COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INNOVATIONS IN INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 5065 INNOVATIONS IN INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM ÖTER

Offered to

Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to play an active role in the production, research and development sections of chemistry- related areas both in public and private sectors.
2   To gain the ability to make an interaction on national and international levels in order to foster chemistry education.
3   To have the ability to follow latest developments in the field, to improve current information and to propose new ideas and methods for researches.
4   To be able to make research collaborations by using student exchange programs.
5   To have the ability to use modern technologies for solving problems in chemistry.
6   To have the consciousness of professional responsibility and to have problem-solving ability.
7   To have the ability to generate solutions and to think critically and analytically.
8   To have the ability to reach advanced knowledge on the area of study, through unique point of view and research for continuing further studies.
9   To have the ability to reach distinctive results by using interdisciplinarity.
10   To have the ability to fully understand and use up- to- date knowledge and methods.
11   To have the ability to develop new ideas and methods through creative and critical thinking.
12   To have the ability to apply and formulate related scientific methods for conducting innovative studies.
13   To have the ability to make critical analysis of chemistry related ideas and findings.
14   To have the ability to defend his/her ideas among experts and to communicate effectively.
15   To have the ability to follow scientific literature and to communicate and make discussions in a foreign language.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and validation of the instrumental analytical methods
2 UV/Vis Analysis employing molecular probes and integrated fiber optic systems
3 Fluorescence measuring employing molecular probes and integrated fiber optic systems
4 Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy in analytical chemistry applications.
5 Recent innovations and Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
6 Student Presentations
7 Student Presentations
8 Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) and some recent innovations in analytical chemistry applications
9 The use of the advanced transverse heated graphite atomizer technology with its huge advantages in AAS
10 Emission Spectroscopy and some recent innovations in analytical chemistry applications
11 Some new methods with non-metals analysis with ICP-AES
12 Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy (AFS) and some recent innovations in analytical chemistry applications.
13 Newly developed transportable analysers capable of measuring in ambient air in cold vapour AFS
14 Comparison of Analytical Techniques and student presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Modern Instrumental Analysis, 47 Edited By Satinder Ahuja, and Neil Jespersen, Hardbound, ISBN-13: 978-0-444-52259-7, ISBN-10: 0-444-52259-X, Imprint: ELSEVIER.

Trace Element Analysis of Food and Diet, Namik K Aras, O. Yavuz Ataman, RSC Publishing, 2006.
Also recent literature in Instrumental Techniques in Analytical Chemistry will be fallowed.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
Principles of Instrumental Analysis, sixth Edition, Skoog, Holler and Nieman. 2007.

Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Joseph R. Lakowicz, Kluwer Academic, New York, 1999.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem Öter

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 3 33
Presentations 4 3 12
Prepation before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45
Preparation for presentations 2 20 40
Preparation for homework 4 15 60
Preparation for presentation report 2 5 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65
LO.75
LO.84
LO.93
LO.1054
LO.1135
LO.124
LO.134
LO.14444
LO.15544

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