COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 1051 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR AYŞEGÜL PALA

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

Fundamental concepts related to environmental engineering and environmental problemes. Information about air, water, soil, solid waste, sewage sludge, radioactive pollution and electromagnetic pollution.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Environment, ecosystem, hydrological cycle, the basic principles and laws related to the environment.
2   Local environmental problems, Turkiye's environmental problems, global environmental problems.
3   Experienced large-scale environmental disasters, environmental pollution and control organizations.
4   Environment history, environmental ethics, quality of life and the environment, sources of pollution, municipal, industrial, natural, liquid, solid and gaseous wastes.
5   Hazardous waste and control, water pollution and control, soil pollution and control.
6   Solid wastes and treatment sludges control, air pollution and control.
7   Electromagnetic pollution and control, Noise pollution and control.
8   The quality of drinking - potable water and treatment technologies, waste water treatment technologies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Environment and identification. Environment and identification.
2 Environmental problems. Regional, national and global environmental problems.
3 Environmental disasters. Regional, national and global environmental disasters.
4 Environmental history. Environmental history, environmental ethics, environment and life quality.
5 Source of pollution. Municipal, industrial, natural, liquid, solid and gaseous wastes.
6 Hazardous Waste. Hazardous Waste and control.
7 Solid wastes and treatment sludges. Solid wastes and treatment sludges storage-disposal.
8 Air pollution. Air pollution and control.
9 Electromagnetic & radioactive pollution. Electromagnetic & radioactive pollution control and protection.
10 Exam. Midterm exam.
11 Soil and noise pollution. Soil - noise pollution control and protection.
12 Drinking and potable water. Drinking - potable water quality and treatment technologies.
13 Waste water. Waste water treatment technologies.
14 Actors and social awareness. Actors and social awareness in environmental pollution.

Recomended or Required Reading

Prof. Dr. Ayşen Türkman - Yaşanabilir Bir Çevre Için (Izmir, 2000)
Ege Üniversitesi Çevre Sorunları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Yayınları - Çevre Bilimi Sürdürülebilir Dünya (Izmir, 1999)
P. Arne Vesilind, Susan M. Morgan, Lauren G. Heine - Çevre Mühendisliğine Giriş (Ankara, 2011)
Gilbert M. Masters, Wendell P. Ela - Environmental Engineering and Science (New Jersey USA , 2008)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Verbal expression interactive slides. Students are subject to an interactive lecture presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.35+ASG *0.15+FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.35+ASG *0.15+RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Verbal expression interactive slides. Students are subject to an interactive lecture presentations.

Assessment Criteria

Students must follow lectures, midterm, final and assignments must take passed grades.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Verbal expression interactive slides. Students are subject to an interactive lecture presentations.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: aysegul.pala@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 232 301 7096

Office Hours

Every Wednesday 15:30 - 16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 46

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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