COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNICAL ENGLISH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 1003 TECHNICAL ENGLISH COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SERPIL ÖZMIHÇI

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

The course aims to teach the English technical terms used in Environmental Sciences and Engineering in order to advance the communication and writing skills of the students in English. To improve their abilities in reading international scientific literature to be able to follow the recent developments in Environmental Science and Technology and also to create awareness about importance of lifelong learning

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the environmental natural process in English
2   Define the Environmental Engineering technical terms in English
3   Translate the technical terms used in Environmental sciences and engineering
4   Prepare the assays in English about Environmental sciences and engineering
5   Practice the reading, writing and speaking in English about Environmental Engineering subjects.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Read pages 1-2 of text book
2 Water Read pages 3-5 of text book Homework I
3 How Ground Water Occurs Read pages 6-9 of text book
4 Hydrologic Cycle Read pages 9-13 of text book Quiz I
5 Midterm I
6 Water Quality Read pages 14-16 Homework II
7 Why do we have water quality standards and guidlines Read pages 17-20
8 Water Pollution Read pages 20-24
9 Inorganic Impurities Read pages 25-26 Quiz II
10 Organic Impurities Read pages 26-27 Homework III
11 Additional Forms of Water Pollution Read pages 27-28
12 Mid term II
13 Radioactive Pollution Read pages 29-30 Quiz III
14 Thermal pollution and Noise Pollution Read pages 30-31

Recomended or Required Reading

TECHNICAL ENGLISH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING. Prepared by Prof.Dr. Ilgi K.KAPDAN
Prof.Dr. Sol ÇELEBI

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, quiz, homeworks

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 QUZ QUIZ
5 FIN FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.175 + MTE2 * 0.175 + ASG * 0.10 + QUZ * 0.05 + FIN * 0.50
7 RST RESIT
8 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.175 + MTE 2 * 0.175 + ASG * 0.10 + QUZ * 0.05 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The homeworks should be presented on time

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.Ilgi KAPDAN
Room Number: A 219
Tel: 301 71 30
e-mail: ilgi.karapinar@deu.edu.tr
Assoc. Prof.Dr. Azize AYOL
Room Number:
Tel: 30171 40
e-mail: azize.ayol@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 12 3 36
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Preparation for midterm exam 2 6 12
Preparation for quiz etc. 3 1,5 5
Preparing assignments 3 3 9
Quiz etc. 3 0,5 2
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 2 3 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

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.14
LO.25
LO.34
LO.45
LO.54

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