1	Course Title:	RAILWAYS
2	Course Code:	INS4086
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	1
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:	Doç.Dr. TURAN ARSLAN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	arsltur@uludag.edu.tr 0 224 294 2639
18	Website:	http://insaat.uludag.edu.tr/
19	Objective of the Course:	To provide basic understanding of railroads and methods for conducting railway design
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To be able to understand railroad components; 2 To be able to understand rolling stocks and their characteristics; 3 To be able to define technologies used in railroad transportation ; 4 To be able to calculate traction power, motion and speed regimes; 5 To be able to apply vertical and horizontal design principles on railroads;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Transportation Systems and Railroad Transportation	Solving application problems
2	Railroad History in World and Turkey	Solving application problems
3	Railroad Components	Solving application problems
4	Rolling Stocks Types and Characteristics	Solving application problems
5	Traction Power
6	Motion and Speed Regimes
7	Railroad Geometrics
8	Vertical Alignments and Curve Radius
9	Railroad Types and Characteristics
10	Rails and Ties
11	Cross Sections and Ballasts
12	Rapid Railroad Applications
13	Railroad Practices in World and Turkey
14	Railroad Applications for Urban Transportation

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	- Toprak İsleri ve Demiryolu, İnal Seçkin, Çaglayan Kitabevi, 2003 - Demiryolu, Güngör Evren, Birsen Yayınevi, 2002 - W.W. Hay, Railroad Engineering, John Wiley & Sons
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	20
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	8	20
Final Exam	1	60
Total	10	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
Information

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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	2	28
Homeworks, Performances	8	2	16
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	2	2
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	2	2
Total WorkLoad			92
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 LO4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO5 4 0 0 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