Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (MASTER'S DEGREE) | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | HAKAN DULKADİROĞLU (hakandulkadiroglu@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| To provide information on the determination and conservation of surface waters (rivers, lakes and seas) and the quality of groundwater, and to demonstrate the importance of water quality management and quality standards. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Explain the basic concepts related to determination, evaluation and management of surface water resources. |
PO-1 PO-1 Have an advanced level of knowledge about the recent and best practices in Environmental Engineering, deepen and expand their knowledge on the expert level, conduct and assess the analyses by employing statistical methods
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Examination Performance Project Term Paper |
| LO-2 | Explain the basic concepts of water quality management. |
PO-8 PO-8 Transfer in a systematical way the latest developments in Environmental Engineering and their field of study reinforcing with qualitative and quantitative data to the groups either concerned with the field or not by verbal, visual and written means |
Examination Presentation Term Paper |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Systematic analysis of surface and groundwater sources, surface water effects of sediment quality, water pollution and pollutant sources, types of pollutant distribution, eutrophication, important parameters in water quality management, water quality monitoring and evaluation. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Surface and groundwater sources;hydrologic cycle | description-discussion |
| 2 | Parameters affecting water quality | description-discussion |
| 3 | processes affecting water quality; eutrophication | description-discussion |
| 4 | Water quality standards (national and international) | description-discussion |
| 5 | conservation and sustainability of water quality | description-discussion |
| 6 | basic principles of water quality management | description-discussion |
| 7 | important criteria in water quality management | description-discussion |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | monitoring and assessment of water quality | description-discussion |
| 10 | Criteria for assessment of water quality | description-discussion |
| 11 | monitoring water quality; important elements in monitoring | description-discussion |
| 12 | Water quality monitoring and evaluation applications; national examples | description-discussion |
| 13 | Water quality monitoring and evaluation applications; international examples | description-discussion |
| 14 | water quality management; national scale implementation examples (action plans) | description-discussion |
| 15 | water quality management; examples of international scale applications (action plans) | description-discussion |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Yüzeysel Su Kalitesi Modelleme | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Course Book and Course Notes, Current Articles, Internet, Problem Sets, | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | 16 | 2 | 20 |
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 40 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| c) Performance Project | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| e) Term paper/Project | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 181 | ||