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

Learning outcomes

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

1. Defining the characteristics and sources of radiation, understanding the radiation-matter interaction.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (cbrn) concepts in a specialized way and apply them in CBRN defense
   2. Summarize, document, report and reflect on progress
   3. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
   4. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques
   5. Understand relevant health and safety issues and demonstrate responsible working practices

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Seminar/presentation
2. Understanding the applications of radiation and radioisotopes in medicine, food preservation and energy production and their probable effects on biological systems and other structures.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (cbrn) concepts in a specialized way and apply them in CBRN defense
   2. Understand relevant research methodologies and techniques and their appropriate application within his/her research field
   3. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
   4. Asses risks of natura lor human made CBRN threats
   5. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology
   6. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing
   7. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques
   8. Be aware of issues relating to the rights of other researchers and of research subjects e.g. confidentiality, attribution, copyright, ethics, malpractice, ownership of data
   9. Understand relevant health and safety issues and demonstrate responsible working practices

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Seminar/presentation
3. Cognition of the basic principles of nuclear weapons and their probable effects.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (cbrn) concepts in a specialized way and apply them in CBRN defense
   2. Understand relevant research methodologies and techniques and their appropriate application within his/her research field
   3. Summarize, document, report and reflect on progress
   4. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
   5. Asses risks of natura lor human made CBRN threats
   6. Develop stragies and/or product in order decicease risks of national and intenational CBRN threats
   7. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology
   8. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing
   9. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques
   10. Be aware of issues relating to the rights of other researchers and of research subjects e.g. confidentiality, attribution, copyright, ethics, malpractice, ownership of data
   11. Understand relevant health and safety issues and demonstrate responsible working practices
   12. Apply of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear concepts to individual, social, economic, technological and ethical aspects

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Seminar/presentation

Contents
Week 1:	Introduction, Definition of radiation, and radiation doses, radiation sources
Week 2:	Radiation-matter interaction
Week 3:	Biological effects of radiation
Week 4:	Applications of radiation in medicine, Medical Imaging
Week 5:	Applications of radiation in medicine, Medical Imaging
Week 6:	Radiation in food preservation
Week 7:	Radioisotopes, Applications in medicine
Week 8:	Midterm Radioisotopes, Applications in medicine
Week 9:	Non-ionising radiation, cell phones and base stations
Week 10:	Effects of radiation on devices
Week 11:	Nuclear energy, nuclear power stations
Week 12:	Nuclear wastes
Week 13:	Nuclear weapons, basic principles
Week 14:	Effects of nuclear weapons
Week 15*:	--
Week 16*:	Final Exam
Textbooks and materials:	Lecture notes, Scientific articles to be announced later.
Recommended readings:	Radyasyon ve Sağlığımız, Y. Atakan, Nobel yayınları, 2014.
	* 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:	9	30
Other in-term studies:		0
Project:	15	20
Homework:	3, 5, 6,8, 11, 13	10
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	14
Own studies outside class:	5	12
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	6	5
Term project:	3	5
Term project presentation:	3	1
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	15	1
Mid-term:	2	1
Personal studies for final exam:	15	1
Final exam:	2	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)