GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ENV. IMPACTS OF MATERIALS AND ECO. CONST. MATERIALS/5931311
Course Title: ENV. IMPACTS OF MATERIALS AND ECO. CONST. MATERIALS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish/English
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Gülser ÇELEBİ (PhD)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/gulser
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  "gulser@gazi.edu.tr","gulsercelebi@gmail.com"
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To provide knowledge on consideration of material -building - environment relationship.








 -- 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  The definition of the terms of sustainable, green, environmental, and ecological concepts,
2. Week  The emerging reasons of concepts,
3. Week  The context of Building-environment,
4. Week  The place and importance of building materials in this context,
5. Week  The problems of defining a building material as an ecological,
6. Week  Life Cycle Assessment
7. Week  Environmental assessment and classification systems and standards,
8. Week  The definition of available and alternative energy resources, smart materials and intelligent buildings
9. Week  The impact of building materials on environment and on human in all their phases from “Production” to “Use” and finally to the
10. Week  The evaluation of building materials from viewpoints of energy use, renewable and non-renewable resource depletion, global warming, ozone depletion,
11. Week  The exploration of environmental friendly and smart buildings using ecological building materials and criteria and discussion.
12. Week  The exploration of environmental friendly and smart buildings using ecological building materials and criteria and discussion.
13. Week  The exploration of environmental friendly and smart buildings using ecological building materials and criteria and discussion.
14. Week  The exploration of environmental friendly and smart buildings using ecological building materials and criteria and discussion.
15. Week  The exploration of environmental friendly and smart buildings using ecological building materials and criteria and discussion.
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1. BERGE, B., [2009] The Ecology of Building Materials, Elsevier Ltd. (Second Edition) 2. EDWARDS, B. [1999] Sustainable Architecture, Architectural Press, Oxford. 3. GAUZIN-MULLER, D. [2002] Sustainable architecture and urbanism: concepts, technologies, example, Birkhauser Basel. 4. HENDRIKS, F., [2000] "Durable and Sustainable Construction Materials", Aneas Technical Publishers, 5. STITT, F. A. [1999] Ecological design handbook: sustainable strategies for architecture, McGraw-Hill, New York. 6. ÇELEBİ, G. vd. [2008] Yapı Çevre ilişkileri, TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Yayını. 7. Calgins, M., Materials for sustainable sites, John Wiley&Sons, 2009 8. Addington M., Schodek D.L. Smart materials and technologies in architecture, Elsevier Architectural Press, 2005
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Research, Presentation
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
0
 Assignment
1
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
50
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
0
0
 Reading
10
2
20
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
2
20
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
5
3
15
 Preparing Presentation
5
3
15
 Presentation
5
3
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
5
3
15
 Final and Studying for Final
5
2
10
 Other
10
3
30
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
185
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.4
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Has the advanced knowledge and understanding necessary for providing the basic work on area of architecture, planning and design on the basis of competencies gained at the undergraduate level.X
2Has a critical awareness of the problems related to the nature of the information, sources of information and the production and testing of knowledge through interfaces in between. Architecture / planning / design and the other fields.X
3Manages and converts the earned knowledge, understanding and problem-solving skills in new environments, outside the usual, broad, interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary areas that may be above context, complex or unpredictable working or learning contexts.X
4Has the specialized problem-solving skills which are necessary to develop new knowledge and methods in the Related research field and to integrate information coming from different areas.X
5Defines an academic study. Executes it with a critical and an independent manner. Academic dialogue is conducted for critical and categorical results. Presents and publishes papers at national and international congresses and media.X
6Contributes to the practical knowledge and applications of the teams working at the filed on the related research area and /or assume responsibilities for reviewing the strategic performance.X
7Has the qualifications and necessary skills to earn a valid certification at the professional postgraduate qualification and for professional practice.X
8Show that he/she can develop dialectical thinking on social norms and relationships, and leads to change.X
9Knows and uses at least one foreign language, at least European Language Portfolio B2 General Level, together with information on the required level of computer software and communication technologies as an interactively.X
10Being aware of the social and ethical responsibilities arising from the implementation of information and decisions he/she makes, handles complex cases and integrates knowledge and produces decisions with incomplete or limited information.X
11Develops strategies, policies and implementation plans on the related field and evaluates the results obtained from the work in the framework of quality processes.X