GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

WATER TOXICOLOGY/5131325

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

To learn basic principles of toxic materials in the aquatic ecosystems , action mechanisms and be able to solve sample case studies, to achieve subst

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction to water toxicology and important terms
2. Week	Poisoning of aquatic animals and symptoms
3. Week	Sampling of toxicologic patterns (water, sediment, plankton, invertebrates and fish ) and protection methods
4. Week	Toxic effects of nitrogenous compounds (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate)
5. Week	Classification of water toxicology and action mechanisms of toxic materials
6. Week	Effects of heavy metals on aquatic animals (chrome, molybden, nickel, cobalt, zinc, iron)
7. Week	Midterm-Endocrine disruptor compounds
8. Week	Effects of heavy metals on aquatic animals (arsenic, bor, lead, mercury, cadmium, copper, selenium)
9. Week	Effects of pesticides on aquatic animals
10. Week	Effects of persistent organic pollutants : PCB and dioxins on aquatic animals
11. Week	Effects of petroleum and oil on aquatic animals
12. Week	Effects of detergents petroleum and oil on aquatic ecosystems and animals
13. Week	Bioassays on aquatic animals, choosing model organism and applications
14. Week	Assessment of results of bioassays
15. Week	Probit test
16. Week	-

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	30
Assignment	2	30
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
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	45	3	135
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks			0
Searching in Internet and Library			0
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation	15	1	15
Presentation			0
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	1	4	4
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	6	6
Other (should be emphasized)	15	2	30
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			190
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.6
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

( Prof. A. Çağlan GÜNAL)

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

(http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/caglangunal)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(caglangunal@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University