Environmental Chemistry

COURSE CURRICULUM 

1.

Course title

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

2.

Code

HM-509

3.

Study curriculum

Applied chemistry, teaching chemistry

4.

Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

5.

Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

6.

Academic year/semester

III/V teaching chemistry

IV/VII applied chemistry

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ECTS points

6

8.

Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Igor Kuzmanovski

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Prerequisites

Analytical chemistry I

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Course objectives (competences):
To introduce students to the basics of chemical processes in the environment.

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Course content:
–    Atmospheric chemistry (sources of trace gases, photochemical processes in the atmosphere, chemistry of the troposphere, chemistry of the troposphere in urban environments, chemistry of the stratosphere, airborne particles);
–    Water chemistry (the cycle of water in nature, chemical composition of continental waters, oxygen in natural waters, alkalinity - buffering capacity of natural waters, water hardness, acidification of waters, metals and metalloids in waters, biological processes in natural waters, nutrients in water and eutrophication);
–    Global warming and climate change (greenhouse effect and global warming, an idealized model of the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, impact of greenhouse gases and aerosols on climate change, greenhouse potential, radiation amplification and climate sensitivity, impact of climate change on the Earth and life on it).
–    Exercises: Analysis of nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, manganese in waste water, Analysis of surface-active substances in municipal wastewater, Analysis of oxygen in water, Chemical consumption of oxygen, Assessment of the amount of organic substances in wastewater - consumption of permanganate, Gas analysis

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Teaching methods: lectures, laboratory classes

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Total available time

180

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Time distribution

2+0+4 hours weekly (lectures: 60 hours;
problem solving: 15 hours; laboratory classes: 45 hours)

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Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching - lectures

30 hours

15.2.

Practicals (laboratory, problem solving), seminars, team work

60 hours

16.

Other activities

16.1.

Projects

15 hours

16.2.

Independent work

15 hours

16.3.

Homework

60 hours

17.

Grading methods

17.1.

Tests

70 points

17.2.

Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

/ points

17.3.

Activity

 30 points

18.

Grading scale (points/mark)

< 50 points

5 (five) (F)

51 to 60 points

6 (six) (E)

61 to 70 points

7 (seven) (D)

71 to 80 points

8 (eight) (C)

81 to 90 points

9 (nine) (B)

91 to 100 points

10 (ten) (A)

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Criteria for taking the final exam

Attendance at lectures and completed lab exercises

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Course language

Macedonian, English

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Teaching quality control

Anonymous surveys, questionnaires

22.

Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

I. Kuzmanovski

Environmental chemistry - internal script (in Macedonian)

2.

Roy M. Harrison

Principles of Environmental Chemistry

RSC Publishing

2007

3.

David Archer

Global Warming – Understanding the Forecast

Wiley

2012

22.2.

Additional

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

C.N. Hewitt, A.W. Jackson

Atmospheric Science for Environmental Scientists

Wiley

2009

2.

C. Baird

Environmental Chemistry

W.F. Freeman & Co.

1995