GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS/5741325
Course Title: RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 2 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
The concept of renewable energy
Global warming and its causes
Protection mechanism for global warming
Types of renewable energy sources
Applications with existing systems
Understanding the fundamentals and main characteristics of renewable energy sources and their differences compared to fossil fuels.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  What is Energy? What are the types?
2. Week  The concept of renewable energy and its requirements
3. Week  Global warming and its causes
4. Week  Protection mechanism for global warming
5. Week  Types of renewable energy sources
6. Week  And applications of solar energy
7. Week  1.Midterm Examination
8. Week  Biomass and applications
9. Week  Wind and wind energy applications
10. Week  Fuel Cell Systems & Technologies
11. Week  Energy Technologies – Conversion, Storage & Energy Systems
12. Week   Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS) Technologies
13. Week  Hyrdopower plants, wave energy, other energy types and their applications
14. Week  2.Midterm Examination
15. Week  Final evaluation and project presentations
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
2
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
20
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
5
5
25
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
3
24
 Material Design and Implementation
3
5
15
 Report Preparing
2
5
10
 Preparing a Presentation
3
8
24
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
8
16
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
12
24
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
183
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.32
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
15X
16X
17X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof.Dr.Hüseyin TOPAL)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/htopal)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (htopal@gazi.edu.tr)