GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

MARINE ECOSYSTEM POLLUTION/5181325

Course Title:	MARINE ECOSYSTEM POLLUTION
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

Providing comprehensive and detailed information on the seas and the marine pollution,the interactions between the marine pollution and marine life
Determination of marine pollutants on environmrental perspective
Indicate the resources, monitoring and preventing of marine pollution.
Studies on marine law abour pollution
Constitute knowledge about current policies about marine pollution both national and international level

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction to marine pollution
2. Week	Sea water chemistry: properties, composition; oceanography: physical properties of sea water
3. Week	Classification of marine pollutants, description of coastal hazards
4. Week	Oil spills, clean up, consequences of oil pollution
5. Week	Petroleum pullution and control
6. Week	Heavy metal pollution in seas, consequences, control
7. Week	Pesticide and endocrine disrupt chemicals pollution in coastal zone, consequences, control
8. Week	Midterm- Microplastics
9. Week	Bacteriologic pollution of sea water, dioxins and effects ob marine environment
10. Week	Effects of bilge and balast water, consequences, control, international policies about ship based marine pollution
11. Week	Thermal pollution in sea water,consequences, control, the effects of mariculture on marine ecosystems
12. Week	Biofouling, harmful algae- ecosystem changes and introduction to alien species related to global warming
13. Week	Analysis methods in marine pollution
14. Week	Current policies about marine pollution both national and international level
15. Week	Assessment of pollution on Blacksea, Mediterranean and Marmara
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

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
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5				X
6		X
7				X
8				X
9				X
10			X
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12			X
13					X
14		X
15		X
16			X
17			X

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

( Prof. Dr. 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)

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