COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TOR 4088 EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Civil Defense And Firefighting Programme

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

RECEP KIRIŞ

Offered to

Mining Technology
Industrial Glass and Ceramics
Natural Building Stones Technology
Drilling Technology
Welding Technology
GEOTECHNICS
Civil Defense And Firefighting Programme

Course Objective

To be able to recognize earthquakes and their effects and to learn earthquake safety.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the earthquake and its parameters.
2   Knows the effects of earthquakes.
3   Has knowledge about the earthquake characteristics of Turkey.
4   Learns earthquake safety.
5   It examines the seismicity of buildings.
6   Knows the structural elements and their classification.
7   Have knowledge about earthquake regulations and work within this framework,
8   Know the big earthquakes in the world

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of earthquake and basic concepts
2 Earthquake parameters
3 Seismotectonic Features of Turkey
4 Seismotectonic Features of Turkey
5 Some Major Earthquakes in Turkey and the World
6 Building elements and classification of structures
7 Effect of earthquakes on structures
8 Basic principles of earthquake safety in buildings
9 Midterm exam
10 Basic principles of earthquake safety in buildings
11 Structural damage caused by earthquakes
12 Detection of Damages Caused by Earthquake Effects in Buildings
13 Earthquake Regulations
14 Earthquake Regulations
15 General repetition

Recomended or Required Reading

will be announced

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, reading, active participation in class, discussion. This course will be taught in the form of theoretical lectures in the classroom and applications of theoretical subjects in practical courses. The instructor will create a discussion environment in the form of questions and answers with the students while explaining their subjects and making their applications.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and final exams will be held to learn the basic concepts given in the presentations meaningfully, to associate the concepts with each other, to establish cause-effect relationships, to comment on the questions or problems using their existing knowledge, and to evaluate the idea generation.

I. Midterm Exam 50%: Examination of theoretical knowledge
II. Final Exam 50%: Attendance of all learning outcomes
III. Supplementary Exam: Attendance of all learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

will be announced

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül University, Torbalı Vocational School
Lecturer Recep KIRIŞ
recep.kiris@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced

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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 65

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511
LO.611
LO.711
LO.811

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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