GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY/5961304
Course Title: ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Mehmet Sayım KARACAN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mkaracan / http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/~mkaracan/
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  mkaracan@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Overview of the mechanisms of production and consumption in the environmental equlibrium as a chemist
 -- 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  Introduction to environmental chemistry, Essential concepts, Biogeochemical cycles
2. Week  Component of Atmosphere, photochemical and chemical reactions,
3. Week  Ozone in Stratosphere, Global warming, Greenhouse Effect, Photochemical Smog, Acid Rains,
4. Week  Air and Air pollution, Air pollutants,
5. Week  Determination of Air quality,
6. Week  Water and water contamination, contaminants,
7. Week  Determination of Water Quality,
8. Week  Determination of Water Quality,
9. Week  Midterm exam
10. Week  Soil chemistry, Soil Pollution,
11. Week  Nuclear Chemistry, reactions of radioactive substances,
12. Week  Nuclear plants and radioactive waste, Energy balance and Possible Future Sources of Energy,
13. Week  Phase interactions, Solubility of the gases in the water
14. Week  Toxicological chemistry, Noise.
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1- General Chemistry I and II, Petrucci, Harwood, Herring (8. Edition) Palme Publisher, Ankara, 2002.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  No.
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
20
 Assignment
1
20
 Exercises
0
0
 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
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
3
30
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
5
3
15
 Presentation
2
1
2
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
6
4
24
 Final and Studying for Final
6
4
24
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
179
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.16
 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