COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNICAL ENGLISH II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEO 1208 TECHNICAL ENGLISH II COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR TALIP GÜNGÖR

Offered to

Geological Engineering
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

This course aims to develop reading, comprehension, writing skills and vocabulary of the students with the help of texts written in English about different subjects of geology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the english texts about the groundwaters
2   Understanding the english texts about the environmental geology
3   Understanding the english texts about the earthquakes
4   Understanding the english texts about the geomorphology
5   Understanding the english texts about the active faults
6   Understanding the english texts about the natural disasters
7   Understanding the english texts about the coal
8   Understanding the english texts about the industrial raw materials
9   Understanding the english texts about the ore deposits
10   Understanding the english texts about the energy resources
11   Understanding the english texts about the oil

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Mass wasting processes
2 Understanding the english texts about the groundwaters
3 Understanding the english texts about the environmental geoogy
4 Understanding the english texts about the earthquakes
5 Understanding the english texts about the geomorphology
6 Understanding the english texts about the active faults
7 I. Midterm exam
8 Understanding the english texts about the natural disasters
9 Understanding the english texts about the coal
10 Understanding the english texts about the industrial raw materials
11 Understanding the english texts about the ore deposits
12 Understanding the english texts about the energy resources
13 Understanding the english texts about the oil
14 II. Midterm

Recomended or Required Reading

Thompson, GR and Turk, J Earth Science and The Environment. Saunders College Publishing
Wicander, R and Monroe, JS Essentials of Geology West Publishing Company
Press, F. and Siever, R Understanding Earth.
Plummer, CC and McGeary, D Physical Geology. Wm. C. Brown Publishers

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Reading and translating of texts on the main subjects of geology in the class and teaching the technical terms with relevant sentences.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

two midterm exams and one final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Cahit HELVACI
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi,
Jeoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü
Buca-Izmir
Tel: (232) 411 73 07

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture 12 2 24
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exams 2 5 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Midterm exams 2 1,5 3
Final exam 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65
LO.75
LO.85
LO.95
LO.105
LO.115

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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