1	Course Title:	POLYMER CHEMISTRY
2	Course Code:	KIM4037
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Ali Kara
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Ali KARA
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	akara@uludag.edu.tr 0 224 29 41 733
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The application of the basic principles about polymers, to understand the synthesis and characterization methods of the polymers and to learn the effect of the structure of the polymers on its properties.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To be able to follow innovations and apply them in the field by using the competence of collecting information, researching and analyzing them.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Recognizing the polymers and becomes competent on the basic subjects about polymer chemistry; 2 Knowing the methods of polymerization and characterization; 3 Comprehending the kinetics of the polymerization reactions; 4 Knowing the structure-property relation in polymers;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	General Issues about the Polymer Chemistry: Monomer, Polymer, Polymer Chains, Linear, Branched and Cross-linked Polymers, Polymer Synthesis, Polymer Stereochemistry, The Crystal Structure of the Polymers
2	Step Polymerization, The Kinetics of the Step Polymerization Reactions
3	Addition Polymerization , The Kinetics of the Addition polymerizations
4	Empirical and Theoratical reates of polimerization, Kinetic Chain Length
5	Degree of polymerization and molecular weight
6	Gel Effect in Addition Reactions
7	Depolymerization and Kinetics of polymerization reactions
8	Chain Transfer Reactions and the Kinetics of Chain Transfer Reactions
9	Repetition of previous lessons and MIDTERM
10	Ionic polymerization, Anionic polymerization, Cationic polymerization
11	The Kinetics of ionic polymerization reactions
12	Copolymerization reactions and the kinetics of the copolymerization reactions
13	Characterization of the polymers: Moleculer weight in polymers and the methods of determining the molecular weight distribution, quantitative properties, end group analysis
14	Light Scattering Method, Ultracentrifuge Method, Viscosity Method, Gel Permeation Chromatography

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1) M. Saçak, Polimer Kimyası, Gazi Kitabevi, 2004 2) B. Baysal, Polimer Kimyası, Odtü Yayınevi,1981 3) Fred W. Billmeyer, Textbook of Polymer Science,1984 4) American Chemical Society,Division of Polymer Chemistry, Contemporary topics in polymer science,1977
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Measurement and evaluation is carried out according to the priciples of Bursa uludag University Associate and Undergraduate Education Regulation.
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	1	36	36
Final Exams	1	30	30
Total WorkLoad			150
Total workload/ 30 hr			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 PQ13 LO1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 LO3 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 LO4 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High