COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNICAL ENGLISH I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEF 2303 TECHNICAL ENGLISH I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Geophysical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMRE TIMUR

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering

Course Objective

Translations and discussions will be made on English texts containing basic academic terms, personal introduction, basic English grammatical components, business writings, basic mathematical, physical and chemical terms. Presentations will be made to increase the vocabulary infrastructure with social and cultural content.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand basic academic terminology
2   To be able to recognize basic English grammar skills
3   To be able to recognize mathematics, engineering physics and engineering chemistry terminology
4   Knowing the basic terms used in social life and being able to express oneself

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Week 1: Academic terminology
2 Week 2: Earth, geophysics
3 Week 3: Lets introduce ourselves. (Present Simple & Present Continuous)
4 Week 4: Things happen. (Simple Past & Present Perfect)
5 Week 5: Buildings everywhere. (Articles, quantifiers, prepositions)
6 Week 6: Healthy Living. (Future: will & going to)
7 Week 7: Eat up. (Questions, Conditionals)
8 Week 8: Congratulations. (Comparatives & Superlatives)
9 Week 9: Festivals and Celebrations (Passive)
10 Week 10: Shy or Social (Modal verbs)
11 Week 11: Here comes the bride. (Relative Clauses)
12 Week 12: Moving on and up. (Conjunctions)
13 Week 13: Fundamental Mathematical, Physical and Chemical terminology in Engineering
14 Week 14: Introduction to Engineering Physics and Chemistry

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
- Lang, S., 1971, Basic Mathematics, Addison Wesley Pub. Company.
- Telford, W.M., Geldart, L.P., Sheriff, R.E., Keys, D.A., 1977, Applied Geophysics, Cambridge University Press
Supplementary Book(s):
- Various English science and geosciences books and videos.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussions, homework assignments / presentations, exams

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 * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework assignments / presentations: %20 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)
Mid-term exam: %30 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Final exam: %50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül University Engineering Faculty Department of Geophysical Engineering Tınaztepe Campus 35160 Buca-IZMIR
emre.timur@deu.edu.tr
+90 (232) 3017272

Office Hours

Tuesday 16.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 6 1 6
Preparing assignments 3 4 12
Preparation for midterm exam 6 1 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 2 22
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.155
LO.25
LO.355
LO.45

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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