Course syllabus for Biochemical environmental science

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Course syllabus adopted 2020-12-14 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameBiokemisk miljövetenskap
  • CodeKKM081
  • Credits6 Credits
  • OwnerTKBIO
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyBioengineering, 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 48128
  • Maximum participants70
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0115 Examination 6 c
Grading: TH		 6 c
  • 03 Jun 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

Basic university level chemistry.

Aim

The course aims to provide knowledge of the natural environment, key environmental impacts caused by human interference, and some of the main information tools we use to manage environmental impacts and protect ourselves

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

  1. describe human effects on ecological systems
  2. describe trends and mechanisms behind regional and global environmental problems
  3. describe and apply simple transport and fate models for emissions
  4. describe the risk assessment process, the effect of chemical on human health and perform simple quantitative risk assessments
  5. perform a simple four-step life cycle assessment
  6. describe how different management tools and systems are used at the corporate, national and EU level  
  7. discuss different ethical principles in decisionmaking
  8. describe the engineers professional role in relation to the course content

Content

Ecology and chemical cycles. Global environmental problems. Eutrophication and acidification. Transport and fate of chemicals.Chemical human health risk assessment: qualitative and quantitative methods. Exposure limits. The social environment: product life cycles, life cycle assessment, environmental management systems, strategic environmental planning, REACH, ethical decisionmaking and the engineer's role.

Organisation

Lectures, tutorials and a group project with written and oral presentation.

Literature

Peters & Svanström (2019) Environmental Sustainability for Engineers and Applied Scientists. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781316617731
The course textbook and additional material handed out during lectures. See the course outline for details.

Examination including compulsory elements

Final written exam with short answer questions and calculations. Mark scale: fail, 3, 4, 5.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to course:
    • 2020-12-09: Aim Aim changed by PA
      Updated aim