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  Course Description
Course Name : Advanced Metamorphic rocks perography

Course Code : JM-529

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : Second Cycle

Year of Study : 1

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 6

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

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Describe metamorphic rocks
Define metamorphic rocks based on facies
Examine metamorphic rocks by means of a microscope

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : To provide information about metamorphic rocks, metamorphicfacies and their condition of physco-chemical; to enable students with the ability to examine thin-section ofmetamorphic rocks by means of a microscope.

Course Contents : Introduction, classification and description of metamorphic rocks, texture and structure of metamorphic rocks, cocepts of metamorphic zones and facies, contact metamorphism, dynamicmetamorphism, regional metamorphism ,desciption of metamorphic rocks in thin-section under the microskope

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Definitions of the terms None Face to face
2 texture and struckture of metamorphic rocks None Face to face
3 clssification of metamorphic rocks None Face to face
4 dynamic metamorphism None Face to face
5 contack metamorphism None Face to face
6 burial metamorphism, zeolite facies None Face to face
7 glaucophane-schist facies None Face to face
8 dynamothermal metamorphism None Face to face
9 green shist and amphibolite facies None Face to face
10 Mid-Term Review for the exam Written exam
11 facies types of barrow and abucuma None Face to face
12 granulite facies None Face to face
13 eclogite facies and mimatites None Face to face
14 classification of migmatite None Face to face
15 description of metamorphic rocks in thin section under microscope None Face to face
16/17 final exam Review for the exam Written exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Metamorphic petrography (Yavuz Erkan)
 Formation of metamorphic rocks (Ersen Çoğullu)
Required Course Material(s)  Lecture notes about petrography of metamorphic rocks.


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 50
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 8 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 Know how to use mathematics, science and engineering knowledge gained at undergraduate level to solve advanced geological engineering problems 4
2 Have the ability to define the problems of geological engineering in advanced level, formulate and solve them 4
3 Have advanced hypothetical and applied knowledge in geological engineering fields 3
4 Have the ability to prepare and evaluate projects in geological engineering 3
5 Have the ability to evaluate scientific and social values for societies and to transfer them to others at every level 1
6 Have the ability to do research independently in his/her field as well as in other fields and present the results effectively 1
7 Have the ability to be aware of life-long learning and follow the innovations in his/her field and to be able to use them efficiently 2
8 Have the ability to work individually, in a team, and in multidisciplinary fields. 2
9 Have the ability to use modern technologies and computer simulation to develop new projects and solve advanced engineering problems 1
10 Have the ability to use advanced knowledge in geological engineering field to think systematically and solve problems in multidisciplinary approaches 0
11 Have ethical responsibility to understand universal and social effects for applications of geological engineering and efficient usage of natural resources 3
* 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 4 56
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 8 6 48
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 2 2
    Final Exam 1 2 2
Total Workload: 150
Total Workload / 25 (h): 6
ECTS Credit: 6