GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
MASONRY PRACTICES/İNM 220
Course Title: MASONRY PRACTICES
Credits 4 ECTS 4
Course Semester 4 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Take safety precautions at work-site and prepare hand tools for usage.
Sieve sand and prepare wall and paving mortar.
Build brick and block walls.
Carry out plasters.
Build panel walls.
Carry out masonry paving.
Carry out isolation applications.
Make maintenance of walls and paving and their surface control.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Safety precautions at work-site, machinery and hand tools and its usage, sieving-types and sand sieving operations, mortars and their preparation,
2. Week  Wall patterns and their productions,
3. Week  Masonry with standard press brick,
4. Week  Masonry with hollow brick,
5. Week  Masonry with aerated concrete,
6. Week  Coarse and fine plaster applications,
7. Week  Plaster and its applications,
8. Week  Types of masonry paving, ceramic, brick, stone, glass mosaic etc. paving, composite, metal and plastic based paving, panels,
9. Week  Panel Types of panel wall, assembling and building rules, bonding of panel walls and their application, maintenance of walls and their surfaces,
10. Week  General principles of insulation applications in joint structures
11. Week  Insulation applications in walls and floors,
12. Week  Insulation applications on accessible and inaccessible terraces
13. Week  Reinforced concrete applications in the construction sector,
14. Week  Singular foundation, transverse beam, column, beam, transom, flooring reinforced concrete applications.
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
1
10
 Application
1
10
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
14
2
28
 Reading Tasks
0
0
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
0
0
0
 Material Design and Implementation
12
2
24
 Report Preparing
2
2
4
 Preparing a Presentation
0
0
0
 Presentation
0
0
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
2
4
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
2
4
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
92
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.68
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having a sufficient substructure concerning basic mathematics as well as natural and applied sciences, also having the competence in use of theoretical knowledge along with application experiences in engineering solutionsX
2Equipped with determination, formulation and solution skills of complex engineering problems, and having the ability to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methodsX
3Ability to design a complex system, process, equipment or product meeting certain needs under realistic limitations and conditions. In this way, having the skill to use modern designing methods (realistic limitations and conditions include subjects such as economics, environmental conditions, sustainability, productivity, ethics, health, security, social and political problems)X
4Having the ability to develop, select and use of modern methods and tools, talented to use of informatics technologies effectivelyX
5Having the ability to design an experimental setup, carry out experiments, acquire data, analyze and interpret the outcomesX
6Having the ability to study in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams effectively and talented to carry out individual studiesX
7Having the ability in written and oral Turkish communication and use of a foreign language (at least)X
8Awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning, having the ability to access knowledge, following developments in science and technology and renewing himself/herselfX
9Awareness of professional and ethical responsibilitiesX
10Having informed of applications in professional life including project and amendment management, awareness of entrepreneurship, reformism and sustainable developmentX
11Information regarding the universal and social effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security as well as problems of era; awareness of legal results of engineering solutionsX
12Possessing administrative skillsX
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assist. Prof. Ahmet GÖKDEMİR )
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ahmetgok)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (ahmetgok@gazi.edu.tr )