COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SIBEL KILINÇ ALPAT

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

To increase environmental awareness, to teach reaction and behavior of contaminants in the environment, sources of pollutants in the environment, precautions against pollution, provide information on treatment methods and environmental analysis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students will be able to comprehend the necessity of protecting and protecting the environment
2   The students will be able to learn water, soil, air, radioactive, chemical pollution and other pollution sources
3   The students will be able to understand the global effects of environmental pollution
4   The students will be able to comprehend environmental and environmental problems in chemistry
5   The students will be able to learn chemical cleaning materials and their proper use
6   The students will be able to learn the treatment of wastewater and contaminated soil

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Water, soil, air, radioactive, chemical pollution and other sources of pollution
2 Acid rain, greenhouse gases and importance
3 Global warming
4 Glass and ceramics
5 Corrosion chemistry and prevention
6 Food chemistry
7 Drug chemistry
8 General Review, Assessment of the course, Midterm exam
9 Chemical cleaning materials and their proper use
10 Nuclear energy
11 Waste water treatment
12 Environmental and environmental problems in chemistry
13 Environmental effects of chemicals
14 Chemical wastes and controls.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. S.E.Manahan. Environmental Science and Technology, Lewis Pub.,Boca Raton,1997.
2. R.E.Hester,ed.,Understanding Our Environment. The Royal Society of Chemistry, London 1986.
3. I Williams, Environmental Chemistry,Wiley,Chichester, 2001.
4. T. Gündüz, Çevre Sorunları, Ankara, 1994.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, question and answer, discussion, group work, problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Success in the midterm and final exam determines the student's course success grade.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-Participation in 70% of the classes is compulsory. It is the student's responsibility to attend 70% of the courses during the semester.
- The instructor reserves the right to get various exercises done via individual or cooperative learning in the planned education and training period. The effect of the applications to be made in the evaluation process announced to students at the beginning of the academic year.
- Acts within the framework of the relevant regulation regarding unethical behaviours that may occur in classes and exams.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: sibel.kilinc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced during the term

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.1553335
LO.2553335
LO.3553335
LO.4553335
LO.5553335
LO.6553335