COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND ITS CONTROL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSI 2016 ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND ITS CONTROL ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYŞEGÜL PALA

Offered to

Textile Engineering
Mining Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering (Evening)
Geophysical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Mining Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Civil Engineering (Evening)
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Geological Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Course Objective

Branches of engineering (other than environmental engineering) students will learn regulatory and preventive activities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Local and global environmental problems.
2   Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, hydrological cycles
3   Domestic and industrial wastes
4   Air, water polution
5   Soil, noise polution
6   solid and hazardous waste
7   electromagnetic,radioactive and light pollution
8   Environment legislation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course. Impact on humans and the environment, ecological concepts.
2 Environmental Ethics. Environmental ethics and respect for the environment.
3 Environmental Consciousness in Türkiye and the World. Global environmental problems, Türkiye's environmental problems environmental disasters, quality of life and the environment.
4 Sources of pollution. Domestic wastes, industrial wastes, agricultural wastes.
5 Environmental Problems. Population growth, air pollution, water pollution.
6 Environmental Problems. Soil pollution, noise pollution.
7 Environmental Problems. Urbanization, green space loss and erosion.
8 Environmental Problems. Mining, energy, tourism and the environment.
9 Environmental Pollution Control. Environmental law, environmental impact evaluation.
10 carbon footprint carbon footprint,water footprint and ecological footprint and sustainability
11 Environmental Pollution Control. Air pollution control, water pollution control.
12 Environmental Pollution Control. Solid waste disposal, hazardous waste disposal.
13 Public Awareness. Public awareness for Environmental Pollution.
14 Duties and Responsibilities of the Environmental Pollution Control. Central and local governments, scientific organizations, voluntary organizations.

Recomended or Required Reading

Türkman , A. (2000) : Yaşanabilir Bir çevre için, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Miller, T. (1999) Enviromental Science Sustaining The Earth. Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Masters , G. & Ela , W. (2008) Environmental Engineering and Science.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Students assignments and oral presentations.

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*0.35+ASG *0.15+FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE*0.35+ASG *0.15+RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Test style midterm and final exam. Detail on a specific subject to students to obtain information in the form of team work assignments are given.

Assessment Criteria

On time delivery of assignments and classroom attendance, according to the system and curve note to obtain a valid note.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Routine non-analog expression in a loop. Supported the true environmental events reinforcing approaches.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: aysegul.pala@deu.edu.tr
Tel:232 3017096

Office Hours

Every Wednesday 15:30 - 16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 60

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.5
LO.6
LO.7
LO.8

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

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