COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLLUTION PREVENTION TECHNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5023 POLLUTION PREVENTION TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HÜLYA BOYACIOĞLU

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Environmental Engineering
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

Gaining knowledge on pollution prevention approach, development of pollution prevention plans and evaluation of management strategies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identification of pollution prevention terminology and and explanation of policies, concepts, methods
2   Development of pollution prevention and waste minimization assessments and management strategies to industrial and business processes
3   Evaluation of alternative pollution prevention strategies
4   Development a pollution prevention implementation plan to industrial and business processes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Pollution prevention
2 Environmental history and regulations
3 Planning, waste streams, and process flow
4 Source reduction, recycling, and treatment
5 Pollution prevention assessments
6 Pollution prevention assessments
7 Assignment-1 (Group work in the class)
8 Pollution prevention success stories (textile industry)
9 Pollution prevention success stories (food industry)
10 Pollution prevention success stories
11 Technical, Environmental, and Economic Evaluation of Waste Reduction Options
12 Technical, Environmental, and Economic Evaluation of Waste Reduction Options
13 Group presentations (Assignment II)
14 Developing and Implementing an Action Plan

Recomended or Required Reading

Bishop P.L (2004) Pollution prevention: Fundamentals and practice. McGraw-Hill
Mulholland K.L and Dyer J.A (1998) Pollution Prevention: Methodology, Technologies and Practices. Wiley-AIChE; 1 edition

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Teaching in the class
Group works in the class
Assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG 1 ASSIGNMENT 1
2 ASG 2 ASSIGNMENT 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG 1 *0.23 +ASG 2 *0.23 +FIN *0.54
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG 1 *0.23 +ASG 2 *0.23 +RST *0.54


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation of assignments (group work in the class and presentations0
Evaluation of exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Ass. Prof. Dr. Hulya Boyacioglu
email: hulya.boyacioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be determined according to schedule

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 2 6 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Quiz etc. 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11111
LO.21111111
LO.311
LO.4111111

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