COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WOOD KNOWLEDGE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZO 1008 WOOD KNOWLEDGE ELECTIVE 0 1 0 1

Offered By

Piano Repairing and Constuction (PCR)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MURAT KÜÇÜKEBE

Offered to

Piano Repairing and Constuction (PCR)

Course Objective

: Obtaining theoretical knowledge on general identification and working methods of the woods that are used in instrument making and repairing. Gaining knowledge on the characteristics of the wood types used in instrument making.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students can identify woods that are used in instrument making and repairing.
2   Can identify tree with the general morphological features.
3   Can identify the timber with the general features.
4   Knows wood drying methods.
5   Knows wood preserving methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Knowing wood with the primary features as a material.
2 Wood science and wood anatomy.
3 Sections of the wood.
4 Sections of the wood.
5 Chemical structure of the wood.
6 Physical structure of the wood.
7 Primary wood defects.
8 Primary wood defects.
9 Wood moisture and its measuring.
10 Wood moisture and its measuring.
11 Wood drying methods.
12 Wood drying methods.
13 Classification of the woods that are used in instrument making.
14 Classification of the woods that are used in instrument making.

Recomended or Required Reading

Zorlu, Irfan, Ağaç Işleri Konstrüksiyon Bilgisi Ders Kitabı, M.E.B. Yayınları, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, 1978.
Hoadley, R.Bruce, Understanding Wood: A Craftsman s Guide to Wood Technology, The Taunton Press, Newtown, 2000.
Kües, Ursula, Wood Production Wood Technology and Biotechnological Impacts, Universitatsverlag, Götüngen, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Related resources and bibliography are covered.
Sample wood pieces are observed.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40+FIN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40+RST*0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Attendance to course is monitored and evaluated.
Every course is monitored and evaluated by its own instructor.
Students are examined from a book that is defined by the instructor in the beginning of the semester.
All the work pieces are shown to the exam jury and evaluated at the end of every semester.
Attendance is a condition to join to the evaluation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students complete their works on time and fully.
Attendance of the courses is mandatory.
In case of disorderly behaviors discipline rules are applied.

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 13 1 13
Tutorials 14 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 35

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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