INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MAK111

Course Code: MAK111
Semester: Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Second Term (Spring)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Yelda Özdil Kaçan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Approach to topics and research techniques
Use of computer software in engineering
Approach to topics and research techniques
Engineering Ethics, Occupational Safety and Worker Health issues

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

Introduction to university, faculty and department, administrative directives and university WEB page. History, development and future of mechanical engineering in the development process of science and technology. Working areas of mechanical engineering, relations with other sciences. Job opportunities of mechanical engineers in Turkey and in the world. Unit systems, conversions and calculating techniques. Basic courses, concepts, problems and applications in mechanical engineering. Library and internet researches and project presentations of the students about basic subjects, techniques and methods of various mechanical engineering fields.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Aim and scope of course. Introduction to Faculty and Department
2^nd Week	Regulations, instructions and procedures of Faculty and Department
3^rd Week	Knowledge, Science and Profession: Agricultural revolution and its influences
4^th Week	Industrial revolutions and its influences
5^th Week	Introduction to mechanical engineering
6^th Week	Main subjects of mechanical engineering
7^th Week	Guest lecturer about mechanical engineers
8^th Week	Guest lecturer about work areas in industry for mechanical engineers
9^th Week	Student Presentations
10^th Week	Student Presentations
11^th Week	Student Presentations
12^th Week	Student Presentations
13^th Week	Student Presentations
14^th Week	Student Presentations

Recommended or Required Reading

Ders sunumları
Alvin Toffler, Üçüncü Dalga, Altın Kitaplar
Jean Gimpel, Ortaçağda Endüstri Devrimi,Tubitak, 1997
P.H. Wright, A Koblasz, W.E. Sayle, Intrduction to Engineering, John Wiley & Suns, 1989
J. Wickert, Intrduction to Mechanical Engineering, Thomson, 2006

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Problem Solving

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Quiz	3	10
Project	1	20
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz	14	1	14
Individual or group work	14	2	28
Preparation for Final exam	6	2	12
Course hours	14	2	28
Preparation for Midterm exam	7	2	14
Laboratory (including preparation)		1
Final exam	1	1.5	1.5
Homework	4	2	8
Quiz	6	0.5	3
Total Work Load			109.5
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			3.65
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X	X	X
K2	X	X	X
K3
K4
K5
K6	X		X
K7	X		X
K8	X			X
K9	X			X
K10
K11	X			X