GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
JEWELLERY BASIC TECHNIQUES -I/KMT-101
Course Title: JEWELLERY BASIC TECHNIQUES -I
Credits 4 ECTS 5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Lecturer Mehmet Fatih ÖZDEMİR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  m.ozdemir@hbv.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Ability to weight materials, to measure sheet metal and wire thicknesses.
Ability to prepare and mold metal alloys used in Jewelry
Ability to manufacture wire and sheet from the given alloy in specific sizes.
Ability to discriminate the type, use and place of industrial fluxes beside the basic ones such as borax and tinagar.
Ability to prepare the basic solder alloys used in jewelry.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction to the jeweler’s bench tools and the use of details
2. Week  The use of caliper and micrometer. Measurement and marking with ruler. Weight measuring within precise scale.
3. Week  The preparation of alloy recipes, melting and cast ingot. Ingot reshaping according to size within manuel or motor driven roller.
4. Week  Drilling with spiral motor. The fabrication of ornaments with jeweler’s saw.
5. Week  Reshaping the wire ingot within wire roller and drawplate. The preparation of wire according to size and profile.
6. Week  Bending and bending through the wire forming
7. Week  Mid-Term Exam
8. Week  Introduction to the Jeweler’s files and the shaping details with files.
9. Week  The classification and use of the burners used in jewelry.
10. Week  The introducing of chemical cleaning. The chemical cleaning of soldered work pieces.
11. Week  The preparation solder alloys. Basic soldering exercises.
12. Week  Making rings, adding to each other, and through soldering chain construction
13. Week  The fabrication of metal tube.
14. Week  The use of dapping punch. By using it, making the hemisphere
15. Week  Half each other spheres solder the sphere of creation
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Ayter, A. (1996). Kuyumculuk Meslek Bilgisi ve Mücevherat Sanatı. İstanbul: Arset. Codina, Carles (2000) The Complete Book of Jewellry Making. New York. Jinks Mc Grath (2004) The Encyclopedia of Jewellery Making Techniques. Page One Publishıng Private Limited Untracht, O. (1988). Jewelry Concepts and Technology. London: Robert Hale Ltd.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Demonstration, Practise, Observation
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
20
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
2
20
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Reading
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
1
5
 Designing and Applying Materials
6
5
30
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
10
10
 Final and Studying for Final
1
10
10
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
125
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Be competent in the terminology of Jewelry fieldX
2Be competent in jewelry manufacturing processX
3Be competent in jewelry materials; gems, metals, traditional and contemporary alloysX
4Have the ability to transfer 3D objects to 2D environment
5Be competent in cold and hot working circumstances related with jewelry and small-scale objectsX
6Be competent in all kinds of metal casting processesX
7Have the knowledge of the history of Jewelry art and technology
8Have the ability to design and redesign according to a given subject, problem solving, etc. related with design
9Acquire intellectual understanding of jewelry related subjects
10Having the ability to work in different interdisciplinary areas
11Have sense of professional and ethical responsibilityX
12Have awareness about the need for lifelong learning and develop their professional knowledge and skills continuously.
13Monitor the developments in the field and communicate with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level.