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  Course Description
Course Name : Petrography of Metamorphic Rocks

Course Code : J 210

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 2

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 4

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. FİKRET İŞLER

Learning Outcomes of the Course :



Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : The metamorphism, the metamorphic rocks,the metamorphic facies and their physico-chemical conditions will be given to students.

Course Contents : Introduction, Fundamental concepts, classification and description of common metamorphic rock types in hand specimens and under the microscope, texture and structures of metamorphic rocks,concepts of metamorphic zones and facies, contact metamorphism, dynamic metamorphism,regional metamorphism.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Lecture room,laboratory


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction. Reading the lecture notes and related resources Lecture
2 textures and structures of metamorphic rocks Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
3 concepts of metamorphic zones and facies, dynamic metamorphism. Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
4 contact metamorphism. Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
5 contact metamorphic rocks of various sedimentary and magmatic rocks. Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
6 contact metamorphic rocks of calcerous,calcerous pelitic and magmatic rocks Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
7 burial metamorphism, zeolite facies, blue schist facies Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
8 Midterm exam Reading Writing exam
9 green schist facies, amphibolite faciesve dynamothermal metamorfism. Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
10 metamorphic rocks formed from pelitic, sandy and calcerous rocks Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
11 metamorphic rocks formed from calcerous peliyic, volcanic and plutonic rocks Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
12 granülite facies. Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
13 eclogite facies,migmatites. Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
14 classification of migmatites Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
15 Determinatiın of para and ortho origine with diagrams. Reading the lecture notes and related resources, preparation for laboratory Lecture, Laboratory
16/17 final exam Reading final exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  
 
 Metamorphic petrography, Yavuz ERKAN J 210 Metamorphic rocks petrography, Fikret İŞLER
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 50
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 4 50
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Thinks, interprets, analyzes and synthesizes geological events in 3D. 4
2 Chooses and applies necessary methods and instruments for engineering applications 3
3 Uses the information technology effectively. 2
4 Designs and performs experiments, collects data and interprets the results. 2
5 Works and undertakes responsibility in solving geological problems both individually and in multidiciplinary working groups 3
6 Investigates to obtain scientific information, and uses data bases and other data sources actively. 3
7 Has an awareness of life long learning; follows developments in science and technology to keep up to date 2
8 Uses Fundamental Geological information, having necessary information in Mathematical and Natural sciences and employs theoretical and applied information in these areas in engineering solutions. 3
9 Knows job related and ethical responsibilities, project management, office applications and safety, and realizes juridical responsibilities of engineering applications 0
10 Knows the universal and societal effects of engineering solutions and applications. 0
11 Has an awareness of entrepreneuring and innovative subjects; knows and finds solutions for the new century 2
12 Identifies, formulizes and solves geological problems. 4
13 Realizes the social effects of identified solutions for geological problems. 4
14 Identifies, defines, formulizes and solves engineering problems. Chooses and applies the appropriate analytical and modelling techniques for this purpose. 3
15 Investigates and reports all kinds of natural resources and geological hazards 5
16 Initiates effective interactions in Turkish both orally and in written form, and speaks at least one foreign language 0
17 Uses necessary techniques and instruments for geological applications 4
18 Identifies rock types, draws geological maps and cross sections. 5
19 Defines necessities in learning in scientific, social, cultural and artistic areas and improves himself/herself continuously. 0
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 3 42
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 4 5 20
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 4 4
    Final Exam 1 4 4
Total Workload: 112
Total Workload / 25 (h): 4.48
ECTS Credit: 4