Information Package

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MARMARA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT

 

INFORMATION PACKAGE

 

 

1 – History

Chemistry Department of Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Marmara University was founded in July 1987 in Fındıkzade.The first academic year began in 1988 with 35 students and Professor Dr. Adnan Aydın was appointed as the first ‘Chair of the Department’.The department was relocated in Göztepe Central Campus in 1991. After Prof. Dr. Adnan Aydın, Prof. Nurbay Gültekin, Prof. Kemal Yelekçi, Prof. Atilla Güngör, Prof. Hikmet Savcı, Prof. Dr.Yurdun Fırat, Prof. Dr. Ayşe Ogan and Prof. Dr. Ali Rıza Özkaya has became the chair of the department. Current chair is Prof. Dr. Nilhan KAYAMAN APOHAN since 2015.

 

Education Language has been mostly Turkish.  However, starting from 2012-2013 academic year, English Preparatory School is compulsary and 30% of the chemistry courses are taught in English. Students who have registered to the department are required to take the English Proficiency Exam at the beginning of their first year that is prepared by the School of Foreign Languages in Marmara University. Depending on their score, students may either be exempted from the English Preperatory School or attend mandatory English Preperatory School for one year.

 

Marmara University participated LLP/Erasmus Program in 2002 as pilot university and became one of the few universities that had received both Diploma Supplement Label and ECTS Label. Chemistry Department is an active member of  LLP/Erasmus Exchange Program since 2007. Our department has bilateral agreements with distinguished universities in Europe.

 

2 - Qualification Awarded

Chemist

 3 - Level of Qualification

First Cycle

Second Cycle

4 - Specific Admission Requirements

Applicants for undergraduate study at Marmara University are required to take a written entrance test, First Cycle Placement Test (LYS), that is centrally organized by Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) of Higher Education Council of Turkey.

Transfer Procedure: Students who are registered in Chemistry Department of another university in Turkey are able to apply to our department based on their GPA and quota of our department.  

International students admission is possible based on the quota of the department and the score of ‘Marmara University Entrance Examination for Students Abroad’.

5 - Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

Students who are registered in Chemistry Department of another university in Turkey are able to apply to our department based on their GPA and quota of our department. If such students are accepted, they may be exempted from some of the courses they have succeded in the previous university based on the decision of the Commission for Exemption and Administrative Board of the Faculty.

Transfer from Short Cycle education is also possible. Students gaining Short Cycle degrees should enter “Direct Transfer Test” (DGS) that is centrally organized by Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM). Such students may be exempted from some of the courses they have succeded in the previous Short Cycle programs based on the decision of the Commission for Exemption and Administrative Board of the Faculty.

6 - Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Students who succeeded in all the courses of the program and have a GPA of at least 2.00/4.00 can graduate at the end of 4 years of education. Mandatory industrial placement for minimum 20 working days is applied to all third year students in the following summer time. In their fourth year, all students prepare a research project under the supervision of a department member. Applications of the out-going students for the Erasmus Program are taken once a year in February and the application dates and procedures are given in the LLP/Erasmus web page of Marmara University. Second and third year students may apply to this program. Applicants are required to take a language exam. Their GPA and score of the language exam are evaluated depending on the quota for the acceptance.

 

7 - Profile of the Programme

  

The Department is one of the leading chemistry and research establishments in Turkey that offers teaching, and academic research methods in modern chemistry. The faculty members are comprised of internationally respected research scientists, and the department is successful in attracting major research grants. The academic personnel consists of 8 professors, 11 associate professors, 2 assistant professors, 1 instructor, 10 teaching assistants and 1 specialist.

The students are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to pursue international scholarship programs through Erasmus student network and by other means. All our students have to attend the English Preparatory School for one academic year before they start chemistry program unless they pass the English Proficiency Exam given by School of Foreign Languages. Only the students who succeed this exam can start chemistry curriculum and take some of the courses in English during their education. Very successful students with a GPA of higher than 3.00/4.00 are offered the chance to get a second diploma or certificate in any other department of Marmara University through “Double Major” or “Minor” programs.

The Department has five major subdivisions of chemistry as, ‘Analytical’, ‘Inorganic’, ‘Bio’ ‘ Physical’ and ‘Organic’.

Curriculum:

The curriculum consists of four types of courses and the laboratory applications, as well as the research Project, seminar and the industrial placement.

1. Compulsory courses: These are courses that students are obliged to take in the program which are made of five major branches of chemistry (analytical, inorganic, bio, physical and organic) as well as industrial chemistry courses and major science courses as calculus and physics.

 2. Mutual learning courses (compulsory): Courses that are regulated by the Higher Education Council of Turkey, such as Ataturk's Principles and the History of Turkish Renovation, Turkish Language, and Foreign Language courses.

3. Elective (KMY-SS and CHEM-SS) courses: Courses offered in the program, which are left to students’ option. These can be interdisciplinary courses or courses which will expand the students capacities and skills and are offered in the third and fourth year of the curriculum.

4. Module (KMY-YS) courses: The department offers 8 modules, each having 4 courses related to the module title. Each student chooses one module which consists of 4 courses that enables him/her to specify in the field represented by the module title.  

Module I: Environmental Chemistry

Module II: Biochemistry

Module III: Theoretical Chemistry

Module IV: Polymer Chemistry

Module V: Textile Chemistry

Module VI: Catalysis

Module VII: Fuel Chemistry

Module VIII: Macromolecules

 

5. Research Project: Each student is obliged to perform a research task under the supervision of an academic staff then write a graduation thesis.

6. Seminar: Each student is obliged to present his/her research project in front of all the audience of the department. The presentation can be in the form of an oral power point type or be a poster presentation. Each faculty member gives a grade and the average of these grades is the final grade of the student.  

7. Industrial placement: Each student is obliged to work minimum of 20 working days in the industry of chemistry or in related companies.

 

Course Structure Diagram With Credits (B.Sc. level)*

 

8 - Occupationa Profiles of Graduates With Examples

Our recent graduates have found positions in official or private sectors in industrial or pharmaceutical enterprises, in examination and diagnostic laboratories, in marketing fields and in positions as teaching and research assistants in distinguished universities of Turkey, USA and Europe. The graduates who have also completed the pedagogical courses have found jobs in the field of education as chemistry teachers.

9 - Access to Further Studies

Chemistry department offers graduate degrees (MS and PhD) in five diciplines; Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. Research areas are diverse, such as, synthetic organic chemistry, natural products, coordination chemistry, polymer chemistry, biopolymers,  computational chemistry, electrochemistry, biochemistry, environmental chemistry and analytical chemistry. Graduate programs are administered by Institute for Graduate Studies in Pure and Applied Sciences (web page: http://fbe.marmara.edu.tr/)

Students with a BS degree in chemistry may apply for the graduate programs. Senior students who are in their last semester may also apply for the graduate program on condition. The acceptance of the applicants are ruled by Institute for Graduate Studies in Pure and Applied Sciences. Applicants are required to have a score of 60/100 from the ALES exam that is centrally organized by Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) or an equivalent exam approved by Higher Education Council of Turkey (YÖK). Depending on the quota, undergraduate GPA, scientific examination and an interview are taken into account for the acceptance of the applicant as well as the score of the ALES exam.

10 - Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

For the evaluation of each course, a semester-evaluation and a final   examination is held and scheduled by the instructors in the relevant dates of   the academic calendar. Evaluation of the semester includes a midterm exam,   homeworks, preparation of projects, laboratory practices and recitation   sections. Each evaluation is based on a 100 grade system and semester-evaluation   grade has a 40% contribution to the overall score. Final examination is also   based on a 100 grade system and it contributes 60% to the overall score. No   second final exams are given.  Marmara   University uses Relative Grading System (BDS and a grading scale of 4.00 )   for the overall score. At the end of the semester, all grades given over 100   are transferred to Relative Grading System.

 

11 - Graduation Requirements

Students who have successfully completed all courses in the curriculum (240 ECTS Credits) and have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.00/4.00 may graduate.

Students who have completed the first two years of their education may get a short cycle diploma. Applications for short cycle diploma do not have any deadline. Students who have succeeded in all the required courses but have a GPA of less than 2.00 are not allowed to graduate. However, these students may be given the chance of following the third and fourth year courses that they select and improve their scores and overall GPA. Students who have only one failed course prior to graduation are given a chance to enter an exam for that course.  Double major diploma or minor certificate are not given to students who have not achieved to graduate from their main major. On the other hand, diploma of the main major is given even if the double major or minor certificate requirements are not fulfilled. Turkish and English diploma suppliments are given to graduates together with their undergraduate diploma. In these suppliments, the qualifications of the education, GPA of the graduate and type of the diploma are stated.

12 - Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

 

Full-Time

 

13 - Address, Programme Director or Equivalent

 

Prof. Dr. Nilhan KAYAMAN APOHAN (Head of the Department)

Marmara Üniversitesi Göztepe Kampüsü Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Kimya Bölümü 34722 Göztepe-İstanbul

Tel: 00 90 216 346 45 53 / 1498

e-mail: fefkimya@marmara.edu.tr

web page of the department: http://fef.marmara.edu.tr/bolum/101001/bolumler/kimya

web page of the Faculty of Arts and Science: http://fef.marmara.edu.tr/EN

 

Prof. Dr. Safiye Erdem (Erasmus Coordinator of Chemistry Department)

Marmara Üniversitesi Göztepe Kampüsü Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Kimya Bölümü 34722 Göztepe-İstanbul

Tel: 00 90 216 346 45 53 / 1377 or 1204

e-mail: erdem@marmara.edu.tr

Dr. Suzan Abdurrahmanoğlu (Erasmus Coordinator for Graduate Studies) email: suzana@marmara.edu.tr

Dr. M. Şirin Baymak (Erasmus Co-Coordinator) email: msbaymak@marmara.edu.tr

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yasemin Balcı (Erasmus Coordinator of Faculty of Arts and Science)

Marmara Üniversitesi Göztepe Kampüsü Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Kimya Bölümü 34722 Göztepe-İstanbul

Tel: 00 90 216 346 45 53 / 1422

e-mail: yasemin@marmara.edu.tr

 

14 – Facilities

 

Student laboratories: General chemistry lab., analytical chemistry lab., intrumental analysis lab., industrial analysis lab., biochemistry lab., organic chemistry lab., inorganic chemistry lab., physical chemistry lab., polymer chemistry lab.

Research laboratories: Analytical chemistry research lab., biochemistry research lab., organic chemistry research lab., inorganic chemistry research lab., physical chemistry research lab., polymer research lab., electrochemistry research lab., computational chemistry lab.

Intrumentation facilities: Maldi Tof, GC-MS, ATR-FTIR, TGA, DSC, Photocalorimetry, Universal Tensile Test Machine, GPC, Atomic absorption, double beam spectrophotometers, Fluorometer, Calorimetric equipments, Voltameter, Potantiostat, LOI, 2-D Electrophoresis system, Contact Angle, 2 work stations and 5 PCs for computational studies.

 

15 – Courses Offered To Erasmus Students (Taught in English

 

The courses that are taught in English in our department and related departments are listed below. All courses of the Faculty of Engineering are taught in English. Incoming Erasmus students are allowed to take courses from Faculty of Engineering or from other Faculties within Marmara University.

For course catalogue and course contents, click the name of the course in “Course Structure Diagram” that can be reached via http://llp.marmara.edu.tr/

 

Chemistry Department:

CHEM113 General Chemistry Laboratory I (3 ECTS)

CHEM112 General Chemistry II (6 ECTS)

CHEM114 General Chemistry Laboratory II (3 ECTS)

YDXXX  Scientific English I (2 ECTS)

YDXXX  Scientific English II (2 ECTS)

CHEM219 Physical Chemistry I (7 ECTS)

CHEM225 Mathematical Methods in Chemistry (4 ECTS)

CHEM222  Physical Chemistry Laboratory I (3 ECTS)

CHEM210 Organic Chemistry I (6 ECTS)

CHEM312 Organic Chemistry II (4 ECTS)

CHEM313  Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (5 ECTS)

CHEM323 Physical Chemistry Laboratory II (4 ECTS)

CHEM314  Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (4 ECTS)

CHEM320 Chemical Thermodynamics  (5 ECTS)

CHEM415 Biochemistry I (5 ECTS)

CHEM417 Biochemistry Laboratory I (3 ECTS)

CHEM497 Research Project (3 ECTS)

CHEM412 Organic Industrial Chemistry (4 ECTS)

CHEM416 Biochemistry II (5 ECTS)

CHEM418 Biochemistry Laboratory II (3 ECTS)

CHEM383 Chemical Literature and Ethics (elective) (3 ECTS)

CHEM386 Organic Chemistry Laboratory Tehcniques (elective) (3 ECTS)

CHEM348 Computational Chemistry I (module) (4 ECTS)

CHEM477 Biopolymers (elective) (3 ECTS)

CHEM481 NMR and its Applications (elective) (3 ECTS)

CHEM481 Advanced Technological Materials (elective) (3 ECTS)

CHEM485 Multistep Organic Synthesis (elective) (3 ECTS)

CHEM489 Drug Design in Organic Chemistry (elective) (3 ECTS)

BIO484 Molecular Biology II (elective) (3 ECTS)

CHEM476 Molecular Modelling (elective) (3 ECTS)

CHEM484 New Frontiers in Polymers (elective) (3 ECTS)

CHEM490 Stereochemistry and Asymetric Synthesis (elective) (3ECTS)

CHEM 448 Computational Chemistry II (module) (4 ECTS)

 

Physics Department:

MATH1011 Calculus I (5 ECTS)

PHYS1111 Physics I (5 ECTS)

PHYS1113 Physics Laboratory I (5 ECTS)

YDI151 Scientific English I (2 ECTS)

MATH1012 Calculus II (5 ECTS)

PHYS1112 Physics II (5 ECTS)

PHYS1114 Physics Laboratory II (5 ECTS)

YDI152 Scientific English II (2 ECTS)

COMP2181 Computer Applications in Mathematics and Physics (5 ECTS)

MATH2011 Linear Algebra (5 ECTS)

PHYS2111 Physics III (5 ECTS)

PHYS2113 Physics Laboratory III (4 ECTS)

COMP2182 Computational Programming (5 ECTS)

MATH2012 Differential Equations (5 ECTS)

PHYS2132 Modern Physics (5 ECTS)

PHYS2134 Modern Physics Laboratory (4 ECTS)

PHYS3111 Mechanics (7 ECTS)

PHYS3141 Electricity ve Magnetism I (6 ECTS)

PHYS3151 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (7 ECTS)

PHYS3142 Electricity ve Magnetism II (7 ECTS)

PHYS3162 Introduction to Statistical Physics (8 ECTS)

PHYS3518 Quantum Mechanics (5 ECTS)

PHYS4525 Statistical Physics (7 ECTS)

PHYS4527 Introduction to Relativity Theories (7 ECTS)

 

Chemical Engineering Department:

MSE272   Introduction to Materials Science (5 ECTS)

CHE381   Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I (5 ECTS)

CHE362   Introduction to Biochemical Engineering  (5 ECTS)

CHE466   Industrial Enzymes and Its Applications  (elective) (5 ECTS)

 

Environmental Engineering Department:

CHEM 101 General Chemistry I (6 ECTS)

CHEM 102 General Chemistry II (6 ECTS)

ENVE 201 Env. Eng. Chemistry I (5 ECTS)

ENVE 202 Env. Eng. Chemistry II (6 ECTS)

CHEM 209 Analytical Chemistry (4 ECTS)

ENVE 401 Physical Chemical Processes  (6 ECTS)

ENVE 404 Env. Eng. Instrumental Analysis (elective) (5 ECTS)

 

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department:

CHEM101A  General Chemistry (6 ECTS)

CHEM102B  General Chemistry (6 ECTS)

MSE204 Solution Thermodynamics (5 ECTS)

MSE331 Chemical Metallurgy (5 ECTS)

CHEM201 Physical Chemistry (elective) (4 ECTS)

CHEM203 Organic Chemistry (elective) (4 ECTS)

CHEM205 Inorganic Chemistry (elective) (4 ECTS)

CHEM209 Analytical Chemistry (elective) (4 ECTS)

CHEM211 Electrochemistry (elective) (4 ECTS)

MSE404  Biomaterials (elective) (5 ECTS)

MSE 417 Polymeric Materials (elective) (5 ECTS)

MSE420  Polymer Processing (elective) (5 ECTS)

MSE403 Surface Treatment of Metals and Alloys (elective) 5 ECTS

MSE415 Advanced Electron Microscopy and Crystallography (elective) 5 ECTS

MSE439 Composite Materials (elective) 5 ECTS

MSE444 Semiconductors (elective) 5 ECTS

 

Bioengineering Department:

CHEM107 Basic Chemistry (6 ECTS)

CHEM213 Biochemistry I (6 ECTS)

CHEM214 Biochemistry II (6 ECTS)

BIOE301 Biomaterials (elective) (5 ECTS)

BIOE302  Industrial Microbiology (elective) (5 ECTS)

BIOE412  Introduction to Protein Structure and Function (elective) (5 ECTS)

BIOE432  Introduction to Biodegradable Polymers (elective) (5 ECTS)

 

16– Other Useful Information to Foreign Students

Genral information on the Institution (Marmara University) and the information on other programmes can be obtained via http://llp.marmara.edu.tr/ web page of Marmara University. General information for students about the following subjects can also be found in the same web page. (Or by control+click to the following titles)

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