14IZS211 - Environment and Pollution

Course specification
Course title		Environment and Pollution
Acronym		14IŽS211
Study programme		Environmental Engineering
Module
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Tatjana Đurkić
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		4.0	Status
Condition		Prerequisite for enrolling the course is successful completion of General Chemistry 1 and 2.	Облик условљености
The goal		The overall goals of the course are provision of the basic knowledge of physico-chemical processes in water, air and soil, the effects of human activity on the environment, the most important pollutants, their physico-chemical properties, interaction with the environment and the effects of pollution.
The outcome		The students should gain basic knowledge about environment and pollution, required for mastering specialized courses included in the study program Environmental Engineering; students should develop interest in the problems of environmental pollution and raise ecological awareness; through written and oral seminar presentations they should expand the communication skills.
Contents
Contents of lectures		1. Atmosphere: Solar radiation and vertical division of the atmosphere; stratosphere, ozone chemistry, depletion of the ozone layer; troposphere, the chemical composition of air; the sources of air pollution, the most important air pollutants and the main global problems; origin and control of pollutant emission. ; 2. Hydrosphere: water distribution in the environment; the chemical composition of natural water; the physico-chemical processes in water; the sources of water pollution; the most important water pollutants, their physico-chemical reactions; the consequences of pollution and the control of pollutant emission. ; 3. Pedosphere: the formation and composition of the soil; soil texture, structure and profile; physico-chemical processes in soil; soil degradation; sources of pollution, the most important pollutants and their harmful effects. ;
Contents of exercises		1. Analysis of rainwater samples: pH and sulfate content ; 2. Analysis of smoke gas: CO2, O2 and CO content ; 3. and 4. Analysis of natural water samples: general physico-chemical parameters ; 5. Analysis of natural water samples: oxygen content ; 6. and 7. Analysis of soil samples: texture and adsorbed cations ;
Literature
Interna skripta sa predavanja i uputstva za laboratorijske vežbe (Original title) D. Veselinović, I. Gržetić, Š. Đarmati, D. Marković: Fizičkohemijske osnove zaštite životne sredine - knjiga 1: Stanja i procesi u životnoj sredini; Fakultet za fizičku hemiju Beograd, 1995 (Original title) G.W. VanLoon, S.J. Duffy, „Environmental Chemistry – A Global Perspective“, Oxford University Press, New York, 2005. (Original title) S.E Manahan, “Environmental Chemistry”, CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, 2000. (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2		2
Methods of teaching		lectures and laboratory exercises
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures			Test paper	55
Practical lessons		5	Oral examination
Projects
Colloquia		20
Seminars		20