GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
DURABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS/5241308
Course Title: DURABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
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
Definition and importance of durability
The basic properties of main building materials
Factors affecting the durability
The mechanisms of decaying
Precautions to increase the durability
Durable material selection
Durability tests and economic aspects of the durability
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 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  The definition and importance of durability
2. Week  Aggregate
3. Week  Cement
4. Week  Cement
5. Week  Midterm I
6. Week  Concrete
7. Week  Concrete
8. Week  Ferrous metals
9. Week  Non-ferrous metals
10. Week  Wood
11. Week  Building stones
12. Week  Bricks
13. Week  Gypsum
14. Week  Gypsum
15. Week  Lime
16. Week  Plastics
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
2
30
 Assignment
2
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
10
 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
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Material Design and Implementation
5
2
10
 Report Preparing
1
10
10
 Preparing a Presentation
1
2
2
 Presentation
1
5
5
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
15
30
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
15
15
 Other (should be emphasized)
14
1
14
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
184
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.36
 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)
   (Prof. Dr. Abdussamet ARSLAN)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (-)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (aarslan@gazi.edu.tr)