Information Package / Course Catalogue
Heavy Metal Toxicity
Course Code: ÇS015
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

To recognize heavy metals, to learn their properties, toxicity, and ways of affecting them, and to understand the damage they cause to living things and the environment.

Course Content

General information about heavy metals; Heavy metal toxicity; Heavy Metal Pollution in Air and Soil; Heavy Metal Pollution in Water; Examples of metal poisoning; Heavy metal analysis.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Nimet KILIÇ
Learning Outcomes
1.Understand the properties of toxic metals and their toxicity.
2.Have knowledge about heavy metals.
3.Have knowledge about the damage caused by heavy metals to the environment.
4.Have knowledge about the damage caused by heavy metals to human health.
5.Learn heavy metal analysis.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Gülüzar Özbolat, Abdullah Tuli. 2016. Ağır Metal Toksisitesinin İnsan Sağlığına Etkileri. Arşiv Kaynak Tarama Dergisi, 25(4):502-521.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General information about heavy metals
Week 2 - Theoretical
Causes of exposure to heavy metals
Week 3 - Theoretical
Heavy metal toxicity
Week 4 - Theoretical
Environmental importance of heavy metals
Week 5 - Theoretical
Heavy metal pollution in air and soil
Week 6 - Theoretical
Heavy metal pollution in water
Week 7 - Theoretical
Aluminum and toxic effects
Week 8 - Theoretical
Arsenic and toxic effects
Week 9 - Theoretical
Mercury and toxic effects
Week 10 - Theoretical
Lead and toxic effects
Week 11 - Theoretical
Cadmium and toxic effects
Week 12 - Theoretical
Chromium and toxic effects
Week 13 - Theoretical
Examples of metal poisoning (Cd, Pb, Hg, As poisoning)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Heavy metal analysis
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Assignment33112
Midterm Examination1213
Final Examination1314
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
5
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4
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4
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5
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5
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4
5
5
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4
4
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5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026