COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+A+L (hour/week) | Type (C / O) | Local Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Design | CIV 431 | Fall | 02+02+00 | Elective | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Unit: | Civil Engineering |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Prerequisites: | - |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Course Unit: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | - - |
| Course Objectives: | The objective of this course is to teach students how to design a highway by applying principles of transportation engineering. |
| Course Contents: | This course covers essential components of a highway design. The course consists of a project that is divided into six phases:
Phase 1: Traffic data for design and selection of geometric standards Phase 2: Preliminary geometric calculations and drawings Phase 3: Evaluation of the location survey Phase 4: Finishing the location survey Phase 5: Earthwork Phase 6: Cost analysis and project file |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: | This course consists of one project divided into six phases. The phases consist of a combination of creating surveys, interpretation of surveys, field study, literature review, data analyses, calculations and presentations. Students will prepare a final report and five presentations (one for every phase) for this class. The phases will last an average of two weeks. Each phase will consist of a brief introduction followed by class discussions. Applications relevant to the phases (experiments, observations, calculations) follow these discussions. Students are required to prepare a presentation for each phase, which will serve to monitor their progress. Students are also expected to a read the articles / book chapters provided to them and be ready for additional class discussions. The weight of the project presentations and report in the course evaluation is 65%, the final exam is 25%, active participation in class is 5% and the remaining 5% is based on peer evaluation of presentations. |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction + Project Brief | - |
| 2 | Brief on Traffic data for design and selection of geometric standards (Phase 1) | Reading assignment for class discussion |
| 3 | Traffic data for design and selection of geometric standards (Phase 1) and introduction to preliminary geometric calculations and drawings (Phase 2) | Prepare components of Phase 1 including presentation |
| 4 | Phase 2 cont’d | Reading assignment for class discussion |
| 5 | Phase 2 cont’d and Evaluation of the location survey (Phase 3) | Prepare components of Phase 2 including presentation |
| 6 | Phase 3 cont’d | Reading assignment for class discussion |
| 7 | Phase 3 cont’d +Finishing of the location survey (Phase 4) | Prepare components of Phase 3 including presentation |
| 8 | Review and assessment of phases | - |
| 9 | Finishing of the location survey (Phase 4) and Introduction to Earthwork (Phase 5) | Prepare components of Phase 4 including presentation |
| 10 | Phase 5 (cont’d) | Reading assignment for class discussion |
| 11 | Phase 5 (cont’d) + Cost Analysis and project file (Phase 6) | Prepare components of Phase 5 including presentation |
| 12 | Phase 6 (cont’d) | Prepare components of Phase 6 |
| 13 | Finalize project | Prepare final report and final presentation |
| 14 | Course wrap-up | - |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING
| • Fundamentals of road design. Wolfgang Kühn, WIT Press, 2013. • A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets. The Green Book, The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), 7th Edition, 2018. • Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering, A Multimodal Systems Approach. Jon D. Fricker and Robert K. Whitford, Pearson Education, Inc., 2004. • Karayolu Mühendisliği. Nadir Yayla, Birsen Yayınevi, 2002. • Toprak İşleri. Güngör Evren ve Selim Dündar, Birsen Yayınevi, 2016. • Karayolu Mühendisliği ve Tasarımı. Baha Vural Kök, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 2019. |
OTHER COURSE RESOURCES
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
| Semester Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance / Participation | 12 | 5 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
| Project Reports | 1 | 35 |
| Project Presentations (Faculty member review) | 6 | 25 |
| Project Presentations (Peer review) | 6 | 5 |
| Total: | 26 | 100 |
WORKLOAD
| Events | Count | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload (hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final Exam | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| In-Class Studies where Faculty Members are Active | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| In-Class Studies where Students are Active | 6 | 6 | 36 |
| Out-of-Class Studies where Students are Active | 6 | 10 | 60 |
| Presentation of Project Reports | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Total Workload (hour): | 125 | ||
1 ECTS = 25 Hours Workload
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
| # | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 |
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High