COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLYMER CHEMISTRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 4215 POLYMER CHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ELIF IŞGIN

Offered to

Course Objective

The course aim is to explain students importance of polymers, synthesis, properties and application areas of polymers.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand what polymers are made up of, their properties, and basic polymer nomenclature.
2   can characterize polymers
3   Have knowledge on copolymerization process
4   Identify the different polymerisation synthessis techniques.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History of Polymers
2 General Concepts
3 General Concepts
4 The Molecular Weight Distribution
5 Thermal Behavior of Polymers and Analysis Methods
6 Conducting Polymers
7 Radicalic Polymerization (Student Presentations)
8 Mid-term exam
9 Practice in Legal Institutions
10 Radicalic Polymerization (Student Presentations)
11 Anionic polymerization (Student Presentations)
12 Cationic polymerization(Student Presentations)
13 Copolimerization Kinetics and mechanism(Student Presentations)
14 Coordination, Ring Opening, Cyclopolymerization (Student Presentation)

Recomended or Required Reading

Polimer Kimyası, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Saçak, Gazi Kitapevi, Ankara, Ekim 2000.
Supplementary Book(s): Polimer Kimyası, Bahattin Baysal, ODTÜ, Ankara, 1981.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Active participation to the lecture,
Problem solving, Homework

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Student will be assessed with questions which will be asked in midterm exam, final exam and homeworks.

Assessment Criteria

midterm exam, final exam and homeworks.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Student responsibilities: Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif.sahin@deu.edu.tr, k.yurdakoc@deu.edu.tr, yolds.seki@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Practice in Legal Institutions 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
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.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.15
LO.224
LO.315
LO.4242

CONTACT INFORMATION
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