GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ADVANCED POLYMER CHEMISTRY/5011304
Course Title: ADVANCED POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. Halil İbrahim ÜNAL
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/hiunal
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  hiunal@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Teaching the synthesis and applications of some of polymeric materials; the development of the knowledge and the students to be forwarded for the adva








 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- 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  Polymers, and General considerations
2. Week  Methods for polymer synthesis, suspension polymerization, and applications
3. Week  Emulsion and dispersion polymerization and applications
4. Week  Cationic polymerization and Ring opening polymerization
5. Week  Advantage and Disadvantage of Classical radical polymerization
6. Week  Methods for Controlled/Living polymerization, Properties and Comparison with Traditional Polymerization Methods
7. Week  Conrolled/Living Polymerization (RAFT, NMP, ATRP)
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  Application of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
10. Week  General Properties of High Yield Polymerization Reactions (Click Chemistry and Others Coupling Reactions)
11. Week  Combining of Controlled Living Polymerization with Click Chemistry
12. Week  Photo-polymerization and Applications
13. Week  Synthesis of Nano-Structures Polymersv and application
14. Week  Synthesis of Nano-Structures Polymersv and application
15. Week  -
16. Week  -
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Textbook of Polymer Science, F. W. Billmeyer, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1984. Introduction to Polymer Science and Technology, Mustafa Akay, ISBN: 978-87-403-0087-1, First edition Polymer Chemistry: An Introduction, Malcolm P. Stevens,1998, ISBN-10: 0195124448
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  no
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
1
10
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
50
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
10
3
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
3
30
 Designing and Applying Materials
3
3
9
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
5
5
25
 Final and Studying for Final
5
10
50
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
186
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.44
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Develop, enhance and deepen and obtain creative original definitions by combining current knowledge of the field and critical thinking and research based upon Ms.D. program skill and outcomesX
2Comprehendinterdisciplinary interactions and relations relevant to chemistry; analyze, compose, synthesize and evaluate new and complex ideas and to obtain original results by using expertise knowledge of the field,X
3Obtain new scientific knowledge and gain higher level of skills in field of searchX
4Develop a new scientific method in the field or apply a known method to a different problemX
5Research, understand, design, adopt and apply an original subjectX
6Question, compose, synthesize and evaluate new and complex ideasX
7Publishtheir original works in refereed journalsX
8Develop original ideas and methods in the field and also in interdisciplinary fields by using higher level skills such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and judgmentsX
9Present their works and original ideas effectively in a scientific environmentX
10Communicate anddiscuss in advance level of writing, oral and visual in at least one foreign languageX
11Introduce technological developmentsin anacademic and professional manner and contribute to theprogress of it societyX