ECTS - Environmental Pollution
Environmental Pollution (CEAC442) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Environmental Pollution | CEAC442 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | To enable student to find the answers for the following questions and to better understand the environmental pollution issues through them: what is environmental pollution, why is it important, what are the root causes of the pollution, what are the pollutants, what does happen to pollutants in the environment, what are the environmental and health impacts of pollutants? |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Assessing environmental impact, risk analysis, water pollution, wastewater treatment, air pollution, air pollution control, solid wastes, hazardous wastes. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Understanding pollution | Chapter 1 |
| 2 | Understanding pollution | Chapter 1 |
| 3 | Reducing pollution | Chapter 2 |
| 4 | Chemical toxicity | Chapter 3 |
| 5 | Chemical exposures and risk assessment | Chapter 4 |
| 6 | Air pollution | Chapter 5 |
| 7 | Acidic deposition | Chapter 6 |
| 8 | Global climate change | Chapter 7 |
| 9 | Midterm | |
| 10 | Stratospheric-ozone depletion | Chapter 8 |
| 11 | Water pollution and drinking water pollution | Chapter 9-10 |
| 12 | Soil (land) pollution, solid waste | Chapter 11 |
| 13 | Student presentations | |
| 14 | Hazardous waste | Chapter 12 |
| 15 | Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals | Chapter 14 |
| 16 | Final exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. M.K. Hill, Understanding Environmental Pollution, Cambridge Press, 2004 |
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Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | 1 | 30 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 3 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | An ability to apply advanced knowledge in computational and/or manufacturing technologies to solve manufacturing engineering problems | |||||
| 2 | An ability to define and analyze issues related with manufacturing technologies | |||||
| 3 | An ability to develop a solution based approach and a model for an engineering problem and design and manage an experiment | |||||
| 4 | An ability to design a comprehensive manufacturing system based on creative utilization of fundamental engineering principles while fulfilling sustainability in environment and manufacturability and economic constraints | |||||
| 5 | An ability to chose and use modern technologies and engineering tools for manufacturing engineering applications | |||||
| 6 | Ability to perform scientific research and/or carry out innovative projects that are within the scope of manufacturing engineering | |||||
| 7 | An ability to utilize information technologies efficiently to acquire datum and analyze critically, articulate the outcome and make decision accordingly | |||||
| 8 | An ability to attain self-confidence and necessary organizational work skills to participate in multi-diciplinary and interdiciplinary teams as well as act individually | X | ||||
| 9 | An ability to attain efficient communication skills in Turkish and English both verbally and orally | |||||
| 10 | An ability to reach knowledge and to attain life-long learning and self-improvement skills, to follow recent advances in science and technology | |||||
| 11 | An awareness and responsibility about professional, legal, ethical and social issues in manufacturing engineering | |||||
| 12 | An awareness about solution focused project and risk management, enterpreneurship, innovative and sustainable development | |||||
| 13 | An understanding on the effects of engineering applications on health, social and legal aspects at universal and local level during decision making process | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 13 | 3 | 39 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 1 | 13 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 122 | ||