GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
HIGHWAY TECHNICS/5301323
Course Title: HIGHWAY TECHNICS
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 geometric design elements of highway.
Learning highway design principles and analyzing.
Make a highway project study.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Terminology
2. Week  Route layout
3. Week  Stopping Sight Distance, Passing Sight Distance
4. Week  Horizontal curves analysis
5. Week  Horizontal curves analysis
6. Week  Profile study
7. Week  Midterm Exam
8. Week  Vertical curves analysis
9. Week  Vertical curves analysis
10. Week  Cross Sections and Quadrature of cross sections
11. Week  Cross Sections and Quadrature of cross sections
12. Week  Volume analysis
13. Week  Control of project study
14. Week  Control of project study
15. Week  Control of project study
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
30
 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
15
3
45
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
3
45
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
10
3
30
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
3
4
12
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
3
4
12
 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
1Integration within and between different modes of transport.X
2Integration with the environmentX
3Integration with land use planningX
4Integration with policies for education and healthX
5Take account of the social, economic and environmental context of their workX
6Understand the legal, regulatory policy and resource framework within which they workX
7Understand and create transport policies, strategies and plans that contribute to meeting social, economic and environmental needs
  • Design the necessary transport projects, systems and services
  • Understand the commercial aspects of operating transport systems and services
  • Know about and apply the relevant tools and techniques
  • Must be competent in all aspects of management, in particular communications, personal skills and project management.

    		• X
    8Has the capacity to produce academic knowledge with the ability to handle, analyse and synthesize complex situations that may arise from application of information and decisions and being aware of social and ethical responsibility through the process.X
    9Has the ability to comprehend and evaluate critically the current planning and design policies, processes and administrative aspects in the country.X
    10Has the ability to compare International cases and develop new policies.X
     -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
       (Dr.Öğr.Üyesi Ebru Arıkan Öztürk)
     -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
       (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/eozturk)
     -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
       (eozturk@gazi.edu.tr)