COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHEMISTRY OF CERAMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TCS 1007 CHEMISTRY OF CERAMICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Industrial Glass and Ceramics

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YILDIZAY AYYILDIZ SELIMOĞLU

Offered to

Industrial Glass and Ceramics

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to provide terms and concepts that form the basis of the science of chemistry and the basic theories of these concepts with associating the ceramic field.
The course will be explained with the focus on fundamentals of chemistry covering matter: properties and measurement, the basic structure of the atom, formation of molecules and ions, nomenclature of compounds, chemical bonding, and quantitative relationships in chemical equations, solids and crystal structures.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To express the properties of the substance and units of measure,
2   To explain the atomic structure of ceramic materials,
3   To classify the elements of periodic system and explain the characteristics of important group,
4   To term the chemical bonds and its compounds,
5   To solve the problems related to quantitative relationships in chemical equations,
6   To explain the solids and crystal structures.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Matter and the Properties of Matter
2 Measurement of Matter
3 Atomic Structure of Ceramic Materials
4 Elements ve Periodic Table
5 Periodic Trends
6 Important Groups in the Periodic Table Used in Ceramics
7 Chemical Formulations
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm exam
9 Nomenclature of Compounds
10 Chemical Bonds
11 Lewis Constructions
12 Chemical Equations, Types of Chemical Reactions
13 Mol Concept
14 Solids and Crystal Structures
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

- Mete, Z. (2020). Seramik Kimyası. Tibyan Yayıncılık, Izmir.
- Petrucci, R. H., Harwood, W. S., & Herring, F. G. (2002). Genel Kimya Ilkeler ve Modern Uygulamalar.(8.. baskı) (Çev. Edt. Tahsin Uyar ve Serpil Aksoy). Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara.
- Atkins, P., Jones, L. (1998). Temel Kimya, Cilt 1-2, Kılıç, E., Köseoğlu, F., Yılmaz, H. (Çev. Ed.). Bilim Yayıncılık, Ankara.
- Mortimer, C. E. (1989). Modern Üniversite Kimyası, Cilt 1-2, Altunata, T. (Çev. Ed.). Çağlayan Kitapevi, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be taught in the form of theoretical lectures in the classroom. The instructor will discuss the theoretical and application concepts of the course for better understanding.
Cooperative learning method, group work, computer-based learning, presentation technique. question-answer technique, case study, problem-based learning, brainstorming.

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 * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 +RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term and final exams, active participation to the lecture, homework.

Assessment Criteria

I. Midterm exam: 25%
II. Homework: 25%
III. Final exam: 50%
IV. Resit exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. The students have to attend 70% of the courses.
2. Any attempt and act of plagiarism will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül University, Torbalı Vocational School
yildizay.ayyildiz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Weekdays, 09:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Lectures 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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