• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Have knowledge about anthropogenic use of groundwater,

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Providing students with a strong engineering qualification that will assist in problem solving and decision making and provide lifetime learning
   2. Integrating the knowledge gained in the domain combined with information from different disciplines and creating new information
   3. Supporting complex problems in their fields with temporal and spatial data, and successfully solving them through statistical methods and numerical models
   4. To reach scientific knowledge and to manage research projects that will contribute to their individual talents
   5. To take part in projects that require interdisciplinary and international interaction
   6. To develop the knowledge of using different technical and modern tools and software for applications in the field
   7. To be able to construct a problem independently, develop a solution method, solve it, evaluate the results and apply when necessary
   8. Producing methods to improve existing knowledge
   9. Improve communication, problem solving, teamwork skills
   10. Supporting their ideas with different references and presenting them clearly and informally to a group of listeners by using various techniques
   11. To be able to defend the research findings in seminars and conferences
   12. Displaying a fluent English for following the literature, presenting technical projects and writing articles
   13. To evaluate the important people, events and facts in the development of the field in terms of their effects on the applications of the field
   14. To use the knowledge and problem solving skills adopted in the field in interdisciplinary studies

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
2. To have theoretical knowledge about the interaction between solid-liquid -gas-phase substances

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate different perspectives by synthesizing advanced Earth and Marine Sciences concepts theoretically and practically
   2. Providing students with a strong engineering qualification that will assist in problem solving and decision making and provide lifetime learning
   3. Integrating the knowledge gained in the domain combined with information from different disciplines and creating new information
   4. Supporting complex problems in their fields with temporal and spatial data, and successfully solving them through statistical methods and numerical models
   5. To reach scientific knowledge and to manage research projects that will contribute to their individual talents
   6. To take part in projects that require interdisciplinary and international interaction
   7. To develop the knowledge of using different technical and modern tools and software for applications in the field
   8. To be able to construct a problem independently, develop a solution method, solve it, evaluate the results and apply when necessary
   9. Producing methods to improve existing knowledge
   10. Improve communication, problem solving, teamwork skills
   11. Supporting their ideas with different references and presenting them clearly and informally to a group of listeners by using various techniques
   12. To be able to defend the research findings in seminars and conferences
   13. To evaluate the important people, events and facts in the development of the field in terms of their effects on the applications of the field

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
3. Have knowledge about collecting and analyzing geological samples.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate different perspectives by synthesizing advanced Earth and Marine Sciences concepts theoretically and practically
   2. Providing students with a strong engineering qualification that will assist in problem solving and decision making and provide lifetime learning
   3. Integrating the knowledge gained in the domain combined with information from different disciplines and creating new information
   4. To be able to manage a scientific study that requires expertise in the field independently
   5. To reach scientific knowledge and to manage research projects that will contribute to their individual talents
   6. To take part in projects that require interdisciplinary and international interaction
   7. To develop the knowledge of using different technical and modern tools and software for applications in the field
   8. To be able to construct a problem independently, develop a solution method, solve it, evaluate the results and apply when necessary
   9. Producing methods to improve existing knowledge
   10. Improve communication, problem solving, teamwork skills
   11. Supporting their ideas with different references and presenting them clearly and informally to a group of listeners by using various techniques
   12. To be able to defend the research findings in seminars and conferences
   13. To use the knowledge and problem solving skills adopted in the field in interdisciplinary studies
   14. To adopt these values ​​by considering the social, scientific, cultural and ethical values ​​in the stages of data collection, interpretation, application and declaration by doing field studies related to the field

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment

Contents
Week 1:	Thermodynamic Laws
Week 2:	Interactions at Solid-Liquid-Gas Boundary
Week 3:	Liquid Phase Interactions
Week 4:	Reactive Mass Transfer
Week 5:	Anthropogenic Use of Groundwater
Week 6:	Groundwater Rehabilitation
Week 7:	PE-pH Diagrams for Iron, Carbon and Sulfur System
Week 8:	Chemical Transport During Natural Processes Including Diffusion, Advection, Dispersion - Mid - Term
Week 9:	Geochemical Reservoirs, Cycles
Week 10:	Geochemical Mass Balance
Week 11:	Reaction Kinetics
Week 12:	Degradation of Organic Matter in Aquifer (Fe, As, U, Cu, Mn, S)
Week 13:	Pyrite Decomposition and Quartz - Feldspar Dissolution
Week 14:	Pyrite Decomposition and Quartz - Feldspar Dissolution (Continue)
Week 15*:	General Evaluation
Week 16*:	Final
Textbooks and materials:	“Groundwater Geochemistry” Darrell Kirk Nordstrom. “Principles and Applications of Organic Geochemistry” Michael H. Engel, 2006.
Recommended readings:	“Groundwater Geochemistry” Darrell Kirk Nordstrom. “Principles and Applications of Organic Geochemistry” Michael H. Engel, 2006.
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	8	30
Other in-term studies:		0
Project:		0
Homework:	4, 7, 10	30
Quiz:		0
Final exam:	16	40
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	3	16
Own studies outside class:	4	16
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	3	3
Term project:	0	0
Term project presentation:	0	0
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	3	8
Mid-term:	3	1
Personal studies for final exam:	3	14
Final exam:	2	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)