Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
162000404106ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGYCompulsory233
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To prepare an information-knowledge substructure on the energy topics for the environmental health students on the basis of the energy-society-prosperity and environmental relations
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Mahmut SOYLU
Learning Outcomes
1Learn the basis of the energy, its role and importance in social life and the effects to the persons and public
2Learn and acquire a view on the general figures of the primary and secondary energy resources of the world and Turkey
3Learn the reasons and results of using the primary and secondary energy resources, and also evaluation the results in terms of technogy-benefit-risk factors.
4Acquire the substructure in order to evaluate the energy resources for the personal requirements and/or their working life needs in terms of the energy-public health-prosperity-environmental concepts.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Types of energy and resources, Energy demand, fossil fuel technology, nuclear energy technology, alternative technologies for future energy demand, new and renewable energy sources
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
11. Introduction, Definitions, Units
22. Energy - Social Development Relations
33. General View on the Energy Resorces of the World and Turkey
44. energy types and sources
55. Primary Energy Resources (Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Hydrolic, Nuclear)
66. Primary Energy Resources (Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Hydrolic, Nuclear)
77. Primary Energy Resources (Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Hydrolic, Nuclear)
88. Secondary - Renewable Energy Resources (Solar, Wind, Biomass, Geothermal, Hydrogene, The flow of the tides energies)
99. Secondary - Renewable Energy Resources (Solar, Wind, Biomass, Geothermal, Hydrogene, The flow of the tides energies)
1010. Secondary - Renewable Energy Resources (Solar, Wind, Biomass, Geothermal, Hydrogene, The flow of the tides energies)
1111. Nuclear Energy (Nuclear Reactions and Energy Generation-Production, Research Reactors)
1212. Nuclear Energy (Nuclear Reactions and Energy Generation-Production, Research Reactors)
1313. Nuclear Power Plants -The Fission Reactors ( Water Reactors, Heavy Water Reactors and Gas Cooled Reactors) and Fusion Reactors
1414. the need for alternative Future energy technologies
Recommended or Required Reading
Lecture Notes for Energy Resources (Asst. Prof. Dr. Aysun ALTIKAT)
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Problem Solving717
Discussion717
Question-Answer717
Self Study14114
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)86
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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LO23  4           
LO33  4           
LO43  4           
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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