GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ACCIDENT RESEARCH/5361322
Course Title: TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ACCIDENT RESEARCH
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
Explains causes of the traffic accidents.
Explains basic principles of road and traffic safety
Analysis of road traffic accidents
Comprehends engineering/planning measures for traffic safety
Evaluates road and traffic safety in the world and Turkey

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Transportation Systems and System Properties
2. Week  Road Users, Road and Vehicle Properties
3. Week  Traffic Flow Theory
4. Week  Traffic Engineering Surveys
5. Week  Accident Analysis and Surveys
6. Week  Accident Analysis and Surveys
7. Week  Midterm Exam
8. Week  Urban Transportation and Traffic Safety
9. Week  Basic Principles of Traffic Safety
10. Week  Traffic Accidents in Turkey
11. Week  Traffic Accidents in the World
12. Week  Presentation of Homework
13. Week  Presentation of Homework
14. Week  Presentation of Homework
15. Week  General evaluation
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
10
3
30
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
10
3
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
5
50
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
10
3
30
 Preparing a Presentation
10
5
50
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
3
3
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
3
3
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
196
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.84
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
15X
16X
17X
18X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Dr.Öğr.Üyesi Ebru ARIKAN ÖZTÜRK)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://abs.gazi.edu.tr/eozturk)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (eozturk@gazi.edu.tr)