1	Course Title:	MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
2	Course Code:	INS2032
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	4
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	1
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	1
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. ALİ MARDANI AGHABAGLOU
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	ali.mardani16@gmail.com
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The objective of this course is to introduce the students the properties and the fields of usage of different materials used in civil engineering applications.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To ensure that students graduate as competent engineers with knowledge about building materials

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Recognising the materials used in civil engineering applications and learning their important properties; 2 Getting the ability to make a selection among different materials for a specific application by using engineering knowledge; 3 Testing some properties of construction materials and reporting the results ; 4 Designing concrete mixture;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction, Natural stones: properties, classification and production	Tests on cement
2	Metals: Ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals and their properties, classification, metals used in construction	Tests on aggregate
3	Plastics: Thermoplastics, thermosets, the molecular structure of plastics, classification and uses	Tests on concrete
4	Ceramics: Classification, manufacture, physical and chemical properties and uses
5	Wood: Physical and mechanical properties,
6	Wood: Defects, deterioration and preservation
7	Gypsum and lime: manufacture, properties, types, uses
8	Pozzolans: Classification, pozzolanic reaction, Pozzolanic activity and factors affecting it, chemical composition, uses
9	Cement: Manufacture, properties, hydration
10	Cement: Hydration, types, tests on cements
11	Aggregates: Classification, sampling, gradation, fineness modulus, physical properties, tests on aggregates
12	Concrete: Properties of fresh and hardened concrete, Concrete: mixing, handling, curing of hardened concrete,
13	Concrete: mix proportioning
14	Concrete: mix proportioning

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	İnşaat Mühendisleri için Malzeme Bilgisi, Prof. Dr. Bülent BARADAN, DEU Müh. Fak. Yayınları, Yayın No: 307, İzmir, 2003, Yapı Mühendislerine Malzeme Bilimi, Prof. Dr. Ferruh KOCATAŞKIN, İTÜ, Müh. Mim. Fak., Sayı 109, İstanbul, 1976, Malzeme Bilimi, Prof. Dr. Kaşif ONARAN, Bilim Teknik Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1997, Erdoğan, T.Y., “ Materials of Construction”, ODTÜ Press, (2003) A.M. Neville, Properties of Concrete, Pitman Pub., London, 1981. M.L. Gambhir, Concrete Technology, Tata McGraw-Hill Pub.Co., New Delhi, 1986. S. Mindness, J.F. Young, D. Darwin, Concrete, Second Edition, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 2003. T.Y. Erdoğan, Beton, ODTÜ, Ankara, 2003. T.Y. Erdoğan, Sorular ve Yanıtlarıyla Beton Malzemeleri, THBB, İstanbul, 2005. G.D. Taylor, Materials of Construction, Construction Press, Second Edition, 1983. P.K. Mehta, P.J.M. Monteiro, Concrete: Microstructure, Properties and Materials, Mc Graw-Hill, Third Edition, 2006.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	20
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	20
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Assessment and evaluation tools and methods, in which the students are active, show that they reach the gains/outputs at the end of the course with their progress in the course process.
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	14	1	14
Self Study and Preparation	14	7	98
Homeworks, Performances	1	7	7
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	2	2
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	2	2
Total WorkLoad			153
Total workload/ 30 hr			5,03
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 0 0 0 0 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 4 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High