GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS/SOS1011
Course Title: ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS
Credits 2 ECTS 3
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Erhan ESER
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/erhaneser
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  erhaneser@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Establish the relationship between the environment and physics
Provide information about environmental contaminants
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is facetoface.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
   There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Environmental Pollution: General Information
2. Week  Sources of environmental pollution
3. Week  Air Pollution: General Information
4. Week  Gaseous pollutants, Particulate pollutants and environmental impacts of pollutants
5. Week  Physical and chemical methods used in removing of pollution
6. Week  General information, Physical properties of noise, noise measurement and noise character,
7. Week  Impact of Noise on health and economy
8. Week  Impact of Noise on health and economy
9. Week  Physical methods used in noise control
10. Week  Radioactive Contamination: General Information
11. Week  Radioactive Contamination: General Information
12. Week  Effects of radioactivity on living
13. Week  Disposal of nuclear waste
14. Week  Control of nuclear waste and applications in the world
15. Week  General overview
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1- Karpuzcu, M.(2003) Çevre kirlenmesi ve kontrolü. Kubbealtı Yayınevi, İstanbul. 2-Çevre Fiziği, 2.Baskı, Egbert Boeker, Rienk van Grondelle, John Wiley, Chichester
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question&Answer,
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
   No
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
0
0
 Assignment
1
20
 Exercises
1
20
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
4
2
8
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
1
10
10
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
74
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
2.96
 ECTS: 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Develop thinking in terms of biologyX
2Developing the experimental practicalityX
3Problem solving and gain the ability to analyzeX
4Gain the ability to analyze current problems with biological mindX
5Learning how to use the properties by looking at the relationship between the courses taught in other sections and your sections.X
6Develop the ability to modelling the natural phenomena by establishing a link between biology and chemistryX
7See biological side of the events occurring in nature and benefit from themX
8To inform the accurate information to followers in an environment that Biology-related events is spokenX
9To learn how to use the knowledge for development of the communityX
10To compare the knowledge with similar institutions and create a racer personality to go furtherX
11Gain awareness of how to be useful with the gained knowledge to communityX
12To have a confident personality in the international scientific arenaX
13Following all developments related to the profession and gain the ability to use the knowledge gainedX
14To raise people who be aware of scientific work will never end therefore it always should be studiedX