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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS EES 5050 SOIL POLLUTION AND CONTROL ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES-NON THESIS

Course Objective

The course is aim to give the fundemantal knowledge on soil properties, common soil contaminants, conventional soil remediation techniques and the fate and transport of the contaminants in soil matrix.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning soil properties and common soil contaminants 2   Learning the insitu and exsitu soil remediation techniques 3   Learning the behavior of organic and inorganic contaminants in soil 4   Learning the bioremediation methods for contaminated soil 5   Learning the physical and chemical soil remediation methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Sources of contamination Soil Contaminants, their classifications and properties 2 Soil make up, Soil texture, Soil structure and aggregation, Soil gasses oil moisture 3 Mass and volume relationships in the soil matrix, Heterogeneity, Conservation of mass, Transformation of contaminants 4 Microbial ecology in soil, Bacterial growth in soil, Metabolism and energy production 5 Biodegradation of organic contaminants 6 Insitu remediation and bioremediation techniques 7 Midterm exam 8 Introduction to the exsitu techniques 9 Soil vapor extraction, Bioventing, Supercritical fluid extraction 10 Land treatment, Composting 11 Slurry phase bioremediation, Chemical treatment 12 Vapor phase biological treatment 13 Presentations 14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Cairney, T., 1993, Contaminated Land, Problems and Solutions, Blackie Academic and Professional, Lewis Publishers, USA. - Sabatini, D.A., Knox, R.C., 1992, Transport and Remediation of Subsurface Contaminants, ACS 491, Washington

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Semi final and final exams will be enough

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Gorkem AKINCI gorkem.akinci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday and Thursday 14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 2 26 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39 Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12 Preparation for final exam 1 12 12 Preparation for quiz etc. 2 6 12 Preparing assignments 1 6 6 Preparing presentations 1 12 12 Reading 10 4 40 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 3 3 Quiz etc. 2 1 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 LO.2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 LO.3 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 LO.4 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 LO.5 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2