COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SURVEYING IN ARCHITECTURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 2620 SURVEYING IN ARCHITECTURE COMPULSORY 2 1 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AHMET VEFA ORHON

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide an overview of surveying required for architectural applications. This knowledge gives context to the fundamentals of surveying such as traversing, leveling, manual map drafting. The theory presented in lectures will be practiced in field application.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognizing the role of surveying in architectural applications
2   Recognizing and applying the fundamentals of architectural surveying
3   Applying traversing and area surveying
4   Understanding and applying levelling
5   Applying manual map drafting

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to surveying. Role of surveying in architectural applications
2 Surveying concepts: assumptions about the shape of earth, coordinate reference systems, basic principles of surveying. Field application: Utilization of prism
3 Accuracy of measurements and types of error. Surveying equipment and Instruments. Methods of distance and angle measurements. Field application: Distance measurements using steel measuring tape
4 Methods of measuring area Field application: Angle measurements
5 Traversing. Principals of traversing. Types of traverses; open traverses, closed traverses, link traverses
6 Open and link traverses Field application: Application of open traverse.
7 Closed traverses Field application: Application of closed traverse.
8 Manual map drafting, properties of contours, drawing contour plans, surveying methods for producing contours Field application: Utilization of tacheometer.
9 Levelling principals and methods
10 Open and link leveling Field application: Utilization of level.
11 Closed leveling
12 Field application: Utilization of total station.
13 Mid-term exam
14 Course overview

Recomended or Required Reading

Orhon A. V., Surveying in Architecture, Unpublished lecture notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in lecture, and will be practiced in field application.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Final Exam % 50 (LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

vefa.orhon@deu.edu.tr
0090 232 301 84 93

Office Hours

To be announced at the beginning of semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1455
LO.244
LO.334
LO.434
LO.534