COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CASTING TECHNIQUES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HYS 3001 CASTING TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Department of Sculpture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ARZU ATIL

Offered to

Sculpture

Course Objective

It is aimed for the students to be able to transmit their studies into the final material under the light of the technical information and to be able to manage all the process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to plan the sculpture works by foreseeing the technical process,
2   To have information about the materials,
3   To have information about the casting techniques,
4   To be able to transmit the practices to the final materials by using the technical information,
5   To be able to discover the possibilities he/she can utilize the casting techniques in different areas of design.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A brief overview on the history of casting
2 A brief overview on the history of casting
3 Casting techniques used at the present day
4 A sculpture application for casting
5 Continuing for application
6 Taking a silicone mould out of the form that has been produced
7 Moulding by wax removal
8 Making the mould connections of the model
9 Casting
10 The method of sand moulding
11 Casting by the method of sand moulding
12 Sensitive jewelry casting
13 Application in the jewelry workshops
14 Metal sculpture cleaning,Metal sculpture patina

Recomended or Required Reading

Technical equipment in all the casting workshops students go for practice.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical information is given related to casting techniques (casting by sand mould, casting by wax removal, casting by vacuum, etc.) into which sculpture or many materials that have been three dimensionally designed can be transmitted. Technical information is transmitted by implementing the students works (lead, bronze, aluminum, zamak, etc.) into final materials in the fully equipped casting workshops.
The student experiments the whole technical process on his/her own application and enables the problems he/she encounters to reach a solution under the guidance of the instructor.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 COM COMMITTEE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE COM * 1

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1-80% attendance is compulsory for the lesson.
2-Practices not submitted in time will definitely be reflected on the assessment.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Practice 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 2 30
Preparing assignments 15 1 15
Quiz etc. 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 105

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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