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Course Language:
İngilizce
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Course Objectives:
The purpose of this course is to teach the basic understanding in the fundamentals of the railroad infrastructure and rolling stock, know the principle components and terminologies used in different aspects of rail transportation.
Course Content:
Train dynamics and resistance, railroad organisations, energy usage, locomotives, railcar components and types.
Course Methodology:
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Simulation, 5: Case Study
Course Evaluation Methods:
A: Testing, B: Presentation, C: Homework, D: Project, E: Laboratory
Vertical Tabs
Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| Students learn types of freight trains. | 1,2,3,5 | 1,2,3 | A |
| Students learn movement of cars and trains. | 1,2,3,5,6 | 1,2,3 | A |
| Students learn to apply high speed rail systems and technologies | 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9 | 1,2,3 | B,C,D |
Course Flow
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Railroad organizations | Textbook |
| 2 | Train dynamics and resistance | Textbook |
| 3 | Track geometry | Textbook |
| 4 | Rail car components and types | Textbook |
| 5 | Safety performance | Textbook |
| 6 | Train braking | Textbook |
| 7 | Other communication features | Textbook |
| 8 | Types of freight trains | Textbook |
| 9 | Mid term | |
| 10 | Railroad operations | Textbook |
| 11 | Terminals and yards | Textbook |
| 12 | Urban transit | Textbook |
| 13 | Term Paper Presentations | |
| 14 | Course Overview | Textbook |
| 15 | Final Exam | - |
Recommended Sources
| Textbook | ‘The railroad,what it is,what it does,5th Edition’, Armstrong,John,Simmons Boardman Books,Inc |
| Additional Resources | - |
Material Sharing
| Documents | Course notes provided by the lecturer |
| Assignments | |
| Exams | Mid term exam and final exam |
Assessment
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms | 30 | |
| Quizzes | 20 | |
| Assignment | 50 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 40 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
| COURSE CATEGORY | Field Courses |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Business concepts and information to assess and to be able to analyze problems, identify and to propose solutions based on research. | x | ||||
| 2 | Manage logistics and transport current and emerging trends in the vocational track as proof of English proficiency. | x | ||||
| 3 | International relations, maintain, monitor current and emerging trends in the selected competen cies to master a second foreign language. | x | ||||
| 4 | Producers and trade companies, supply chain processes to plan to be able to., coordinate, execute and controls | x | ||||
| 5 | On road transport with mid-level managerial knowledge and skills to be able to. | x | ||||
| 6 | Air transport in the mid-level managerial knowledge and skills to be able to. | x | ||||
| 7 | Mid-level management in maritime transport with the knowledge and skills to be able to | x | ||||
| 8 | Processes of international combined transport plan, to coordinate, execute and controls need to be able to | x | ||||
| 9 | Compatible with the team members carry out a study vocational subjects. | x | ||||
| 10 | Logistics and transport processes, awareness of social responsibility and ethical values sufficient to carry out the faithful to have knowledge of legal and regulatory | x | ||||
| 11 | Understand and manage social and professional relationships, and these ideas put into practice to produce innovative and creative ideas, | x | ||||
| 12 | Space-related issues and share knowledge about the people and their thoughts, supported by qualitative and quantitative data solutions to problems, orally and in writing, effectively transfer. | x | ||||
| 13 | According to the project schedule deadlines to prepare and carry out appropriate work program | x | ||||
| 14 | Related to the planning and management of supply chain and logistics processes to have the ability to take advantage of information technology | x | ||||
| 15 | Analytical decision-making methods, quantitative methods, identifying problems and offering solutions. | x | ||||
| 16 | Stages of the research process in the field of scientific research subject to perform in accordance with | x | ||||
| 17 | To resolve the current issues related to the subject area, and produce projects that will create new opportunities, community and colleagues share information related to the profession subjects. | x | ||||
| 18 | To adopt professional and ethical rules, to have social sensitivity. | x | ||||
ECTS
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Homework | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| Final examination | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Work Load | 149 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 5,96 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 6 |
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