UTIC304 International Trade Quality StandardsIstanbul Okan UniversityDegree Programs Geomatic EngineeringGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
Geomatic Engineering
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

General course introduction information

Course Code: UTIC304
Course Name: International Trade Quality Standards
Course Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 6
Language of instruction: TR
Course Requisites:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Compulsory
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Öğr.Gör. TURGUT DOYRAN
Course Lecturer(s): Dr.Öğr.Üyesi AYŞE NUR TOPÇUOĞLU
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: Importance and obligation of quality in foreign trade; international quality institutions; fundamentals; standards; accreditation; market controlling; TSE Certificates; ISO 9000, 14000, 22000 and others; E- CE signs; Codes 29000; Eko-teks green point evaluation; EU quality orders; auditing import; product safety, EU Rules and harmonization 4703 and 339 EU rules; market supply conditions.

Course Content: At the end of this course the student will be able to:

• Understand definitions of international and general rules of foreign trade quality standards.
• Know the rules about quality and standards.
• Be aware of how to be appopriate for standards
• Know what is accreditation and how it works
• Know associations about international quality and standards.
• Have the fundamental informations about quality and standards for packaging, warehousing etc.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) • Understand definitions of international and general rules of foreign trade quality standards.
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
1) • Know the rules about quality and standards.
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
1) • Be aware of how to be appopriate for standards
2) • Know what is accreditation and how it works
Field Specific Competence
1) • Know associations about international quality and standards.
2) • Have the fundamental informations about quality and standards for packaging, warehousing etc.
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Lesson Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) • Describe the course. • Define benefits of course. • Identify the quality and standards. • Learn associations about quality and standards in Turkey and World. • Syllabus. • Describe constitution and laws. • Define fundamental associations and their working system. • Identify quality and standards. • Discuss associations which determine quality and standards in Turkey and World. 3 pages of essay about how important quality and standards in human life.
2) • Identify the concept of quality. • Define specifications of quality. • Analyze relationship between quality and industry, services, production. • Describe all quality types. • Explain the concept of quality circle. • Define quality. • Describe principles of quality. • Describe dimensions of quality. • Describe types of quality. • Identify total quality management. • Identify quality circle. • Analyse relationship between globalization and market economy. Homework: A work to understand the quality in any sector.
3) • Identify concept of standardization. • Illustrate purpose of standardization. • Define principles of standardization • Describe benefits of standardization. • Explain types of standards. • List associations about standards in Turkey and World. • Define standards. • Define types of standards. • Identify benefits of standards. • Identify TSE and ISO associations. Homework: an eassay about standards of any product and what kind of rules it has to be fit according to TSE.
4) • Define concept of appropriateness. • Define metrology. • Describe calibration. • Identify evaluation for appropriateness. • Define mark of CE. • Identify appropriateness. • Describe value. • Describe calibration. • Identify CE. Checking homework. Homework: Discuss if any product with CE mark has a good quality ? Write an essay about it in three pages.
5) • Define TSE (Turk Standards Institute). • Define TSE’s mission and departments. • Describe domestic and international standards. • Explain applications of international and domestic standards. • Discuss TSE certificate. • Identify TSE. • Describe concept of domestic standard. • Describe concept of international standard. • Identify certificate of TSE. Class discussion. Examine sample certificates.
6) • Define international standards. • Describe ISO, ISO’s purpose, missions, organizations. • Define ISO certificates. • Define quality standard. • Describe quality and standards associations in World. • Describe ISO. • Describe ISO 9000. • Describe ISO 9001. • Describe ISO 14001. • Describe ISO 22000. • Describe Codex, N2900. • Define quality standards and see application samples. Visit a company, ask questions about quality and standards and write an essay about your opinions.
7) • Define technical arrangement. • List associations which make appropriateness evaluation. • Identify green point. • Define Ekoteks. • Discuss technical arrangement. • List associations which make appropriateness evaluation. • Identify green point. • Identify Ekoteks. none
8) • Define market supervision and control. • Describe how to supervise and control the market. • Describe who supervises and control the markets. • Explain benefits of market supervision and control. • Identify market supervision and control. • Identify law. • Describe shareholders. Homework; Pick an association from Turkak web and explain it’s mission.
9) • Explain export controls. • Explain import controls. • Define relationship between customs and standards. • Identify standard controls in foreign trade. • Describe how customs control standards. • Analyze customs’ standard control strategy. • Explain red line controls. • Discuss standard controls in foreign trade. Write an essay about customs visit and how standards controlled.
10) • Describe EU technical laws and adaptation. • Discuss compare laws. • Define concept of integration of laws. • Define concept of accreditation. • Define concept of accredited association and examine TÜRKAK. • Identify EU Technical law. • Explain comparison of laws. • Identify accrediation. • Identify TÜRKAK. HOMEWORK: Write EU associations about standardization.
11) • Define risk analyze of standard. • Explain necessity of risk analyze. • Explain application of risk analyze of standards. • Explain how risk analyze of standards done. • Discuss statistical showcase of risk analyzes of standards’ results. • Analyze results of sectoral risk. • Identify risk analyze of standards. • Identify sectoral risk analyzes. • Explain importance of risk analyzes. • Explain results of risk analyzes. (Domestic and International). HOMEWORK: Pick a sector with standards risk in Turkey and write risk and preventations ways down.
12) • Define vertical laws (E, CE and other marks). • Express obligation of vertical law for EU. • Explain obligation of marks in foreign trade and application in Turkey. • Discuss EU applications. • Identify vertical law. • Explain obligation of vertical law for EU. • Explain applications of vertical law in Turkey. • Discuss obligation and control in foreign trade. • Discuss EU applications. Participate in guest speakers conferance.
13) • Define trustworthy product. • Identify safe products about their sectors. • Explain standardization in agricultural products. • Define good agriculture applications. • Describe application circumstances in Turkey. • Identify product safety. • List safe products in some sectors. • Explain standardization in agriculture. • Analyze good agriculture applications. Homework: Pick an agricultural good and write what should you do for good agriculture applications.
14) • Describe applications for standardization in Turkey. • List standardization benefits. • List standardization weaknesses • Explain standardization problems. • Explain solution ideas and foresights of standardization problems. • Discuss standardization applications in Turkey. • Explain standardization applications’ benefits. • Explain standardization applications’ obligation. • Classify standardization applications’ weaknesses. • Classify standardization applications’ problems. • Analyze standardization applications’ solution ideas. Prepare for final exam.
15) • FINAL EXAM. • Discuss standardization applications in Turkey. • Explain standardization applications’ benefits. • Explain standardization applications’ obligation. • Classify standardization applications’ weaknesses. • Classify standardization applications’ problems. • Analyze standardization applications’ solution ideas. none

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Kalite ve Standartlar ders notları,
Ekonomi Bakanlığı ,Sanayii Bakanlığı, Piyasa Gözetimi ve Denetimi Mevzuatı
97/9196 sayılı Türk ürünlerinin ihracatının Arttırılmasına Yönelik Teknik
Mevzuatı Hazırlayacak Kurumların Belirlenmesine ilişkin Bakanlar
Kurulu Kararı -Kişisel Koruyucu Donanımlar, Çalışma ve Sosyal
Güvenlik Bakanlığı. 4703 Sayılı çerçeveKanun’u ve KKD Yönetmeliği
“Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı Tarafından Yapılacak Piyasa Gö-
zetimi ve Denetimine ilişkin Usul ve Esaslar Hakkındaki Yönetmelik
iso kararları
References: Quality and Standards notes
Ministeryı of Economy ,Ministery of Industry, Market Observation and Control Laws
Rule number 97/9196 Comission of Ministers’ Decision to increase Turkish products’ export rate with a new technical draft of law which will be prepared by determined associations
Individual hardwares for protection
Ministery of work and Social Security Rule number 4703 and KKD Regılations
“Regulations about methods and principles for observation and controls which will be done by the Ministery of work and Social Security”
ISO Decisions

Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility.
2) Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline; ability to use theoretical and applied information in these areas to model and solve engineering problems.
3) Ability to communicate effectively i Turkish, both orally and in writing; knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language.
4) Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development.
5) Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way so as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include factors such as economic and environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety isuues, and social and political issues according to the nature of the design.)
6) Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually.
7) Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively.
8) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modelling methods for this purpose.
9) Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.
10) Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself.
11) Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyse and interpret results for investigating engineering problems.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility.
2) Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline; ability to use theoretical and applied information in these areas to model and solve engineering problems.
3) Ability to communicate effectively i Turkish, both orally and in writing; knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language.
4) Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development.
5) Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way so as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include factors such as economic and environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety isuues, and social and political issues according to the nature of the design.)
6) Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually.
7) Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively.
8) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modelling methods for this purpose.
9) Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.
10) Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself.
11) Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyse and interpret results for investigating engineering problems.

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Field Study
Expression
Brainstorming/ Six tihnking hats
Individual study and homework
Lesson
Homework
Project preparation

Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria

Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing)
Oral Examination
Individual Project

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Quizzes 1 % 10
Homework Assignments 2 % 30
Midterms 1 % 20
Final 1 % 40
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Grading

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 15 45
Study Hours Out of Class 15 90
Homework Assignments 4 8
Quizzes 1 2
Midterms 1 15
Final 2 19
Total Workload 179