GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
MICROSCOPIC AND MACROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF THE WOOD/5171338
Course Title: MICROSCOPIC AND MACROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF THE WOOD
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 2 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
Gains the ability to comprehend and use the knowledge necessary to identify and solve advanced problems in woodworking and furniture industries.
Gains the skill to control and teach social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collection, implementation, interpretation and a
Gains the ability to access and update information about scientific and technological developments.
Gains the ability to transfer his / her knowledge, skills and experiences to interdisciplinary applications.
Gains the skill of evaluation, data analysis and writing / oral presentation of scientific studies.
Gains the ability to determine research topics that can contribute to the literature according to the needs of society and industry.
Gains the ability to determine a goal and a goal for a scientific study, to create a roadmap and to work planned.
Gains the ability to use research findings in technological application and / or to direct scientific research topics.
To be able to make independent research and to comment on scientific studies.
Questioning, problem solving, creative thinking etc. gain the ability to develop methods.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  General information about wood. Historical development of forest trees
2. Week  Transverse and longitudinal growth in trees
3. Week  wood cell, Cell types, cell wall structure and wood textures, Ultra microscopic structure of wood
4. Week  Classification of trees, types of softwood microscopic structure of softwood
5. Week  Types of hardwood microscopic structure of hardwood
6. Week  Microscopic examination technique and the cell Working principles of the microscope, Types and uses of the microscopy, Microscopy and working techniq
7. Week  Macroscopic structure and properties of wood
8. Week  Midterm Exams
9. Week  Features seen in cross section; equity, annual rings, heartwood and sapwood (rays, resin ducts, self, shell, properties of radial and tangential sec
10. Week  Physical characteristics, color, fiber orientation, texture, brightness, taste and smell, weight and hardness, Formation of abnormal cell structure
11. Week  Chemical structure of wood Structural compounds of wood.
12. Week  extruded compounds of wood
13. Week  wood defects
14. Week  fungal damages in the wood
15. Week  use of wood in industry
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
1
10
 Application
1
10
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- 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
10
5
50
 Searching in Internet and Library
7
5
35
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
10
3
30
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
5
4
20
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
5
4
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
200
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8
 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
11
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Musa ATAR )
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/musaatar)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (musaatargul@gmail.com)