CHEM464 SUSTAINABLE LIVING AND GREEN CHEMISTRY
| Course Code: | 2340464 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 7.5 |
| Department: | Chemistry |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. GÜLSER İNCİ GÖKMEN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of the course the students will learn;
1. The world has limits and they will question the growth,
2. What is sustainability, its importance in their life, and its different dimensions,
3. What is "Green Chemistry", The 12 Principles of "Green Chemistry" and Applications of these Principles in their future life,
4. "Foot print", meaning, calculation and reduction of "Foot Print",
5. How to prepare and present a topic related to "Sustainable Living and Green Chemistry"
Course Content
Sustainability with its four dimensions; ecological, economic, social and cultural/worldview. Green Chemistry, resources waste, soil, food, energy, problems, alternatives and solutions.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to;
1. live more sustainably,
2. use the resources of the world carefully,
3. be more conscious about the waste and learn the several "r"s, such as repair, reduce, reuse, recycle before wasting a product,
4. demand local, cleaner products,
5. try to develop new models that will make the older ones obsolete.