COURSE SYLLABUS

SOIL MECHANICS I

1	Course Title:	SOIL MECHANICS I
2	Course Code:	INTZ205
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Öğr.Gör. ENGİN KALAY
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Öğr. Gör. Engin KALAY enginkalay@uludag.edu.tr 02247112781-61758
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Student can determine to engineering characteristics of the soil with using soil mechanical laboratory equipments.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	The student will be able to work in soil mechanics laboratories as he will graduate with knowledge of ground sampling, soil laboratory and field tests, interpretation of test results, structure-ground interaction, soil improvement. Will be able to inspect and perform soil field tests.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Define to soil;
2	Define to material of soil experiment;
3	Take to sample from the soil. ;
4	Determine to physical properties of samples taken.;
5	Do to experiment for physical properties of samples taken.;
6	Define to soil-water relationship;
7	Establish to consistency limits according to soil-water relationship;
8	Classify to soil according to grain diameter;
9	Use to experimental equipments and device easily. ;
10	Make report to the results of experiments.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The general structure of soils in terms of environmental geotechnics.	Observationof soils
2	Inspection pits	Open pit inspection
3	Sampling methods from the ground	Minutes editing
4	The water content, surface inspection minutes	Minutes editing
5	Wet sieve analysis	Arrange of sieves
6	Fine-grained soils relative density (specific gravity)	Determine to Fine-grained soils
7	Medium-grained soils relative density (specific gravity)	Determine to Medium-grained soils
8	Repeating courses and midterm exam	Sand Cone Experiment
9	Natural unit weight (sand cone method)	Hidrometer Experiment
10	Particle size distribution of fine-grained soils (hydrometer method)	Casagrande Experiment
11	Liquid limit test with Casagrande device.	Liquid Experiment
12	Liquid limit test with Cone penetration device	Plastic Limit Experiment
13	Plastic Limit Experiment	Shrinkage limit Experiment
14	Shrinkage limit Experiment

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	25
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	15
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	Midterm Exam, Homework, Project, Performance, Final Exam
Information	In order to evaluate the success in this course, 1 midterm exam with 40 points and 1 final exam with 60 points are made. The scores collected by each student at the end of the semester are compared with the course passing criteria as per Bursa Uludağ University Associate and Undergraduate Education Regulations, and determines the student's success as successful or unsuccessful.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High