COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNICAL ENGLISH I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEF 2313 TECHNICAL ENGLISH I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

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

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
- Various actual videos and text books.

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

Policies will be announced in the first week of the semester.

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 9.00-12.00 (Please make an appointment)

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 7 2 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

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