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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ENV 5055	SURFACE WATER QUALITY MODELING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALPER ELÇI

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY (ENGLISH)
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
Environmental Engineering (English)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (ENGLISH)

Course Objective

To provide graduate students with a basic theoretical understanding of surface water quality modeling and to introduce an array of commonly used models including QUAL2EU, CE-QUAL-W2, WASP and others.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Knows fundamentals of environmental modeling
2	Understands basics of water quality modeling
3	Understands the concept of mass balance
4	Interprets the changes in water quality in natural and engineered systems
5	Knows the matematical fundamentals of models and numerical solution procedures

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction to water quality modeling
2	Fundamentals of reaction kinetics and mass balance
3	Completely mixed systems 1. Basic loading functions and their solutions
4	Completely mixed systems 2. Reactor Systems and solution techniques
5	Incompletely mixed systems 1. Advection and diffusion
6	Incompletely mixed systems 2. Steady and unsteady state numerical solution techniques
7	The concept of model sensitivity, performance, discretization
8	Miterm exam
9	Rivers and streams
10	Lakes and estuaries
11	Dissolved oxygen and nutrients
12	Eutrophication and temperature
13	Computer models
14	Computer models

Recomended or Required Reading

Surface Water Quality Modeling
Steven C. Chapra
Mc Graw-Hill, New York, 1997.
ISBN: 0-07-011364-5

Environmental Modeling. Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air, and Soil
Jerald L. Schnoor
Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1996
ISBN: 0-471-12436-2

Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters
Hugo B. Fischer, E. John List, Robert C. Y. Koh, Jorg Imberger, Norman H. Brooks
Academic Pres, San Diego, 1979
ISBN: 0-12-258150-4

Transport Phenomena
R. Byron Bird, Warren E. Stewart, Edwin N. Lightfoot
John Wiley and Sons, New Yotk, 1960
ISBN: 0-471-07392 X

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations, homeworks

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 * 0.25 + ASG 0.25 +FIN 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.25 + ASG 0.25 +RST 0.50

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

6 homeworks will be given.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Homeworks will be turned in before the lecture.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Orhan GÜNDÜZ
Department of Environmental Engineering
Room No: A-115
Phone: 3017141
Fax: 4531143
E-mail: orhan.gunduz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Mondays 1-2

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparation for midterm exam	1	6	6
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	5	14	70
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	1	13
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	2,5	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.4	PO.5	PO.7	PO.10	PO.11
LO.1	1	1		1	1	1
LO.2	1	1	1		1
LO.3	1	1			1
LO.4	1		1	1			1
LO.5	1	1	1	1	1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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