Course descriptions for ERASMUS students - Faculty of Engineering, academic year 2011/2012

Course descriptions for ERASMUS students
2nd semester, academic year 2010/2011

Faculty of Engineering

Course Code
Module
Title:	Logistics
Teacher:	József GÁL
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce the logistics, basic definitions and terminology. Some practical aspects are also part of the subject.
Module Subject	Introduction to logistics: Setting the scene; Job in logistics; Regular activities Logistics services: Logistics acronyms; Product ranges; 3PL providers; Value-added services Inventory management and procurement: Inventory management; Continuous replenishment; Job advertisements Modes of transport: Transport and handling equipment; Container types, Types of goods Planning and arranging transport: Transport options, Measurements, Quotations Shipping goods: Marking, Loading, Advice of shipment, Shipping instructions Warehousing and storage: Handling equipment, Warehouse areas, Warehousing today Documentation and finance: Documents in foreign trade, Import instructions, Payment methods
Number of Credits	4

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Module
Title:	Automobile Industry
Teacher:	József GÁL
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce the automobile industry, management, design, safety, basic definitions and terminology. Some practical aspects are also part of the subject.
Module Subject	Introduction to the car: Factors involved in buying a car; Types of car; Car sales The exterior: Exterior car parts; Car production; A quality problem; 8D report The interior: Interior car parts; The instrument panel; A delivery problem; A car configuration Under the bonnet: The engine; A technical support hotline; An international car show Performance and technical specifications: Launching a new model; A road test; Materials and their properties; A meeting role-play Safety: A magazine article; Active and passive safety features; Choosing safety features; Car recalls Design: Describing car design; The design process; Constraints; Expanding the product range Future trends: The car of the future; Environmental awareness; Making a presentation; Fuel cells
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Aviation
Teacher:	József GÁL
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce the aviation. Students learn about airport technology, passenger safety, ground movements and flying. Some practical aspects are also part of the subject.
Module Subject	Introduction to air communications: Setting the scene; Basics of radio communications; Introduction to non-routine situations Pre-flight: Pre-flight checks; Delays and problems; Local conditions Ground movements: Airport markings and airside vehicles; Taxiing and holding; Weather problems Departure, climbing and cruising: Take-off; Encountering traffic; Warnings about hazards En route events: Operational situations, Unusual events, Medical situations Contact and approach: Descent; Circuit joining Approach and landing problems Landing: Landing incidents; Runway conditions; Landing hazards On the ground: Taxiing; Getting to the gate; Clear communication
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	In Flight and on Board Services
Teacher:	József GÁL
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce in flight and on board services. Students learn about airport technology, passenger safety, ground movements and services during flight. Some practical aspects are also part of the subject.
Module Subject	Introduction to cabin crew: Career path, Responsibilities, People and places Pre-flight: Pre-flight briefing, Introductions, Aircraft features Boarding: Greeting passengers, Boarding and loading, Solving seating problems Cabin services and amenities: Meal service, On board sales, Classes of service Health and medical issues: Health issues, Remedies, Attending sick passengers Safety and emergencies: Safety equipments, Emergency procedures, Air rage Descent, landing and layover: Preparations for landing, Checking the cabin, Checking into a hotel
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Organization and Logistics of Tourism
Teacher:	József GÁL
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce European tourism. We focus on Central and Eastern European part of the continent. To know some rules and financial aspects. Students plan a journey and make a tourist guide for travel agencies and a short film.
Module Subject	Europe and tourism, The history of tourism in Europe, The history of modern tourism in Europe, Tourist regions in Europe, The European Union, Tourism policy in the European Union, Regional policy and tourism in the European Union, Tourism and euro, Transportation in Europe and its impact on tourism, Environmental and social concerns in European tourism, Business tourism in Europe, Marketing Europe as a tourist destination, Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe, New trends in the European tourist industry
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Sales & Purchasing
Teacher:	József GÁL
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce in sales and purchasing in engineering. Students learn about how to buy and sell, manage trade in engineering. Some practical aspects are also part of the subject.
Module Subject	Job and responsibilities: Job titles and tasks, A sales meeting, A sales meeting, A requisition New contacts: At a trade fair, Relationship building, Fellow-up emails Offers: A sales pitch, The AIDA approach to sales, A request for proposal, An offer letter Negotiations: Tips for successful negotiations, A company visit, Negotiating styles, Win-win negotiations Orders: Telephone orders, An online order, A change to an order, Numbers and figures, Contract term and phrases Customer care: Dealing with problems over the telephone and in writing, An online complaint form
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Elements of Marketing
Teacher:	Edina VINCZE-LENDVAI
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to learn more about marketing and advertising. Students have exercises how to use marketing tools in practice. Marketing and engineering.
Module Subject	Introduction to marketing and advertising: Jobs and responsibilities, Corporate identity, logos, Branding Finding the customer: Market research, Customer profiles, Data collection, A telephone survey Planning a marketing strategy: The marketing plan, The four Ps, Pricing and positioning strategies Creating ads: The AIDA model for advertising, Working with an ad agency, Advertising channels, Rate sheets Marketing tools: Distribution channels, Types of discount, Types of retailer, Telemarketing, Direct marketing Presenting your public face: Public relations, Websites as a marketing tool, Sponsoring, Effective press releases Marketing through trade fairs: Giveaways, Organizing events, Attending a trade fair
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Customer care
Teacher:	József GÁL
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce in flight and on board services. Students learn about airport technology, passenger safety, ground movements and services during flight. Some practical aspects are also part of the subject.
Module Subject	Introduction to customer care: Customer care success, Customer care business and jobs, Surprising facts about customer care Face to face with customers: Body language, A company visit, Meeting do’s and don’ts, At a trade fair, The invisible customer Dealing with customers on the phone: General telephoning, The ‘customer care’ phone call, What the customers really hear Call center success: Taking an order, Hotline (Troubleshooting), Customer-centered call centers Delivering customer care through writing: Effective letters and emails, Format and informal writing styles, The five Cs of customer care writing, A case study Dealing with problems and complaints: Complaint strategies and policies, The letter of apology, Explaining company policy, Some opinions about complaints and apologies
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Wastewater Treatment
Teacher:	Szabolcs KERTÉSZ
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	autumn or spring semester (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	The aim of the course is to give general knowledge of wastewater treatment and utilization of waters, as well as wastewaters. An other aim of the course is to make students ready to be conversant the applied methods in wastewater treatment and different parts of the wastewater techniques and water quality analysis.
Module Subject	Importance of clean water European Water Charter, water physical and chemical properties, water cycle, water sources, water hardness & softening, wastewater production Contaminants and substances wastewater types, contaminants, organic and inorganic substances, nitrogen & phosphorus removal, nitrification & denitrification, coagulation & flocculation Wastewater treatment (wwt) mechanical, biological and chemical-physical treatments, disinfection, sludge stabilization & utilizations Wwt in practice ww treatment in practice, novel & membrane techniques
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Biotechnology
Teacher:	Miklós KÁLMÁN
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce most important parts of biotechnology.
Module Subject	Definition of biotechnology, fundamentals of genetic engineering and recombinant DNA technology, mutagenesis, enzyme technology, biosensors, techniques of product recovery, factors affecting the fermentation and their controls, fermenter design and its control, biotechnological applications in food industry.
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Sensory Analysis
Teacher:	Katalin A. HORVÁTHNÉ
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce most important parts of sensory analysis.
Module Subject	Principles of sensorial analysis, structure and roles of sensorial organs, selection and training of panelist, selection and application of sensorial methods for various foods, determination of sensory thresholds, statistical evaluation of sensorial data, descriptive analysis and application on food product design, innovation of sensorial analysis.
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Business & Management
Teacher:	József GÁL
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce terminology and most important parts of business & management.
Module Subject	Industrial plant, enterprise, enterpriser and manager, subject of business, administration and scientific administration, selection of profession, enterprising and management, market conditions and production factors, production costs, plant sizes, plant location, juridical organization of plants, internal organization of plants, order, supervising and functional authority, centralization and delegation of authority, principles of organization, financial policies and sources.
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Food Preservation Techniques
Teacher:	Cecilia HODÚR, Zsuzsanna LÁSZLÓ
Contact:	,
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce most important parts of food preservation techniques.
Module Subject	Principles of food protection, protection of food by heating, evaporation, chilling, freezing, chemical preservation techniques, bio-preservation, new techniques used in food protection such as pulsed electric field, high pressure processing, x-rays, pulsed light, ozone, microwave, radio waves, and applications.
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Meat and Meat Products Technology
Teacher:	Ferenc ESZES
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce most important parts of meat products technology.
Module Subject	Physical, chemical, microbiological and histological characteristics of meat, conversion of muscle to meat, preservation methods; meat refrigeration and freezing technologies, meat processing technologies; curing, smoking, emulsification, fermentation, canning, restructured meat products, meat packaging technology, quality control analysis in meat and meat products.
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Molecular Biology and Genetic
Teacher:	József SOÓS, Miklós KÁLMÁN
Contact:	,
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce most important parts of molecular biology and genetic.
Module Subject	Introduction to molecular biology, structure and organization of DNA and RNA, evaluation and replication of plasmid, virus, chromosomal DNA's, Protein synthesis, Role of genes on protein synthesis, natural genetic recombination systems, applications of recombinant DNA techniques and protein engineering, introduction to genetic engineering, development of industrial properties of microorganisms by genetic manipulation, genetically modified organisms (GMO) and foods.
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Cereal and Cereal Products Technology
Teacher:	Erzsébet MARKOVICS, Balázs P. SZABÓ
Contact:	,
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce most important parts of cereal production.
Module Subject	Physical and chemical properties of cereal, cereal quality criteria, storage of cereal, milling of cereal, flour quality criteria, rheology and chemistry of dough, bread making technology, macaroni production technology, biscuit production technology, bulgur production technology, breakfast cereals and snack food technology, quality control analyses in cereals and cereal products.
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Cheese Technology
Teacher:	József CSANÁDI
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce most important parts of cheese technology.
Module Subject	History, cheese production in world and Turkey, nutritional aspects of cheese, cheese varieties, introduction to cheese making, cheese operations, cheese ripening, cheese faults and grading, whey processing, mechanization of cheese making, selected cheese recipes.
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Mechanisms
Teacher:	István BÍRÓ
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	For students the main aims of the education of this module: - to know different methods of kinematical investigation of planar closed moving kinematical chains (having basic knowledge at Physics and Mechanical constructions); - to be able to compare the expected motion state with motion state realized by the investigated mechanism (moving structure).
Module Subject	- Kinematical investigation of mass point (position, velocity, acceleration, coordinate systems); - Velocity and acceleration state of planar moving rigid bodies; - Degree of freedom of mechanisms, constructions, classification; - Kinematical investigation of planar four-bar moreover centric and eccentric slider crank mechanisms; - Kinematical investigation of cam-drive mechanisms; - Kinematical analysis of complex closed planar mechanisms containing more revolute and prismatic joints.
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Modeling and Programming
Teacher:	József SÁROSI
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce the modeling and programming in LabVIEW and Matlab environment with some practical aspects of measurement and control and to introduce the ladder logic programming of programmable logic controller (PLC).
Module Subject	Simple averaging and temperature conversion in LabVIEW. Acquisition, storage and registration of measured data with software and DAQ devices. Configuring and testing DAQ devices. Trivial calculations and vector algebra, plotting, making script and function files, logical applications in Matlab. Investigation of a simple model and spring-mass-damper system in Matlab Simulink. Investigation of pneumatic artificial muscle in LabVIEW and Matlab. Ladder logic programming of programmable logic controller (PLC).
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Renewable energy
Teacher:	Róbertné KOVÁCS
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	FALL (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	Aim of the course is to introduce renewable energy.
Module Subject	Introduction to energetics: What is energy? What kind of energy do we know? What kind of energy do we use? Energy sources Nonrenewable energy, producing electricity, power plants Renewable energy: What kind of energy do we call renewable? Hydropower, solar energy, geothermal energy, wind power, biomass
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Cross-border cooperation
Teacher:	Andrea SZÉKELY
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	autumn or spring semester (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	The course introduces the basic knowledge about border theory and applied regional policy. The focus will be mainly put on the regional policy of the European Union, its programs and their effects on the border zones in Europe. In addition, case studies will be demonstrated.
Module Subject	The European space, Macrostructures in Western and Eastern Europe, Definitions of border, Border theories, Border regions in Europe and in Hungary, Cross-border agglomerations, Touristic aspects of borders
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Geography of Hungary
Teacher:	Andrea SZÉKELY
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	autumn or spring semester (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	It will be an introduction to the geography of Hungary. Physical and human geography point of view will also be considered. The students will learn the regional geography of Hungary, they will be able to find important natural and cultural attractions in the country.
Module Subject	Overview of Hungary, Northern Hungary, Northern Great Plain, Southern Great Plain, Southern Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia, Central Transdanubia, Central Hungary.
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Introductory Statistics
Teacher:	Balázs KOTOSZ
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	autumn or spring semester (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	The course introduces the basic statistical concepts and covers the procedures most frequently used in the descriptive analysis of cross-sectional and time-series data. The focus will be mainly put on the computation and interpretation of the most widely used statistical measures and some basic economic indicators that have importance in the socio-economic decision making process. In addition, the use of Excel will also be demonstrated.
Module Subject	Data and Statistics, Summarizing qualitative and quantitative data, Descriptive statistics: Tabular and graphical presentations, Measures of location, Measures of variability and shape, Exploratory data analysis, Measures of association, The decomposition of variance, Correlation and Simple Linear Regression, Index numbers Forecasting
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Mathematical Statistics
Teacher:	Balázs KOTOSZ
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	autumn or spring semester (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	It will be an introduction to sampling, statistical inference and statistical modelling. The focus will be mainly put on the logic of the methods to be covered, on the conditions of their application and on the interpretation of the statistical measures most widely used in socio-economic analyses. In addition, the use of Excel will also be demonstrated
Module Subject	Introduction to Sampling and Sample Survey, Sampling Distributions, Interval Estimation, Hypothesis Tests, Simple Linear Regression, Simple Nonlinear Regression, Multiple Regression and Regression Model Building
Number of Credits	4

Course Code
Module
Title:	Business Model Building
Teacher:	Balázs KOTOSZ
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	autumn or spring semester (3 lessons a week)
Module Aims	The main goal of the course is practicing the main econometric techniques. First we learn the usage of a free, open-source econometric software (probably Gretl). Then the usage of main statistical tests and model building techniques are in focus: testing restrictions in multiple regressions, heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, model selection. The course also presents a Review of additional models and techniques (functional form, nonlinearity, limited dependent variable models)
Module Subject	Simple linear regression, Reverse regression. LR, W and LM tests, Multiple regression, Model building, Model specification, Heteroscedasticity, multicollinearity, Dummy variables, structural break, Nonlinear models, Logit regression, Bayesian statistics
Number of Credits	6

Course Code
Module
Title:	Time Series Econometrics
Teacher:	Balázs KOTOSZ
Contact:
Level	BSc
Termin	autumn or spring semester (2 lessons a week)
Module Aims	The main goal of the course is learning and practicing the most important time series analysis techniques. We use a free, open-source econometric software (probably Gretl). Then the usage of main statistical tests and time-series model building techniques are in focus: trend projection, filters, Box-Jenkins modeling and some review of more advanced time series models
Module Subject	Time series models, Smoothing Deterministic analysis with Gretl, White noise, ARMA models, Box-Jenkins method, Forecast, Spurious regression, Co-integration, VAR-models
Number of Credits	4