COURSE DESCRIPTION
BUILDING MATERIALS COURSE (GR 4) IN 2021 - 2022 ACADEMIC YEAR SPRING SEMESTER WILL COVER GENERAL INFORMATION AND PRINCIPLES ABOUT BUILDING PRODUCTS. INITIALLY, TYPES AND BASIC PROPERTIES OF PRODUCTS WILL BE EXAMINED. THIS SECTION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY INFORMATION ABOUT COMMON MATERIALS AND THEIR USES. AN APPROACH FOCUSING ON PRODUCT DECISIONS IN DESIGN STAGE IS GOING TO BE THE LAST PART OF THE COURSE.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE ARE TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
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BASIC CONSTRUCTIONAL DEFINITIONS,
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BUILDING PRODUCTS CLASSIFIED UNDER MATERIAL, PIECE, COMPONENT AND ELEMENT LEVELS,
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PRINCIPLES ABOUT PROPER DECISIONS,
WITH THE INTENTION OF CONSTITUTING A BASE FOR STUDENTS OF ARCHITECTURE TO GAIN AN EFFECTIVE INTELLECTUAL PROCESS BETWEEN DETERMINING PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS DURING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
LECTURES WILL START ON 28TH FEBUARY 2022 AND CONTINUE BETWEEN 16.00-17.50 FOR 14 WEEKS ACCORDING TO THE SEMESTER COURSE PROGRAM ORGANIZED BY HEAD OFFICE.
ALL ARRANGEMENTS FOR WEEKLY SHCEDULE, LECTURING SYSTEM, EXAMS, GRADING, ATTENDANCE, ETC. ARE ORGANIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT DURING THE SEMESTER THERE CAN BE UNAVOIDABLE CHANGES. DETAILS WILL BE EXPLAINED IN ADVANCE DURING LECTURES, VIA OBS MESSAGES AND ON ANNOUNCEMENTS PAGE, STUDENTS ARE TO CHECK REGULARLY.
GRADING
STUDIES WILL BE EVALUATED IN A TWO-STEP SYSTEM. TRANSCRIPT GRADE WILL BE CALCULATED WITH 60% OF MIDTERM AND 40% OF FINAL EXAM SCORES AND CLASS MEAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH YTU UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION REGULATIONS. MIDTERM SCORE WILL BE DETERMINED BY A MIDTERM EXAM, HOMEWORKS AND POP-UP QUIZZES. FINAL EXAM WILL BE ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO THE PROGRAM WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY HEAD OFFICE AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MAKE-UP EVALUATION CAN ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WITH A VALID EXCUSE APPROVED BY HEAD OFFICE.
CONTACT
FOR ALL QUESTIONS, REQUESTS AND SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT TO
ASSOC. PROF. DR. POLAT DARÇIN: darcinpolat@yahoo.com
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