COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 4296 ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP SEYHAN BOZKURT

Offered to

Chemistry

Course Objective

To be associated with environmental pollution the basic of principles of chemistry, approaches of qualitative and quantitative analysis, to be explained as theoretical and experimental.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students are able to know the basic chemical rules regarding atmospheric pollutants and ozone layer.
2   Students should be able to know the origin of nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, hydrocarbons and halocarbons, their chemical effects and basic approaches regarding their chemical analysis.
3   Students are expected to explain the photochemical oxidants, particles, heat inversion and greenhouse effect.
4   Students are expected to know theoretical extent of water pollutants, toxics effects of heavy metals, detergent.
5   Students are expected to know pesticides, insecticides, herbicides and pollution originated from petroleum.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to atmosphere and atmospheric pollutants
2 Damage on ozone layer, pollution originated from nitrogen oxides, and sulphur oxides
3 Hydrocarbons, halocarbons
4 Photochemical oxidizing agents
5 Pollution originated from particles
6 Air quality and basic approaches
7 Heat inversion and its effects
8 Greenhouse effect
9 Water pollution
10 Water standarts
11 Toxic effects of heavy metal
12 Pesticides, insecticides
13 Environmental pollution and petrolleum
14 Marine pollution

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source: Çevre Kimyası, Turgut Gündüz, Gazi Kitapevi, ISBN: 9786055804107, 2012.
Auxiliary source: Enstrümantal Analiz Ilkeleri, Douglas A. Skoog,F. James Holler,Stanley R. Crouch, ISBN:9789755560731, 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, powerpoint presentation, interactive education skills, question-answer techniques, homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The student will be evaluated with a midterm exam, an assignment and a final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The student is obliged to attend the classes at a tate of 70% during the semester. Unethical behaviors that may occur in lessons and exams will be followed within the framework of the relavant regulations. You can obtain the DEU Faculty of Science regulation on teaching and exam application principles at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department
e-mail: serap.seyhan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

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 final exam 1 7 7
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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