COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEMINAR

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TKS 4703 SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 2 0 1

Offered By

Textile Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUZAFFER SEVIL YEŞILPINAR

Offered to

Textile Engineering

Course Objective

The providing students to be aware the effect of engineering applications on society and environment, informing them about their rights, obligations and profession ethical codes which are must followed while they will carry out their engineering professions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Awareness of the social and environmental effects of engineering applications.
2   Learning of working ethic codes for engineering.
3   The get experience about evaluating the ethical actions and solving ethical dilemmas thanks to case studies.
4   Knowledge and awarenes of how textile processes influence the environment and the legel regulations about environment.
5   Awareness and informing about the employee or employer rights and obligations.
6   Awareness about entrepreneurship, business idea and development of business idea.
7   Understanding the concepts about risk evaluation and management.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Section 1: Ethical values and principles in engineering 1.1.Definitions and common knowledge 1.2. Basic Ethical Values 1.2. Basic ethic values
2 1.3.Basic principles of ethic, the ethical decision process 1.4.Ethical Dilemma
3 1.5.Engineering ethical principles, ethic codes
4 1.6. Evaluation of Ethical Actions, Approaches and Tests which can be used in decision process, Examine the case studies.
5 Section 2: Engineering applications and environment 2.1.Introduction and common knowledge: Environment in technical terms, factors influencing the environment, basic approaches about environment
6 2.2.Applications to prevent pollution: waste treatment facilities, filters, solid waste management
7 2.3.The Effects of Textile Industry on Environment 2.4.Legal Legislation about Environment in Textile Industry 2.5. Management System Standards and Certificates about Environment.
8 Section 3: Business Law 3.1.The Main Concepts in Individual and Collective Business Laws: Employee, apprentice, intern, employer, representative of the employer, workplace, business, labour contract, working times, resting times, rescission, indemnity and so on.
9 3.2. Rights and obligations of employees and examination of the related court decisions with examples.
10 3.2. Rights and obligations of employees and examination of the related court decisions with examples.
11 Chapter 4: Entrepreneurship 4.1. Entrepreneurship in Practice and General Properties of Entrepreneur
12 4.2. Business Idea and developments methods for business idea, marketing researches and planning of marketing, atelier studies of business plan
13 Chapter 5: The risk management 5.1. The main factors about risk, Main instruments of risk evaluation
14 5.2. Risk evaluation matrixes, simulations and statistical models and so on, case studies

Recomended or Required Reading

Mühendislik Etiği Vakaları: www.onlineethics.org

www.etik.gov.tr

Küreselleşme, Etik Kodlar ve Örgütler. TMMOB Elektrik Mühendisleri Odası. Yeniden Düzenlenmiş Ikinci Baskı. Ankara. Mart 2007.

Gerçek, H., Mühendislikte Etik Sorunların Ele Verilmesi, Madencilik, Cilt 44, Sayı 4, Sayfa 29-38, Aralık 2005, Vol.44, No. 4, pp 29-38, December 2005.

http://www.aslglobal.com/mainsite/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Textiles-Trends-2019.20-Sustainability.pdf

https://www.yesilodak.com/surdurulebilir-kalkinma-icin-kuresel-hedefler-

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2019/633143/EPRS_BRI

Iş Sağlığı, Güvenliği ve Çevresel Etki Risk Değerlendirmesi, Özlem Özkılıç, MESS
Endüstri Ilişkileri Yayınları, 2008.

Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği, Namık kemal Özdemir, Istanbul Barosu Yayınları.
Iş Hukuku, Alpaslan Işıklı, Imaj Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2003.
Iş Hukuku ve Uygulamaları, Prof. Dr. Fevzi DEMIR, 5. Bası, Ocak 2009, Izmir.
Iş ve Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku, Istanbul Barosu Yayınları, 2010.
Iş Hukuku Kavramları ve Yargıtay Ilke Kararları, Istanbul Barosu Yayınları, 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion and evaluation in the class, watching educational DVDs, examination of the case studies.

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

Midterm examination 50% + Final Examination 50%

Assessment Criteria

%50Midterm Exam + %50 Final Exam + Make-up Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules


The course which is coordinated by a lecturer in Textile Engineering Department comprise of seminars which are presented by lecturers and/or sector representatives are specialists on different subjects of course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Will be announced.

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 36

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.533
LO.65
LO.75