Description
Environmental Chemistry covers three broad areas - chemistry of the natural environment, pollution chemistry and environmental analytical chemistry. In this subject, students will cover these broad areas in detail including atmospheric chemistry, aquatic chemistry, soil chemistry, toxicology, greenhouse gases, water pollution, acid sulphate soils, persistent organic pollutants, pesticides, heavy metals … For more content click the Read More button below.
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Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this subject, graduates will be able to:
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Be able to comprehend the chemical principles involved in Environmental Chemistry and develop a familiarity with the analytical techniques that are typically used in environmental monitoring
2.
Understand a general framework for those aspects of Chemistry that are inherent in environmental, biological and earth sciences within the context of the tropics
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Be able to analyze and demonstrate, through both written and oral communication, an understanding of the causes, effects and responses to environmental condition (especially pollution)
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Be trained in instrumental and analytical techniques appropriate to monitoring, and carry out practical laboratory and field operations using these methods
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Be able to compile and analyze data to produce scientific reports which assess the quality of the physical environment
Assessments
1. Written - Examination (centrally administered)
2. Written - Essay
3. MM - Multi-method
Offerings
Trimester 1
MML-CNS-TR1
MML-TSV-TR1
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