COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY III

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 2008 ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY III COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ODABAŞI

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

Fundamentals of atmospheric chemistry

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowledge on atmosphere, its layers and relationships with pressure, temperature and altitude
2   Knowledge on chemical and photochemical processes in the atmosphere
3   Knowledge on climate change, greenhouse gases and acid rain
4   Air pollutants and their effects on human health

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Earth's atmosphere, its layers and relationship with presurre, temperature and altitude
2 Gas laws
3 Air pollutants : gasses and particulate pollutants
4 Air pollutants: effects on vegetation and human health
5 Pollutant cycles in the atmosphere
6 Chemical and photochemical processes in the atmosphere
7 Chemical and photochemical processes in the atmosphere
8 Acid rain
9 Climate change and greenhouse gases
10 Organic pollutants
11 Meteorology and dispersion
12 Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Müezzinoğlu, Aysen. 2003. Atmosfer Kimyası, Izmir: DEÜ (in Turkish).

2. Hobbs, P.V., 2000. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry : a Companion Text to Basic Physical Chemistry for the Atmospheric Sciences.

3. Seinfeld, J.H., Pandis S.N., 2006. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics-From Air Pollution to Climate Change.

4. Finlayson-Pitts, B.J., and James N. Pitts, Jr., J.N., 2000. Chemistry of the Upper and Lower Atmosphere Theory, Experiments, and Applications.

5. Warneck, P. 2000. Chemistry of the Natural Atmosphere.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Exams, presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.25 + MTE 2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.25 + MTE 2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Department of Environmental Engineering
Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Engineering
Tinaztepe Campus, 35160, Buca-Izmir/TURKEY
Tel. 90-232-301 7122
Fax. 90-232-453 0922
e-mail: mustafa.odabasi@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 5-8

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Tutorials 2 2 4
Preparation for midterm exam 2 5 10
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 2 1,5 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 60

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19PO.20
LO.14322
LO.2432
LO.3433223
LO.44332

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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