GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS/FİZ4154
Course Title: ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS
Credits 3 ECTS 3
Course Semester 8 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
Explain the concepts of environmental physics
Establish the relationship between environment and physics
Provide information about environmental pollutants
To be able to give information about physical and chemical methods used in pollution removal
To be able to apply the theories in physics to the environment

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Environmental Pollution: General information
2. Week  Sources of environmental pollution
3. Week  Air Pollution: General information
4. Week  Gas pollutants, Particulate pollutants and environmental effects of pollutants
5. Week  Physical and chemical methods used to remove pollution
6. Week  Physical and chemical methods used to remove pollution
7. Week  Health and economy effects of noise
8. Week  Physical methods used in noise control
9. Week  Radioactive Pollution: General information
10. Week  Radioactive Pollution: General information
11. Week  Effects of radioactivity on living organisms
12. Week  Storage of nuclear waste
13. Week  Control of nuclear waste and its applications in the world
14. Week  General Review
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
0
0
 Assignment
1
40
 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
0
0
 Reading Tasks
0
0
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
3
30
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
0
0
0
 Preparing a Presentation
1
5
5
 Presentation
1
4
4
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
0
0
0
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
0
0
0
 Other (should be emphasized)
1
5
5
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
86
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.44
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To be able to evaluate the case in terms of physics.X
2Improving experimental practicality.X
3To earn the ability of problem solving and analysis.X
4Analyzing current problems with physical thought.X
5To learn the relationship between the courses taught in the other departments and to learn to use these features.X
6To develop the ability to connect physics and mathematics and to model natural phenomena.X
7Informing the audience correctly in an milieu where physics-related events are discussed.X
8To learn how to use the acquired knowledge in the development of society.X
9To have a competing personality to compare the acquired knowledge with those given in similar institutions and to go further.X
10To have a self-confident personality in the international scientific arena.X
11To have the ability to follow every development related to his / her profession and to use the acquired knowledge.X
12To educate people who are aware that scientific work will never end and should always be studied.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assoc. Prof. İlknur Kars Durukan )
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (ilknurdurukan@gazi.edu.tr)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (ilknurdurukan@gazi.edu.tr)