GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION/5021325
Course Title: ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof. Dr. Meltem Yılmaz
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/meltemyilmaz
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  meltemyilmaz@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Students will gain a level of knowlegde that will help them to establish of the cause and effect relationships of environmental pollution problems.
Students will learn transport and deposition of pollutants and they will be able to evaluate the environmental problems with an integrated perspective
They will realize the necessity of combining engineering and ecology knowledge for solving the problems.
They will have an holistic, scientific and realistic environmentalism vision.
They will gain positive behavioral changes for the proper use of existing resources.
They will understand the importance of sharing the interdisciplinary knowledge for environmental applications.
 -- 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  Definition of environment and environmental pollution, basic concepts of the environmental pollution, ecosystem and balance concepts
2. Week  Environmental management models, relation of chaos and entropy, natural atmospheric, hydrospheric and lithospheric accumulation, treatment and cost re
3. Week  Autopuration mechanisms, potential of pollutants, movements of pollutants, transport phenomena, analysis of conversion potential, environmental stress
4. Week  Mass balance, environmental physico-chemical processes and reaction kinetics, the concept of excessive pollution
5. Week  Balance between spheres, Dispersion between hydrosphere and atmosphere, Henry's law, Dispersion between lithosphere and hydrosphere, adsorption isoth
6. Week  Dispersion between biosphere and hydrosphere, bioconcentration concept, elemental cycles, global carbon cycle, phosphorus cycle, sulfur cycle and nitr
7. Week  Hydrological cycle, oxygen balance in rivers and lakes, events affecting the oxygen concentration in aquatic systems
8. Week  Midterm Exam
9. Week  Use of energy and energy resources, energy chain, mass conservation in the food chain, bio-accumulative pollutants
10. Week  Environmental risk management, chemical risk assessment
11. Week  Natural factors of environmental pollution, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, volcanic gases and climate change, floods and environmental effects
12. Week  Water pollution, groundwaters, organic and inorganic pollutants, eutrophication, BOD, COD, TOC
13. Week  Soil pollution, soil erosion,
14. Week  Solid wastes, hazardous materials
15. Week  Radioactive pollution, noise pollution
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Environmental Scanning and Sustainable Development, Nicolas Lesca, Wiley, January 2013 Global Environmental Issues, Frances Harris, 2. Ed. Wiley-Blackwell, Feb. 2012 Transport Modeling for Environmental Engineers and Scientists, Mark M. Clark, Wiley, 2011 Environmental Hazards and Disasters, Bimal Kanti Paul, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production, Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff and Paul E. Rosenfeld, ISBN: 978-0-08-096446-1, Elsevier 2010
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- 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
0
0
 Reading
0
0
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
3
42
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
0
0
 Preparing Reports
6
3
18
 Preparing Presentation
14
3
42
 Presentation
14
3
42
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
1
1
 Final and Studying for Final
1
1
1
 Other
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17