COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LOST WAX TECHNIQUE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KTT 4207 LOST WAX TECHNIQUE COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Gemmology and Jewelery Design

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

MÜJGEN EMRE

Offered to

Gemmology and Jewelery Design
Gemmology and Jewelery Design (Evening)

Course Objective

The irecision casting method wich is used at classical jewellry making and the serial production method and to make the students can be able to apply their desings to the moulds with those informations to make the jewellry desing firms to apply those methods to their area.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To identify the serial production system at jewelry sector.
2   To explain the precision costing at the preparation of jewelry mould.
3   To create 3 dimensioned form with wax.
4   To study with details at wax model.
5   To make the wax model ready for production.
6   Metal is poured to make calculation of.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introducing the lost wax method and precision costing
2 Introducing the lost wax method and precision costing
3 Selecting the desingns that can be made with wax and creating three dimensioned ring form.
4 Selecting the desingns that can be made with wax and creating three dimensioned ring form.
5 Fixing the featured form with leveling.
6 Studying the designing details.
7 Detailed study at wax ring model
8 Midexam
9 Detailed study at wax model, creating stone holes.
10 Detailed study at wax model, creating stone holes.
11 Last retouching at wax model and studying with different kinds of waxes.
12 Studying with different kinds of waxes and brooch and necklace works.
13 The elements that must be taken in consider at surface correcting.
14 Detailed study at wax ring model
15 To make models to be fitted (sandpapering, refinishing,stone plocement, oxide and etc.)

Recomended or Required Reading

1." Plaster Costing Guid for Golden Jewellry Producers", World Gold Council.
2."Technical Casting",Casting Guide for Jewellers, Helping Sources
3.Eroğlu, Müjgan; Precision Costing Course Notes,1998-2023

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Course Description
2. Weekly Application Studies.
3. Application Project at the of Term.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PR Proje
3 FN Final
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.10 + PR*0.30 + FN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.10 + PR*0.30 + BUT* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Mıdterm 10% (M1, M2, M3)
2.Project applying studies at midsemester %30 (ME1, ME2,ME3,ME4, ME5, ME6)
3. Final %60 ( ME1,ME2,ME3,ME4, ME5, ME6),

Assessment Criteria

Theoretical midterm exam, Project applying studies at midsemester and final and 6 learning outcome will be measured.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Every student has to attand the %70 of the lessans, During lessans and exams every attampt of copy support is going to be assessed as discipline crime.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mujgan.emre@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The interview days and hours with lecturer is going to be announced by The Lecturer at the beginning of the Term.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Case study 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 6 6 36
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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