltı H., Tekstil Ve Konfeksiyon Sektöründe Ekoloji Ve Ekolojik Etiketler, ITKIB AR&GE ve Mevzuat Şubesi, Mart 2005
Biodegradable and sustainable fibres, edited by R S Blackburn, Woodhead Textile Series No 47, 2005
Recycling in Textiles, Edited by Y Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, Woodhead Textile Series No 50, 2006
Ecotextile 98, Sustainable development proceedings of the conference, Ecotextile 98 April 1998, Bolton UK, edited by A R Horrocks, University of Bolton, UK.
Ecotextile, The way forward for sustainable development in textiles, Edited by Misaftab and A R Horrocks, University of Bolton, UK, 2004
Environmental aspects of textile dyeing, by R M Christie, Herriot-Watt University, 2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Teaching methods such as question-answer with visual and textile products examples are applied in the classroom.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STA TERM WORK (ANNUAL)
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STA * 0.70 +ASG* 0.30


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm, assignment, final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is compulsory and regular participation is expected.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozlenen.ismal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 8 8 64
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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