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COURSE DESCRIPTION

SOIL IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES/5501308

Course Title:	SOIL IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES
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

The student will be able to understand the basic principles of soil structure and behavior.
2. The student will be able to design different soil stabilization methods for soil problems encountered in practice.
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-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Formation and composition of soils
2. Week	Formation and composition of soils
3. Week	Formation and description of clay minerals
4. Week	Effects on soil internal structure and mechanical behavior
5. Week	Compressibility and volume changes
6. Week	Mechanical - chemical - thermal-electrical stabilization of soils
7. Week	Mechanical - chemical - thermal-electrical stabilization of soils
8. Week	Midterm Exam
9. Week	Mechanical - chemical - thermal-electrical stabilization of soils
10. Week	Mechanical - chemical - thermal-electrical stabilization of soils
11. Week	Mechanical - chemical - thermal-electrical stabilization of soils
12. Week	Mechanical - chemical - thermal-electrical stabilization of soils
13. Week	Mechanical - chemical - thermal-electrical stabilization of soils
14. Week	Mechanical - chemical - thermal-electrical stabilization of soils
15. Week	Mechanical - chemical - thermal-electrical stabilization of soils
16. Week	-

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	30
Assignment	0	0
Application	0	0
Projects	1	30
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

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	11	4	44
Searching in Internet and Library	11	4	44
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation	3	4	12
Presentation	2	4	8
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:			185
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.4
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Dr. Yüksel YILMAZ)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(www.gazi.edu.tr/~yyuksel)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(yyuksel@gazi.edu.tr)

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