GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

PAVEMENT DESIGN/6061308

COURSE INFORMATION

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-- (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

-- 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