GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
TECHNICAL ENGLISH II/MEM-352
Course Title: TECHNICAL ENGLISH II
Credits 3 ECTS 3
Course Semester 6 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Learning the technical terms related to material and metallurgical engineering discipline
2. To be able to translate texts related to material and metallurgical engineering discipline into English-Turkish and Turkish-English
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Ceramics Introduction, Structure of Ceramics
2. Week  Word Formation: Suffixes in Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives , Properties of Ceramics
3. Week  Case Study: Optical Fibers versus Copper Cables ,Grammar: Adverbs II
4. Week  Case Study: Pyrocerams , Case Study: Spheres Transporting Vaccines
5. Week  Useful Expressions for Shapes and Solids, Polymers
6. Week  Introduction, Word Formation: The Suffix -able/-ible
7. Week  Properties of Polymers Case Study: Common Objects Made of Polymers
8. Week  Case Study: Ubiquitous Plastics, Grammar: Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)
9. Week  Polymer Processing, Case Study: Different Containers for Carbonated Beverages
10. Week  Composites ,Introduction ,Case Study: Snow Ski, Grammar: Gerund (-ing Form)
11. Week  Case Study: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP), Word Formation: Prefixes
12. Week  Advanced Materials Introduction , Semiconductors
13. Week  Case Study: Integrated Circuits, Grammar: Subordinate Clauses ,Smart Materials
14. Week  Nanotechnology, Case Study: Carbon Nanotubes ,Grammar: Modal Auxiliaries
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
60
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 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
0
0
 Reading Tasks
14
1
14
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
0
0
 Material Design and Implementation
14
0
0
 Report Preparing
14
0
0
 Preparing a Presentation
14
0
0
 Presentation
14
0
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
14
1
14
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
14
1
14
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
70
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
2.8
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Professional and ethical responsibility gains knowledge.X
2Ability to design experiments, conduct experiments, analyze and interpret the results of experiments.X
3The project-based work culture adopts workplace practices, awareness of employees health, environment and work safety; To train graduates with an awareness of the legal consequences of their engineering practices.X
4Ability to select and use the techniques and modern tools necessary for engineering applications and computer software, information and communication technologies.X
5To be aware of the problems of the age and awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation.X
6Knowledge of the necessity of using information resources and lifelong learning, including developments in science and technology.X
7The breadth of education required to understand the effects of engineering solutions on universal and social dimensions.X
8Ability to communicate effectively with oral and written and technical drawings in Turkish and English.X
9Professional and ethical responsibility.X
10Defining and formulating engineering problems, and selecting and applying appropriate analytical methods and modeling techniques for this purpose.X
11Ability to work in their own discipline and in multi-disciplinary teams.X
12The ability to design a system, part, or process that meets the desired requirements by considering realistic constraints and conditions.X
13Ability to design experiments, conduct experiments, analyze and interpret the results of experiments.X
14Knowledge of mathematics, science and own branches and having sufficient knowledge in engineering subjects and knowledge of application skills.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Mehmet ERDOĞAN )
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mehmeter)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (mehmeter@gazi.edu.tr)