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Course Name	Turkish	Genel Jeoloji
	English	General Geology
Course Code	JEO 117	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	-	2	-	1
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Cengiz Zabcı
Course Objectives		The main aim of this course is to develop an understanding on basic concepts of geology and the main physical and chemical properties of the earth for our students. We target to provide the general geological background for the most basic courses of the ITU - Geological Engineering’s undergraduate programme.
Course Description		General Geology is an introductory course on understanding the earth, its materials, structures and major processes. The main goal is to teach the main principals and basic concepts of geology to first grade students of ITU Department of Geological Engineering. Topics include the short history of geology, rocks and minerals, the internal and external processes acting upon the earth and the structures that are developed under these forces. Successful students are supposed to gain basic understanding and skills of interpreting the earth and its processes.
Course Outcomes		I. The concept of science, the basic philosophy and brief history of geological sciences II. The main elements of the earth: Minerals and rocks III. Basic geological principles: The art of spatial and temporal correlation between rock bodies IV. Internal earth processes: Deformation and related structures, Plate tectonics V. External earth processes
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