COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARBLE ECONOMY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DYT 4018 MARBLE ECONOMY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Natural Building Stones Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR RAMAZAN HACIMUSTAFAOĞLU

Offered to

Natural Building Stones Technology

Course Objective

What are the relations between marble companies and general economy at production and marketing stages

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to define the contributions of marble quarries, processing plants and workshops to the e
2   Linking the operations of companies active in domestic and foreign markets with the
3   Ability of linking the relation between marble and transportation sector and its
4   Ability of evaluating the relation between machinery and marble industry.
5   Ability of conducting research work for the economic use of the waste marble

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What are the preparatory work for opening a marble quarry How is the quarry started for operation
2 Production and quality control in marble quarrying.
3 What are the techniques used in sawing and processing of the marble blocks Definition of marble processing plants.
4 Quality of the staff employed in marble processing plants, and their contribution to the economical system.
5 What are the auxilarry products in marble processing plants, and means of obtaining them.
6 Relations between auxilarry products used in marble processing plants and economy, and their contribution to the economy.
7 What are the products of the marble machinery sector
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9 What are the contributions of the marble machinery sectory to economy
10 Mermer nakliyeciliği ve ekonomiyle ilişkisi nasıldır What is the relation between marble transportation sector and economy
11 Study of marble export and import from the point view of domestic economy.
12 What is the role of marble products in construction sector
13 What is the role of mounting workmanship in the construction sector
14 Study of the marble waste products.

Recomended or Required Reading

lecture notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, class discussion and in-class workshops ; students individual work on term papers, student managed learning

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid term exam : %50

Final exam: %50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students will be informed at the beginning of the semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ramazan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Students will be informed at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 13 13
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51