COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SELECT FIELD.3 (CHEMICAL WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEN 2018 SELECT FIELD.3 (CHEMICAL WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SUAT TÜRKOGUZ

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

Identifies the sources that cause chemical wastes; understands the ways of chemical exposure, the toxic effects of chemicals on living organisms and the environment; explains radioactive decay and radioactive pollution, and interprets their negative effects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify the sources of chemical wastes
2   Identify the pollutants of air, water and soil
3   Understand the effects of chemicals on living organisms and environment
4   Understand the recycling methods of wastes
5   Understand radioactive pollution and its negative effects
6   Understand the environment friendly applications

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to environment and chemical wastes, basic concepts
2 Chemical and photochemical reactions in the atmosphere
3 Ozone in the stratosphere, global warming, greenhouse effect, photochemical smoke, acid rains
4 Air pollution, pollutants and effects on the organisms
5 Determination of air quality
6 Water pollution, analyses of water quality, pollutants and effects on the organisms
7 Soil pollution and effects on the organisms
8 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 Recycling of wastes
10 Radioactive substances and their reactions
11 Nuclear plants and effects of their wastes
12 Energy balance and poteintial energy sources
13 Chemistry of toxic wastes
14 Noise pollution
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source: Lecture notes
Supplementary sources:
- Gündüz, T. (1994). Çevre Sorunları. Bilge Yayıncılık, Ankara.
- Wright, J. (2003). Environmental Chemistry. Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, New York.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment of presentations, midterm and final exams are avaluated according to learning outcomes

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

Assessment of presentations, midterm and final exams are avaluated according to learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.memisoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Office hours will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 13 2 26
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.135335
LO.235335
LO.335335
LO.435335
LO.535335
LO.635335

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