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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TOK 6065 ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY ELECTIVE 1 2 0 6

Offered By

Toxicology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR YEŞIM TUNÇOK

Offered to

Toxicology

Course Objective

Gaining knowledge on assesment of air pollution causes as sulphurdioxide, sulphuric acid and other sulphates, poisoning gases (carbonmonoxide, nitrogen dioxide, acrolein ), heavy metals in drinking water. Evaluation of methods of analysis of environmental toxic substances and limit values.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to describe quality standards of environment 2   To be able to evaluate contaminants and toxic substances in air, water and soil. 3   To be able to describe toxicologic problems and their harmful effects to the living organisms in the environment. 4   To be able to evaluate the legal regulations related to environmental toxins

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Regulations related to environmental toxins 2 Risk assesment in environmental toxicology 3 Risk management and risk minimization in environmental toxicology 4 Heavy metal exposure and toxicity-1 5 Heavy metal exposure and toxicity-2 6 Pesticide exposure and toxicity-1 7 Pesticide exposure and toxicity-2 8 Poisoning gases and toxicity -1 9 Poisoning gases and toxicity -2 10 Toxic contaminants of dring water and their toxicities -1 11 Toxic contaminants of dring water and their toxicities -2 12 Industrial wastes and their environmental effects-1 13 Industrial wastes and their environmental effects-2 14 Presentation of term paper

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ming-Ho Yu, Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA; Humio Tsunoda. Environmental Toxicology: Biological and Health Effects of Pollutants, Second Edition, CRC Press, 2004, 1.POISINDEX® System: Klasco RK (Ed): POSINDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 PRF PERFORMANCE 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PO * 0.40 + FN*0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PO * 0.40 + BUT*0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be succesful in presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.tuncok@deu.edu.tr, tel: 4123903

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 1 14 Practice (Reflection) 14 2 28 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Preparing presentations 1 20 20 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

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 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 5 1 1 5 5 5 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 LO.2 5 1 1 5 5 5 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 LO.3 5 1 1 5 5 5 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 LO.4 5 1 1 5 5 5 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 1