COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE CHEMISTRY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 1105 MARINE CHEMISTRY COMPULSORY 1 1 0 2

Offered By

Marine Transportation Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK KÖSEOĞLU

Offered to

Marine Transportation Engineering

Course Objective

1. To teach about basic concepts and basic laws,
2. To teach about maritime chemistry and topics related to it.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know about basic concepts and basic laws in chemistry,
2   To know about reactions, solutions, acids and bases,
3   To know about properties of sea water and corrosion,
4   To know about sea paint, fuel and oil chemistry,
5   To know about hazardous substances and sea pollution.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts and basic laws
2 Stochiometric calculations
3 Gases, liquids and solids
4 Structure of atom and periodic table
5 Chemical bonds,
6 Nuclear reactions
7 Solutions
8 Midterm Exam
9 Heat energy in chemical reactions
10 Rate of reactions, equilibrium, acids and bases
11 Physical and chemical properties of seawater, corrosion and corrosion control
12 Sea paints
13 Fuel and oil chemistry, fuel and oil types and properties
14 Hazardous substances
15 Sea pollution
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Marine Chemistry, Chris R. Brightwell (2007)
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/marine-chemistry/

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review , Solving problems , Presentation and discussion , Assignments , Case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In relation to maritime chemistry topics at undergraduate level , skills and competencies in having knowledge , research, interpretation, verbal and written expression, solving problems will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The minimum rate of attendance for the course is 70 per cent.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Lec. Michael Schaab
michael.schaab@mma.edu

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparation for final exam 1 1 1
Preparation for midterm exam 2 1 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 61

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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