| NBIC36 | Environmental Engineering for Biologists, 15 ECTS credits. /Tekniskt miljöskydd/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 112 |
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Area of Education: Science Subject area: Biology |
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| Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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| Aim: The course is oriented towards knowledge about environmental management in practice, and how to move towards a sustainable development. It deals with methods and strategies to decrease the environmental impact of human activities, assessments of environmental impacts and toxicological effects, and procedures for permit applications. Having successfully completed this course, the student is expected to: ·be able to propose various technical and biological methods for minimizing emissions of environmentally harmful substances, as well as understand the basic principles of the most commonly used techniques. ·have achieved an understanding of Environmental Impact Assessments: what the document should contain, how the EIA procedure should be implemented, and in which circumstances and for which cases an EIA is required ·have a basic knowledge about existing plans that are relevant for a sustainable development, and of tools for developing environmental strategies, e.g. Strategic environmental assessments and life cycle analysis ·be able to read and critically evaluate documents used for permit applications, and when developing environmental strategies and plans for sustainable development ·have a basic knowledge about ecotoxicology and environmental monitoring with biological methods ·be able to perform a test of the toxicity of a chemical, including interpretation and presentation of the data obtained ·have improved the ability to discuss and argue in an essay form |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Past exams in courses comparable to 1.25 years of basal biology at Linköping University. Basic knowledge about current environmental problems, comparable to the course NBIB06 (Environmental Management, 6 ECTS credits). Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course includes lectures, seminars, laboratory studies, excursions and educational visits. Students will partly work with small projects in groups of three - four persons, producing written reports that are also presented orally. Further, each student writes an individual essay. Participants may have to cover transport costs for educational visits. |
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| Course contents: (1) Detailed studies of some issues of relevance for sustainable development, e.g. energy supply, waste management, the use of potentially toxic compounds; (2) Knowledge about common and more recent methods for solid waste and wastewater treatment as well as treatment of gas emissions and hazardous waste. Also, some pollution prevention strategies will be studied; (3) Basic ecotoxicology; (4) Environmental Impact Assessments, critical evaluation and discussion of the procedure and the content and use of such documents. |
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| Course literature: Kompendium i miljöskydd. Del 2, Miljöskyddsteknik. Inst. för Miljöskydd och Arbetsvetenskap, Kungliga tekniska Högskolan, Stockholm (2nd edition). Literature for the ecotoxicology part will be announced on the course homepage before the introduction day. Additional literature for specific course tasks. |
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| Study visit and seminars Group assignemnts and written reports At-home examination Individual written assignment |
3 ECTS 6 ECTS 3 ECTS 3 ECTS |
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Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Agneta Johansson Examiner: Karin Tonderski Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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