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COURSE DESCRIPTION

PAVEMENT DESIGN/6061308

Course Title:	PAVEMENT DESIGN
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Course Semester	1	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning the physical and chemical properties of highway materials and how to design pavements using AASHTO Specifications
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-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction to course subjects
2. Week	Bituminous mixtures and asphalt
3. Week	New approaches in determining the properties asphalt properties and modified bitumens
4. Week	Experiments on bitumens and asphalt in laboratories
5. Week	Experiments on bitumens and asphalt in laboratories
6. Week	Midterm exam
7. Week	Pavement design with ASSHTO method (flexible pavement)
8. Week	Pavement design with ASSHTO method (flexible pavement)
9. Week	Rigid pavement design criteria and design
10. Week	Rigid pavement design criteria and design
11. Week	Sample pavement designs
12. Week	Sample pavement designs
13. Week	Sample pavement designs
14. Week	Sample pavement designs
15. Week	Sample pavement designs
16. Week	-

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	2	40
Assignment	2	20
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	1	20

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	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours	0	0	0
Reading Tasks	14	2	28
Searching in Internet and Library	14	2	28
Material Design and Implementation	14	1	14
Report Preparing	14	3	42
Preparing a Presentation	0	0	0
Presentation	0	0	0
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	2	10	20
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	15	15
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			189
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.56
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Course develops student’s skills of expression and research					X
2	Grasping the inter-disciplinary interaction related to his field				X
3	The ability to use the expert-level theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in his field				X
4	Interpreting and forming new types of knowledge by combining the knowledge from the area and the knowledge from various other disciplines				X
5	Solves the issues of his field by using scientific methods			X
6	The ability to carry out a specialist study related to his area independently					X
7	Developing new strategic approaches to solve the unforeseen and complex problems arising in the practical processes				X
8	Coming up with solutions while taking responsibility				X
9	Fulfilling the leader role in the environments where solutions are sought for the problems related to his field			X
10	Evaluates issues with a critical eye and encourages learning		X
11	Transferring the current developments in the area and his/her own work within the national and international environments orally, visually and in written forms			X
12	Ability to see and develop social relationships and the norms directing these relationships with a critical look and the ability to take action to change these when necessary			X
13	Having proficiency in a foreign language and establishing written and oral communication with that language			X
14	Uses computer programs competent enough for his department		X
15	Using communication technologies efficiently and according to the needs of the department			X
16	Collects data related to the field, reviews and makes conclusions; implements and shares them by considering ethical values			X
17	Develops different perspectives related to the field, plans them and assesses them within the quality framework			X
18	Internalizes the knowledge gained in the field, transforms it into a skill and uses it with interdisciplinary studies

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kürşat ÇUBUK)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

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-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(ckursat@gazi.edu.tr)

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