COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNICAL ENGLISH I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEF 2303 TECHNICAL ENGLISH I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Geophysical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR EMRE TIMUR

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering

Course Objective

Traslations and discussions shall be carried out on the English texts on: What is science and the areas of geosciences,; Changing earth; What is eatrhquake ; Climate variations and oceans

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to describe science
2   The ability to explain geosciences
3   The ability to understand changing earth
4   To be able to correlate earthquakes and seismology
5   To be able to comprehend climate change
6   To be able to realize oceans

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is science
2 What is science
3 What is geosciences
4 The Earth
5 Earthquakes
6 Continents and oceans
7 Plate tectonics
8 Greenhouse effect
9 Food chain
10 Tsunami
11 Discussion
12 Proverbs

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
- Telford, W.M., Geldart, L.P., Sheriff, R.E., Keys, D.A., 1977, Applied Geophysics, Cambridge University Press
Supplementary Book(s):
- Various English science and geosciences books

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussions, homework assignments / presentations, exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Lectures, discussions, homework assignments / presentations, exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Jeofizik Mühendisliği Bölümü Tınaztepe Kampüsü 35160 Buca-IZMIR
mustafa.ergun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday -09:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 2 22
Preparation for final exam 6 1 6
Preparing assignments 3 4 12
Preparation for midterm exam 6 1 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.133
LO.2
LO.334
LO.4312
LO.5
LO.62