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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
		ELECTIVE

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET AKBULUT

Offered to

Geological Engineering
Geological Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

To teach drilling machines and equipment, drilling types and purposes, to choose appropriate methods and equipment according to geological applications and formation conditions, and to provide information about wellhead tests. To provide knowledge about professional law and permit processes in drilling activities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To gain ability about drilling methods and techniques on every field of geological engineering works.
2	To learn choosing the drilling equipments for different applications such as, water wells, mineral exploration studies, site investigations, geothermal energy.
3	To be able to understand the geological formations by observing core and cutting samples
4	To have skill to design a borehole according to the depth, capacity and problems.
5	To be able to calculate the drilling costs according to borehole design and carry out professional law and permit processes in drilling activities.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Role and development of drilling in engineering
2	Drilling processes and types of drilling equipments
3	Principals and elements of percussion drilling
4	Elements of rotary drilling
5	Rotary drilling methods
6	Drilling for water well applications
7	Drilling for foundation investigations and ground improvement applications
8	Drilling in mining (mineral exploration and exploitation) activities
9	Drilling for geothermal sources
10	Logging and sampling methods in drilling
11	Identification of formation and structural elements in drilling
12	Borehole design - cost estimation - Capacity and efficiency in drilling
13	Deep hole drillings, general drilling problems
14	Professional law and permit processes in drilling activities

Recomended or Required Reading

Yalçın, A., 2005. Sondaj Yöntemleri ve Uygulamaları (4.Baskı). Maden Mühendisleri Odası, 433 s.
Australian Drilling Industry Training Committee, 1996. Drilling: the manual of methods, applications, and management (4th edition), Lewis Publishers, NEW YORK, 615 p.
Marjoribanks, R., 2010. Geological Methods in Mineral Exploration and Mining, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 238 p.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and field trip

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4 and LO5 will be assessed via homework and midterm, final and makeup exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Policies and rules will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet AKBULUT
makbulut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Office hours will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparation for final exam	1	8	8
Preparation for midterm exam	1	8	8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	1	14
Field study	1	4	4
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			66

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

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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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