Course detail
Chemistry of Environmental Protection
FCH-BCA_COZPAcad. year: 2018/2019
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the state of the environment in the Czech Republic and the level of contamination of the individual components.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
Information on the current state of the environment in the Czech Republic, assessment of its strengths and weaknesses and comparison of the detected level of contamination with Czech and EU legislation; Expected development trends related to the protection of individual environmental compartments.
Block 2:
Basic terms and relationships characterising behaviour and fate of substances in environment, persistence of substances in environment,bioaccumulation, biomagnification, biodegradation and biotransformation. Monitoring, targeted detection, inspection of food and feed currently performed in the Czech Republic.
Block 3:
Important groups of environment pollutants and their characteristic.
Block 4:
Characteristics of abiotic and biotic components of environment: atmosphere, hydrosphere, pedosphere, biosphere.
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BKCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BKCO_CHTOZP , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BPCO_CHTOZP , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme CKCP_CZV lifelong learning
branch CKCO_CZV , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory