GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING 2/5971308

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Evaluation of highway traffic systems in terms of effective factors and recognition of planning processes
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-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction to Traffic Engineering.
2. Week	Basic elements of traffic.
3. Week	The relationship between human factor and traffic
4. Week	Relationship between traffic and vehicle
5. Week	Investigation of the characteristics of the environment (the road where the traffic flows)
6. Week	Explaining the planning studies considering all basic elements
7. Week	Midterm exam
8. Week	Traffic planning and implementation criteria
9. Week	Active and passive safety systems to be taken on the highway
10. Week	Interurban and suburban traffic planning
11. Week	Investigation of new traffic related technologies
12. Week	Traffic safety criteria
13. Week	Principles of application of traffic safety criteria
14. Week	Measures to be taken to prevent traffic accidents
15. Week	Sample applications
16. Week	-

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	2	40
Assignment	2	20
Application	1	20
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
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
Presentation			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

-- 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)

Gazi University