Course detail

Sustainability and Global Change III

FCH-MA_ENG1IIIAcad. year: 2022/2023

Global change issues, energy and sustainability issues including energy sources of the world, scientific foundations of energy aspects, solar energy: solar modules, solar-thermal energy, power plants, photovoltaics, ecological aspects, heat pumps, geothermal, wind, wave, water and nuclear energy.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jiří Kučerík, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection (ÚCHTOŽP)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students:
- obtain insights into different sectors of environmental research,
- get to know current aspects and problems relating to phenomena of global change,
- develop an interdisciplinary perspective,
- learn to put contents of disciplinary courses into a wider context,
- learn to discuss different environmental issues.

Prerequisites

Passing Sustanability and global change II

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures of experts in environmental sciences and related industry (2-3 hours)

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Written 1page report of 12 lectures (4 per semester)

Course curriculum

Global Change:
Scientists of the University of Koblenz-Landau and Brno University of Technology as well as external institutions present current approaches and results of environmental science research. The specific contents change from year to year.

Energy and Sustainability:
Sustainability
Energy sources of the world
Scientific foundations of energy aspects
Solar energy: solar modules, solar-thermal energy, power plants, photovoltaics, ecological aspects
Heat pumps
Geothermal energy

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The students obtain insights into different sectors of environmental research and get to know current aspects and problems relating to phenomena of global change. They develop an interdisciplinary perspective and learn to put contents of disciplinary courses into a wider context.
Students deal extensively with the current debate on sustainability and energy, the get to know alternative energy concepts and are able to evaluate them from an ecological as well as economic perspective.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

presence on seminars is compulsory

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

compulsory prerequisite
Sustainability and global change II

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jiří Kučerík, Ph.D.

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jiří Kučerík, Ph.D.