Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / GM-214 - FOOD ENGINEERING

Code: GM-214 Course Title: TECHNICAL ENGLISH II Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 2
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department FOOD ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer FEYZA KIROĞLU ZORLUGENÇ (fkzorlugenc@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Teaching technical writing principles, Concepts and terms related to food engineering by related samples.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Students will be able to explain the elements of technical writing PO-1 Has the required minimum knowledge on the basic engineering issues related to Food Engineering.
PO-3 Plans, applies and analyses the results of high-quality research
PO-7 Speaks at least one foreign language and effectively communicates orally and in writing.
PO-8 Knows the importance of life long learning, keeping up-to-date with developments in science and technology and being able to continuously improving herself/himself.
PO-9 Has the awareness of Professional and ethical responsibilities.
Examination
LO-2 Students will be able to make a summary. PO-1 Has the required minimum knowledge on the basic engineering issues related to Food Engineering.
PO-3 Plans, applies and analyses the results of high-quality research
PO-7 Speaks at least one foreign language and effectively communicates orally and in writing.
PO-8 Knows the importance of life long learning, keeping up-to-date with developments in science and technology and being able to continuously improving herself/himself.
PO-9 Has the awareness of Professional and ethical responsibilities.
Examination
LO-3 Students will be able to make paragraph analyse in technical articles PO-1 Has the required minimum knowledge on the basic engineering issues related to Food Engineering.
PO-3 Plans, applies and analyses the results of high-quality research
PO-7 Speaks at least one foreign language and effectively communicates orally and in writing.
PO-8 Knows the importance of life long learning, keeping up-to-date with developments in science and technology and being able to continuously improving herself/himself.
PO-9 Has the awareness of Professional and ethical responsibilities.
Examination
LO-4 Students will be able to explain the terms, basic concepts, food operation terms of food engineering PO-1 Has the required minimum knowledge on the basic engineering issues related to Food Engineering.
PO-3 Plans, applies and analyses the results of high-quality research
PO-7 Speaks at least one foreign language and effectively communicates orally and in writing.
PO-8 Knows the importance of life long learning, keeping up-to-date with developments in science and technology and being able to continuously improving herself/himself.
PO-9 Has the awareness of Professional and ethical responsibilities.
Examination
LO-5 Students will be able to express him/herself in English for a subject related to his/her area PO-1 Has the required minimum knowledge on the basic engineering issues related to Food Engineering.
PO-3 Plans, applies and analyses the results of high-quality research
PO-7 Speaks at least one foreign language and effectively communicates orally and in writing.
PO-8 Knows the importance of life long learning, keeping up-to-date with developments in science and technology and being able to continuously improving herself/himself.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Rephrasing, contextual reference, describing function and purpose, relative clauses, components of technical writing, summarizing, analyses of paragraphs from technical writings, terms used in food chemistry, basic concepts used in food engineering, terms of food processes.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Making grade determination tests Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
2 Grammer structure of sentence Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
3 Connecting the sentences in English, samples including the adjectives Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
4 Letter writing plan, technical letter writing Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
5 CV writing, terms used in various forms and form filling Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
6 Translation from various technical paragraphs Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
7 Common sentence structures used in commercial letters Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
8 mid-term exam
9 Analysis of the letter samples used in commercial mails Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
10 Terms and sentence samples used in food chemistry Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
11 Basic concepts used in food engineering, Food processing terms Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
12 Making professional type article translations (abstract and introduction parts) Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
13 Making professional type article translations (Material-method, result-discussion parts) Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
14 Student presentations about various food processing Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
15 Student presentations about various food processing Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Gaman, P.M., Sherrington, K.B., 1997. Introduction to food science, the Science of Food
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 7 14
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 7 14
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 59