COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNOLOGY OF CLAY MINERALS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5023 TECHNOLOGY OF CLAY MINERALS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MÜMTAZ ÇOLAK

Offered to

Economic Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

It aims to learn formation, origin, mineralogy, chemistry and industrial uses of the clays

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   It can characterize the formation and the origin of clays
2   It can classify the clay minerals
3   It can carry out the particle size separation of clays
4   It can interpret the XRD pattern of clay minerals
5   It can interpret the industrial uses of clays

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 An overlook to the clay minerals
2 The useful tools to characterize the clay minerals
3 The useful tools to characterize the clay minerals
4 The useful tools to characterize the clay minerals
5 Clays as minerals (crystallographic characterization and classification)
6 Understanding origin of clays
7 Understanding origin of clays
8 Midterms
9 Industrial uses of the clays
10 Uses of clays for ceramic purposes
11 Importance of clays in the cement industry
12 Importance of clays in environmental problems
13 Uses of clays for medical geology
14 Publication presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 RPT REPORT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG +RPT/2 * 0.30 +FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 +ASG +RPT/2 * 0.30 +RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1, LO2 and LO5 are evaluated by presentations and LO3 and LO4 are evaluated by laboratory studies

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to the class is taken into consideration.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mumtaz.colak@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 7th and 8th hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Reading 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 194

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15545
LO.244545
LO.345455
LO.4243545
LO.535444555