GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY/5181328

Course Title:	CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Asst.Prof.Dr.Dilek Varisli

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

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/dilekvarisli

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

dilekvarisli@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Ability to use technical/modern materials to be required in her/his work,
Ability to present oral and written forms in her/his field,
Ability to work on interdisiplinary studies,
Ability to rapidly distinguish the true an required knowledge,
Ability to do analyze of results.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Ceramics, Importance of Ceramic Industry, Historical development
2. Week	Traditional ceramics, technical ceramics
3. Week	Properties and Preparation of ceramic powders by conventional methods,
4. Week	Preparation of ceramic powders by new techniques
5. Week	Properties and Preparation of ceramic in needle form by conventional methods and application of new technology
6. Week	Classification of traditional ceramic products
7. Week	Properties of traditional ceramic products
8. Week	Midterm exam
9. Week	Investigation of manufacturing stages of ceramic. Raw materials, additives, their properties,
10. Week	Methods of forming; moulding, pressing, plating etc.
11. Week	Methods of forming; moulding, pressing, plating etc. Application of new methods
12. Week	Baking, Furnaces of sintering. classification
13. Week	Glazing, Preparation of glaze. Raw materials, properties, additives, classification
14. Week	Projects
15. Week	Projects
16. Week	Final Exam

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

1) Sentence, B., Ceramics: A World Guide to Traditional Techniques, Thames& Hudson, 2004 2) Nelson, G.C., and Burkett R., Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook, Wadsworth, 2001

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	35
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	1	25
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		40

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	12	3	36
Searching in Internet and Library	12	3	36
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	1	7	7
Preparing Presentation	1	7	7
Presentation	1	1	1
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	20	20
Final and Studying for Final	1	25	25
Other	1	14	14
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1					X
2					X
3						X
4					X
5					X
6					X
7				X
8					X
9				X
10
11
12
13
14
15				X
16					X
17					X

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