COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEXTILE RECYCLING, RECOVERY AND SUSTAINABILITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GIY 4231 TEXTILE RECYCLING, RECOVERY AND SUSTAINABILITY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Textile Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

CANSIN KORKMAZ

Offered to

Textile Technology

Course Objective

Alternative recycling in the development of environmental friendliness and sustainability. To question the design and production functions of ecological techniques in the framework of recycling and social responsibility of environmentally friendly production techniques and creative works.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define recycling and recovery applications and their current usage
2   To be able to demonstrate the possibilities of recycling and recycling of all kinds of waste materials used in textiles and textiles, used garments and accessories with creative textile design applications
3   Being able to comprehend sustainability, environmentalist approach
4   To be able to define techniques applied by artists / designers exhibiting recycling and recovery fashion approaches in textile design
5   To be able to make experimental and creative and new perspectives developing by evaluating finds and waste materials in business / workshop conditions
6   To be able to use an integrative approach in the process of recycling different environmental materials and production methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Explanation of environment friendly, sustainability, green design and production concepts
2 Recycling and recycling applications and research of today's applications
3 Investigating waste garments and materials that are believed to have occupied their life span and exploring their recycling and recovery possibilities in the process of creative textile design
4 Evaluation of domestic and organic waste or other value added dying / printing applications during recovery processes
5 Evaluation of current artists / designers and recycling and recovery practices in different cultures
6 Experimentally working on different fabrics in accordance with ecologically suitable techniques or clothing, materials etc. to be recycled
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Application studies
10 Application studies
11 Application studies
12 Implementation of selected projects from the experimental study results
13 Implementation of selected projects from the experimental study results
14 Implementation of selected projects from the experimental study results
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook (s):
Sara J. KADOLPH, Karen DIADICK CASSELMAN, In the Bag, Contact Natural Dyes , Clothing and Textiles Research Journal Volume, 22,1/2 2004

Kirsi NINIMAKI, Lotta HASSI, Emerging Design Strategies in Sustainable Production and Consumption of Textiles and Clothing Journal of Cleaner Production .

Materials: Instructor s notes, Academic papers.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1 .Course
2 . Application
3 . Homework Assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 RO Rapor/Ödev
3 FN Final
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.20 + RO*0.20 + FN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.20 + RO*0.20 + BUT* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of the student will be evaluated by measuring the 6 Learning Outcomes and plus with the Midterm Exams, Final and Make-Up Exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is mandatory to attend 70% of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Lec.Cansın KORKMAZ
Dokuz Eylül University
Izmir Vocational School
Department of Technical Programs
Textile Technology Program
Buca/IZMIR
E-mail: cansin.korkmaz@deu.edu.tr
Phone: 0232 3012620

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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