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  Course Description
Course Name : Natural Risks İn Mining

Course Code : MMD324

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 3

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 3

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. MESUT ANIL

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Knows about the natural risks (earthquakes, avalanches, floods, landslides, etc.) and understands the importance of measures to be taken.
Learns about the concept of risk.
Knows about the analysis and the elements of risk.
Learns about the effects of the inherent risks of mining activities.
Learns about the post-risk rehabilitation work.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : To explain the possible natural risks to be encountered and safety measures for mining activities.

Course Contents : Natural risks and forming the mechanism of earthquakes, Earthquakes/ Classification of earthquakes and their results/ Seismographs/ Origin parameters, their relation and how to establish them/ Earthquake prediction/ Mass movement, slides, over flowing and avalanches/ Natural risks depending on geological effects/ Natural risk effects on architecture buildings/ Minimizing the bad effects on natural risks/ defending methods for natural risks.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Faculty classrooms


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction Lecture notes and related websites Presentation
2 Earthquakes cause and classification of earthquakes, seismographs / Seismic waves Lecture notes and related websites Presentation
3 Source paramètres, deter mining and connection, forecasting earthquakes Lecture notes and related websites Presentation
4 Mass movement and landslides Lecture notes and relevant websites Presentation
5 Hydrogeological properties Lecture notes and related websites Presentation
6 Flood Lecture notes and related websites Presentation
7 The natural risks such as avalanche falling and formation of them mechanism Lecture notes and related websites Presentation
8 Coal mining and outgasing Lecture notes and related websites Presentation
9 Natural risks, geological factors in the formation Lecture notes and related websites Presentation
10 Impact on engineering structures inherent risks Lecture notes and related websites Presentation
11 Natural hazard mitigation Lecture notes and related websites notes and relevant websites Presentation
12 Natural risk prevention methods Lecture notes and related websites Presentation
13 Project presentation Lecture notes and related websites Presentation
14 Project presentation Lecture notes and related websites Presentation


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Lecture notes and books
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 90
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 10
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 Students gain adequate knowledge about the engineering fields in the branches of mathematics, physical sciences or their own branches 4
2 Students follow the current developments in their fields with a recognition of the need for lifelong learning and constantly improve themselves 5
3 Students use the theoretical and practical knowledge in mathematics, physical sciences and their fields for engineering solutions 4
4 Students choose and use the appropriate analytical mehtods and modelling techniques to identify, formulate, and solve the engineering problems 3
5 Students design and carry out experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret the results. 3
6 Students gain the capacity to analyze a system, a component, and desing the process under realistic constraints to meet the desired requirements; and the ability to apply the methods of modern design accordingly 5
7 Students choose and use the modern technical tools necessary for engineering practice. 4
8 Students gain the ability to work effectively both as an individual and in multi-disciplinary teams. 5
9 Students use the resources of information and databases for the purpose of doing research and accesing information. 4
10 Students follow the scientific and technological developments in recognition of the need for lifelong learning, and continuously keep their knowledge up to date. 5
11 Students use the information and communication technologies together with the computer software at the level required by the European Computer Driving Licence. 4
12 Students use a foreign language according to the general level of European Language Portfolio B1 to communicate effectively in oral and written form. 5
13 Students gain the ability to communicate using technical drawing. 2
14 Students become informed of professional and ethical responsibility. 5
15 Students develop an awareness as regards project management, workplace practices, employee health, environmental and occupational safety; and the legal implications of engineering applications. 5
16 Students develop an awareness of the universal and social effects of engineering solutions and applications, the entrepreneurship and innovation subjects and gain knowledge of contemporary issues 5
* 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) 13 2 26
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 13 3 39
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 2 2
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 2 2
    Final Exam 1 2 2
Total Workload: 71
Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.84
ECTS Credit: 3