GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY INSTRUCTION/4430038

Course Title:	NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY INSTRUCTION
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Course Semester	1	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	What is nuclear chemistry? Pedagogical concepts on teaching nuclear chemistry.
2. Week	What is Radiation and radioactivity and importance in our daily life.
3. Week	Radiaiton sources, types of radioactivity decay and properties.
4. Week	Experiments, observation, inference and pedogogical concepts in teaching radioactivity.
5. Week	Nuclear reactions and its teching, and teaching of these concepts using computer aided animations.
6. Week	Importance, measurement and detection of radiation.
7. Week	Nuclear reactors and nuclear reactions and pedagogical concepts for teaching these concepts.
8. Week	Midterm exam
9. Week	Importance and teaching of radiaiton and its interactions with matter.
10. Week	Pedagogical concepts and animations about the effects of radiation to living bodies and its teaching.
11. Week	Radiation dose units, risk calculations and its teaching.
12. Week	Clarification and refinement of the students’ own views about nuclear reactors and their advantages.
13. Week	Radiation risk calculations and its teaching.
14. Week	Scientific visit to Turkish Atomic Energy Authority.
15. Week
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		40
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		60

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	14	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks	10	2	20
Searching in Internet and Library	10	2	20
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing	14	3	42
Preparing a Presentation	14	2	28
Presentation	10	2	20
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	6	1	6
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	10	1	10
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Dr. Ibrahim USLU)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(http://gazi.academia.edu/ibrahimUSLU)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(profibrahimuslu@gmail.com)

Gazi University