Course syllabus for Chemical environmental science

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Course syllabus adopted 2020-02-10 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameKemisk miljövetenskap
  • CodeKKM052
  • Credits6 Credits
  • OwnerTKKEF
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyEnergy and Environmental Systems and Technology, Chemical Engineering
  • ThemeEnvironment 6 c
  • DepartmentTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 54114
  • Maximum participants40
  • Block schedule
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0116 Examination 6 c
Grading: TH		 6 c
  • 11 Jan 2021 am J
  • 08 Apr 2021 am J
  • 20 Aug 2021 pm J

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Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

Introductory university chemistry.

Aim

The course aims to provide chemical, ecological and toxicological knowledge of problems connected with the environment, environmental protection and environmental planning.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

  1. describe different attempts to implement the concept of sustainable development
  2. describe the trends and the mechanisms behind regional and global environmental problems
  3. describe different forms of human impact on ecological processes
  4. describe the risk assessment process, fate and transport models for emissions and perform simple risk assessments
  5. describe environmental assessment processes, and perform the four steps of a life cycle assessment
  6. describe how various approaches including environmental management systems are used in sustainability work at the company, national and EU levels
  7. discuss and apply different principles for ethical decision-making and discuss the engineer's role in relation to sustainable development

Content

Ecology and biogeochemical cycles, global environmental problems, eutrophication, simplified models of the transport and fate of chemicals, qualitative and quantitative risk assessment techniques, environmental quality standards, life cycle assessment, environmental management systems, environmental strategy, REACH, ethical decisionmaking, the role of engineers.

A voluntary project on life cycle assessment can be undertaken and presented.

Organisation

The course consists of lectures and tutorials based on key aspects. A voluntary student project with a written and oral presentation is available.

Literature

Peters & Svanström (2019) Environmental Sustainability for Engineers and Applied Scientists. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781316617731
The textbook, plus the lecture and tutorial materials define the course content. See the course outline for details.

Examination including compulsory elements

Written exam. Marking scale: 3, 4 and 5.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to examination:
    • 2020-09-30: Grade raising No longer grade raising by GRULG