COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EES 5015 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Geological Engineering Orientation Program
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES-NON THESIS
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES

Course Objective

In this course it has been made every attempt to discuss difficult subjects in a way that will enable students to better understand what is happening. However, many of these subjects are difficult, and considerable study is necessary to understand them thoroughly. Finally, more advanced courses in areas such as hydrogeology, geochemistry, and seismology are suggested for those students who wish to pursue these subjects further.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   comprehend and understand the principles of environmental geology.
2   to be able to apply the geologic information to the entire spectrum of interactions between people and our physical environment.
3   study of environmental geology facilitated by previous exposure to an introductory physical geology or geography course.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Foundations of Environmental Geology
2 Foundations of Environmental Geology
3 Hazardous Earth Processes
4 Hazardous Earth Processes
5 Hazardous Earth Processes
6 Hazardous Earth Processes
7 Human Interaction with the Environment, presentation of assignment
8 Human Interaction with the Environment
9 Human Interaction with the Environment
10 Minerals, Energy and Environmet
11 Minerals, Energy and Environmet, presentation of assignment
12 Minerals, Energy and Environmet
13 Global Change, Land Use and Decision Making
14 Global Change, Land Use and Decision Making

Recomended or Required Reading

Helvacı, C., 1983, Türkiye borat yataklarının mineralojisi. Jeol. Müh. Sayı 17, 37-54.

Helvacı, C., 1984, Occurrence of rare borate minerals: Veatchite-A, tunellite, teruggite and cahnite in the Emet borate deposit, Turkey. Mineral Deposita,
Vol. 19, 217-226.

Yılmaz, H. and Helvacı, C., 1986, Uranium and thorium in Paleozoic metamorphic terrains of Turkey. Chem. Geol. 54, 127-133.

Savaşçın, Y., Helvacı, C. and Dora, Ö., 1986, Çamlık (Selçuk) köyünde yüksek gerilim direğine düşen yıldırımla fulguritik magma oluşumu. Yeryuvarı
ve insan, Cilt 11, Sayı 2, 3-5.

Alanso, R.N. and Helvacı, C., 1988, Mining and concentration of borates in Argentina. II. International Mineral Processing Oct. 4-6, 551-557.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations and assignments.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 20 40
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Reading 10 3 30
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 207

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1322122221222
LO.2322122221222
LO.3322122221222