GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

SPECIAL STUDIES IN TRANSPORTATION/6121308

Course Title:	SPECIAL STUDIES IN TRANSPORTATION
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Course Semester	1	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

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-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

New technologies on transportation and all details about transportation planning
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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	Properties of the materials used in highways and their design
3. Week	Properties of the materials used in highways and their design
4. Week	Experiments on bituminous mixtures
5. Week	Experiments on bituminous mixtures in laboratories
6. Week	Effect of polymers on asphalt and asphalt mixtures
7. Week	Stone mastic asphalt
8. Week	Midterm examination
9. Week	Strengthening of pavement fills with geogrid reinforcement
10. Week	Defects in rigid pavements
11. Week	Use of geosynthetics in highway industry
12. Week	Modes of mass transportation
13. Week	Effects of traffic planning on environmetal aspects
14. Week	Effects of traffic planning on energy consuption
15. Week	Summary of traffic planning and 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	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