COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PETROCHEMICAL POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MCP 5011 PETROCHEMICAL POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LÜTFI TOLGA GÖNÜL

Offered to

MARINE CHEMISTRY
MARINE CHEMISTRY

Course Objective

The main aim of this course is to introduce to the fundamental problems of pollution in seas by petrochemical pollutants. Furthermore, the quantities and the types of petrochemical pollutants routinely or accidenttally discharged into the marine environment can create serious contamination problems. Marine science students should appreciate magnitudes and causes of ocean pollution by petrochemical pollutants. Students especially need to be knowledgeable of the scientific issues relating to and potential petrochemical pollutants for marine pollution, in order to conduct research in this important area or to be able to advise policy makers and the public on appropriate courses of action.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. After taking this course, the students will be able to learn petrochemical pollution occurring in all oceanic environments.
2   2. For in non-chemical marine disiplines, to learn understanding of how marine environment can be polluted by chemicals.
3   3. To know about the effects of pollutants on biological and physical processes in marine environment
4   4. To learn marine environment and effects of pollutants in aquatic media.
5   5. To learn about the prevention and removal of petrochemical pollutants.
6   6. To learn analysis and the determination of the organic petrochemical pollutants.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Week Subject 1) Introduction Description Orientation (course requirements, grading, etc), fundamental concepts and oceanographic considerations, discovering the oceans, Ocean Basins, Sea Water)
2 2) How oceans works Photosynthesis and Primary Production, The flow of energy, carbon and nutrients
3 3) Winds and currents and their relation with the pollution
4 4) Introduction to the Petrochemistry
5 5) Petrochemical pollutants in sea
6 6) Causes of Petrochemical pollution in the marine environment
7 7) 1st Mid-term
8 8) Accidents in marine environments and their results and effects
9 9) Determination and analysis the organic pollutants in Sea Basic instrumental methods of analysis, GC, HPLC and GC-MS analysis
10 10) Ecological consequences of petrochemical pollution
11 11) Inputs of petrochemical pollutants to marine environment
12 12) Bioaccumulation of petrochemicals by marine organisms
13 13) Fates and behaviours of petrochemicals in the marine environment
14 14) General Evaluation and Make-up and discussions on recent articles in marine petrochemical pollution Homework discussions and presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. R. B. Clark, Marine Pollution, Oxford University Press, USA; 5th edition, (2001). ISBN-10: 0198792921.
2. Tobias N. Hofer, D. M. S. Abessa, V. M. C. Aguiar, Juan A. Alfonso, J. A. Baptista-Neto, Marine Pollution: New Research, Nova Science Pub Inc., (2008), ISBN-10: 1604562420.
3. Francis A. Gunther, Jane Davies Gunther, Residue Reviews: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1st edition (1985), ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-9577-8.
4. John K. Volkman, Marine Organic Matter: Biomarkers, Isotopes and DNA, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1st edition (2006), ISBN: 978-3-540-28401-7

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught on a base of lecture and homework presentation and discussion. All the students are expected to attend and both the lecture and laboratory hours and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides, each student or group of students should present their homework topics in an open discussion session. Students are expected to prepare a homework report as well.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Optional

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Optional

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Address: Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Marine Sciences & Technology, Haydar Aliyev Bul., No:32, 35340, Inciraltı-Izmir, Turkey

Phone: +90 (232) 278 5565 - 150

E-mail: tolga.gonul@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 3 2 6
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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