Information Of Programmes

INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / CM-513 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: CM-513

Course Title: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Theoretical+Practice: 3+0

ECTS: 6

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

YASİN POLAT (yasinpolat@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

Aim of this course is to investigate and to compare the energy production methods.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Can explain basic principals of energy production methods and their environmental impacts, can compare them.	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	Examination Term Paper
LO-2	Define energy and environmental policies.	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	Examination Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Definiton of energy, energy production methods: Thermal power plants, nuclear energy, hydroelectric plants, renewable energy sources and their usage methods; environmental impacts of energy production methods, energy policies in the world and in Turkey.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Definiton of energy	Lecturing method and literature review
2	Energy production, basic principals, fuels	Lecturing method and literature review
3	Thermal energy, coal combustion plants	Lecturing method and literature review
4	Thermal energy, coal combustion plants	Lecturing method and literature review
5	Thermal energy, other fuel combustion plants; environmental impacts of combustion plants	Lecturing method and literature review
6	Nuclear energy, its principals and production methods	Lecturing method and literature review
7	Nuclear plant wastes, its environmental impacts and risks, nuclear energy policy in the world	Lecturing method and literature review
8	mid-term exam
9	Renewable energy, its definition and basic principals	Lecturing method and literature review
10	Hydroelectric plants	Lecturing method and literature review
11	Wind and solar energy	Lecturing method and literature review
12	Energy production from waste	Lecturing method and literature review
13	Other renewable energy sources, environmental impacts of them	Lecturing method and literature review
14	Energy saving	Lecturing method and literature review
15	Energy policy in the world and in Turkey	Lecturing method and literature review
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Enerji ve Çevre, Ç. Güler ve Z. Çobanoğlu, Çevre Sağlığı Temel Kaynak Dizisi, T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı, Ankara, 1997
Required Course instruments and materials
Internet and scientific literature

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
9.Project
final exam	16	1	60

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	4	2	8
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project	4	3	12
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	4	2	8
mid-term exam	2	1	2
Own study for final exam	4	2	8
final exam	2	1	2
			0
			0
Total work load;			166