EPOKA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE INFORMATIONCourse Title: BUILDING MATERIALS |
| Code | Course Type | Regular Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH 261 | B | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) | NA |
| Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | Artemis Hasa , Tuesday: 14:00- 16:00 |
| Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | NA |
| Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: | NA |
| Language: | English |
| Compulsory/Elective: | Compulsory |
| Classroom and Meeting Time: | A-130; 09:45- 12:30 |
| Course Description: | Need of building materials, definition and development, general qualifications, timber, natural stone, metals and alloys, soil and clay (ceramic materials), glass, lime, plaster, cement, aggregate, mixtures mortar and concrete), synthetics, paintings. |
| Course Objectives: | The objective of this course is to equip Architecture students with sufficient knowledge related to the properties of materials they are going to involve in the design projects and to solve problems related to the specified building types |
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COURSE OUTLINE
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| Week | Topics |
| 1 | INTRODUCTION TO BUILDING MATERIALS |
| 2 | MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MATERIALS |
| 3 | STRUCTURAL MATERIALS |
| 4 | STRUCTURAL MATERIALS |
| 5 | OUTER ENVELOPE MATERIALS 1 |
| 6 | OUTER ENVELOPE MATERIALS 2 |
| 7 | OUTER ENVELOPE MATERIALS 3 |
| 8 | MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
| 9 | INDOOR MATERIAL APPLICATION |
| 10 | EXCURSION |
| 11 | INDOOR MATERIAL APPLICATION MATERIALS AND LANDSCAPE MATERIALS |
| 12 | MATERIALS ON MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, HYDRAULIC AND SANITARY SYSTEMS AND MATERIALS OUTSIDE BUILDING APPLICATIONS |
| 13 | PRESENTATIONS 1 |
| 14 | PRESENTATIONS 2 |
| Prerequisite(s): | No |
| Textbook: | "Building Materials 3rd Edition" S.K.Duggal,New Age International (P) Ltd.,2008."Fundamentals of Building Construction Materials and Methods" 5th Edition, E. Allen, J. Iano, Wiley,2009. |
| Other References: | Power Point |
| Laboratory Work: | Materials Lab |
| Computer Usage: | |
| Others: | No |
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
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| 1 | To learn the key concepts of building materials technology |
| 2 | To learn the techniques and methods used during analysis |
| 3 | To ensure that our graduates are knowledgeable about all classes of materials and their structure, properties, processing, applications and performance; |
| 4 | To be able to understand and select the proper type of materials for an inteded purpose |
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COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution) |
| No | Program Competencies | Cont. |
| Integrated second cycle study program in Architecture (5 years) Program | ||
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COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
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| Method | Quantity | Percentage |
| Midterm Exam(s) |
1
|
10
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| Project |
1
|
60
|
| Final Exam |
1
|
25
|
| Attendance |
5
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| Total Percent: | 100% |
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ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
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| Activities | Quantity | Duration(Hours) | Total Workload(Hours) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Assignments | 1 | 19 | 19 |
| Final examination | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Other | 0 | ||
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Total Work Load:
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100 | ||
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Total Work Load/25(h):
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4 | ||
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ECTS Credit of the Course:
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4 | ||