GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
DIFUSSION/5141308
Course Title: DIFUSSION
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
Application of fluid mechanics and open channel principles to water pollution problems.
Determination of diffusion of water quality parameters such as temperature, salinity etc. in inland or coastal water.
Finding practical solution to environmental water pollution problems.
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 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Basic Definitions and Concepts, Environmental Hydraulics, Strategies and Approaches for Problem Solving.
2. Week  Fick's Law of Diffusion, Some Mathematics of the Diffusion Equation
3. Week  Advection Diffusion
4. Week  Turbulent Diffusion
5. Week  Shear Flow Dispersion: Dispersion in Laminar Shear Flow,Turbulent Shear Flow
6. Week  Dispersion in Unsteady Shear Flow, Dispersion in two dimensions,Dispersion in Unbounded Shear Flow
7. Week  Mid-Term Examination-1
8. Week  Mixing in Rivers: Turbulent Mixing in Rivers
9. Week  Mixing in Rivers: Longitudinal Dispersion in Rivers and Dispersion of Decaying Substances
10. Week  Mixing in Reservoirs: External Energy Sources for Mixing, Vertical Mixing in the Epilimnion
11. Week  Mixing in Reservoirs: Vertical Mixing in the Hypolimnion, Horizontal Mixing
12. Week  Mixing in Estuaries: The causes of Mixing in Estuaries, Cross-sectional Mixing in Estuaries, Longitudinal Dispersion
13. Week  River and Estuary Models: Considerations in Choosing a Model, Numerical Models, Physical Models
14. Week  Student Oral Presentations: Each student has to present a special topic or a published research paper in the classroom
15. Week  Discussion of Oral Presentations
16. Week  -
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
50
 Assignment
3
50
 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
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
2
24
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
3
8
24
 Preparing a Presentation
1
15
15
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
15
15
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
15
15
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
180
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.2
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
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PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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1Course develops student’s skills of expression and researchX
2Grasping the inter-disciplinary interaction related to his fieldX
3The ability to use the expert-level theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in his fieldX
4Interpreting and forming new types of knowledge by combining the knowledge from the area and the knowledge from various other disciplinesX
5Solves the issues of his field by using scientific methodsX
6The ability to carry out a specialist study related to his area independentlyX
7Developing new strategic approaches to solve the unforeseen and complex problems arising in the practical processesX
8Coming up with solutions while taking responsibilityX
9Fulfilling the leader role in the environments where solutions are sought for the problems related to his field
10Evaluates issues with a critical eye and encourages learning
11Transferring the current developments in the area and his/her own work within the national and international environments orally, visually and in written formsX
12Ability to see and develop social relationships and the norms directing these relationships with a critical look and the ability to take action to change these when necessary
13Having proficiency in a foreign language and establishing written and oral communication with that languageX
14Uses computer programs competent enough for his departmentX
15Using communication technologies efficiently and according to the needs of the departmentX
16Collects data related to the field, reviews and makes conclusions; implements and shares them by considering ethical valuesX
17Develops different perspectives related to the field, plans them and assesses them within the quality frameworkX
18Internalizes the knowledge gained in the field, transforms it into a skill and uses it with interdisciplinary studies
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   ( Assist. Prof. Dr. Önder Koçyiğit)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ( www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/konder)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ( konder@gazi.edu.tr)