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Environmental Sciences

Course Code :
ENV 101
Level :
Undergraduate
Course Hours :
2.00 Hours
Department :
University Requirments

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Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

This course helps the students to develop knowledge required to critically evaluate environmental problems and issues, and provide applied solutions. The course is decidedly interdisciplinary in nature, focusing on the underlying natural processes relating to the environment, understanding and employing the scientific methods. The course includes studying natural resources, the relationship between environmental issues and society, as well as sustainable development. The course also perceives how respective official and nonofficial institutions deal with these issues and what sort of impact they have

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Environmental Sciences

Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

1-	a1. Define fundamental concepts and theories related to environmental science.
2-	Discuss principles of managements and economics relevant to environmental science.

b. Intellectual Skills:

1-	Identify measurement criteria for different systems deployment in environmental science.
2-	Aware with professional, moral, legal and ethical issues related to environmental science.
3-	Criticize research paper in environmental science area.

c. Professional and Practical Skills:

1-	Acquire a set of fundamental research skills from different resources of environmental science.
2-	Evaluate the risks and safety aspects related to environmental science.

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1-	Exploit a range of learning resources about environmental science.
2-	Work in a team to develop the requirement documentation about environmental science
3-	Apply communication skills in presentations and report writing using various methods and tools.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Environmental Sciences

Course topics and contents:

Topic	No. of hours	Lecture
Introduction to environmental science	2	1
Natural resources management. Ecological footprint, population and consumption as well as sustainability	2	1
Air pollution	2	1
Temperature inversion. Indoor air pollution. Air pollution control, solutions to acid rain.	2	1
Climate change. Troposphere, stratosphere. The greenhouse effect. Ozone layer decay. Future climate prediction	2	1
Water resources	2	1
Water pollution and water quality. Eutrofication, ground water	2	1
Solids and hazardous waste. Resources, waste disposal methods	2	1
Environmental legislations	2	1
Energy use and conversion	2	1
Land reclamation	2	1
Project presentation	2	1