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 4246 ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MELEK MERDIVAN

Offered to

Chemistry (Evening)
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 and photochemical oxidizing agents
4 Pollution originated from particles
5 Air quality and basic approaches
6 Air quality and basic approaches
7 Heat inversion and its effects
8 Mid term exam
9 Greenhouse effect
10 Water pollution
11 Water standarts
12 Toxic effects of heavy metal, pesticides, insecticides and detergants
13 Environmental pollution and petrolleum
14 Marine pollution

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source: Çevre Kimyası, Turgut Gündüz, Gazi Kitapevi.
Auxiliary source: Enstrümantal Analiz Ilkeleri / Douglas A. Skoog - F. James Holler - Timothy A. Nieman (2007/1.Baskı - 940 Sayfa)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Powerpoint, interactive education skills, question-answer techniques, homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE 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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70 % attendance for lessons is compulsory, other rules have been stated in the official web site of our univeristy; http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

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 16 16
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

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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