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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / CM-504 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: CM-504 Course Title: ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY II Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring 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 ŞAHLAN ÖZTÜRK (sahlan.ozturk@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Identification of aerobic and anaerobic treatment processes and to give their design principals.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can explain and design aeroib and anaerobic treatment processes. 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 Explain the concept of biotechnology. 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-3 Interpret current applications. PO-2 PO-2 Plan experiments and carry out original researches in the field by making use of the theoretical and practical knowledge at the expert level that they have obtained in their field
 		Examination
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Aerobic suspended growth systems, reactor and process alternatives, design; anaerobic metabolism and processes, proces alternatives, design.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Aerobic suspended growth systems Lecturing
2 Aerobic suspended growth systems Lecturing
3 Reactor and process alternatives of aerobic suspended growth systems Lecturing
4 Reactor and process alternatives of aerobic suspended growth systems Lecturing
5 Design of aerobic suspended growth systems Lecturing
6 Design of aerobic suspended growth systems Lecturing
7 Design of aerobic suspended growth systems Lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 Anaerobic metabolism and processes Lecturing
10 Anaerobic metabolism and processes Lecturing
11 Anaerobic process alternatives Lecturing
12 Anaerobic process alternatives Lecturing
13 Design of anaerobic processes Lecturing
14 Design of anaerobic processes Lecturing
15 Design of anaerobic processes Lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Modelling of Activated Sludge Systems, D. Orhon and N. Artan, Technomic Publishing Co., Lancaster, USA, 1994
2 Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse, G. Tchobanoglous, F. L. Burton, H. D. Stensel, Metcalf & Eddy, Fourth Edt., McGraw-Hill
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 4 14 56
       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 3 2 6
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 4 2 8
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 178