COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MEHMET KADIR YURDAKOÇ

Offered to

MARINE CHEMISTRY
MARINE CHEMISTRY

Course Objective

The main aim of this course is to introduce to the fundamental problems of pollution in seas by petrochemical pollutants. Furthermore, the quantities and the types of petrochemical pollutants routinely or accidenttally discharged into the marine environment can create serious contamination problems. Marine science students should appreciate magnitudes and causes of ocean pollution by petrochemical pollutants. Students especially need to be knowledgeable of the scientific issues relating to and potential petrochemical pollutants for marine pollution, in order to conduct research in this important area or to be able to advise policy makers and the public on appropriate courses of action.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. R. B. Clark, Marine Pollution, Oxford University Press, USA; 5th edition, (2001). ISBN-10: 0198792921.
2. Tobias N. Hofer, D. M. S. Abessa, V. M. C. Aguiar, Juan A. Alfonso, J. A. Baptista-Neto, Marine Pollution: New Research, Nova Science Pub Inc., (2008), ISBN-10: 1604562420.
3. Michel J. Kaiser, Martin J. Attrill, Simon Jennings, David N. Thomas, David K. A. Barnes, Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts, Oxford University Press, USA; 2nd edition (2011), ISBN-10: 0199227020.
4. Mark Denny, How the Ocean Works: An Introduction to Oceanography Princeton University Press, (2008), ISBN-10: 069112647X.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Fourteen, three-hour lectures backed up with one midterm examination and one workshop and interactive presentations. All the didactic material is preliminary available to the student both in paper and electronic form. The books used to prepare the lectures are available at the Library of the University. Further data and/or information may be obtained from internet also using the new wireless network of the Institute.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Field Trip, Team/Group Work, Demonstration, Experiment, Drill - Practise, Case Study, Brain Storming

Assessment Criteria

Midterm(%30)+ Homework(%20)+Presentation(%10)+Final exam(%40)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Students will attend 14 lectures and 2 tutorials and 1 workshop on the material covered in this course. Attendance is compulsory at both till %70, but the rules for the attendence up to the students and can be obtained from the web site of Graduate School of Sciences at http://www.fbe.deu.edu.tr/.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kadir Yurdakoç
Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Phone: (232) 3018695
E-mail: k.yurdakoc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesdays 5.,6.th hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes