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BB820: Risk assesment of chemicals (5 ECTS)

STADS: 04012001

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: poul@biology.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
hol@biology.sdu.dk

Timetable
There is no timetable available for the chosen semester.

Comment:
KURSET AFLYST EFTERÅR 2016

Prerequisites:
None.

Academic preconditions:
Students taking the course are expected to:

  • Be at a level equal to a bachelor's degree in natural- or technical science


Course introduction
For biologists and engineers who are employed in private and public environmental administration, risk assessment of chemicals will be a possible responsibility area. The course will supply the basic theory and terminology necessary for risk assessment of chemicals. The course will give practical experience in performing risk assessment of chemicals

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the achievement of a bachelor degree in natural-or technical science.

In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:

  • Give the competence to analyse and work with complex assignments and to work toward solutions as part of a team
  • Give skills to discover and utilise relevant knowledge in risk assessment of chemicals
  • Give knowledge and understanding of the scientific basis for risk assessment of chemicals


Expected learning outcome
The learning objectives of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:

  • be acquainted with toxicological and ecotoxicological concepts used in hazard and risk assessment of chemicals
  • be acquainted with the standard procedures used in hazard and risk assessment of chemicals
  • know the demands for data necessary for carrying out a risk assessment
  • know the test systems used to demonstrate toxicity
  • know the methods used in extrapolation from test systems to human and environmental adverse effects
  • know the uncertainties associated with risk assessment of chemicals
  • be able to find and use relevant information about the toxicological and ecotoxicological adverse effects of chemicals
  • be able to perform risk assessment of specific, selected chemicals based on that knowledge.
Subject overview
The following main topics are contained in the course:

  • Principles of hazard and risk assessment of chemicals; basic principles in toxicology and ecotoxicology; data demands in human and environmental risk assessment; test systems; uncertainties in risk assessment; principles for regulation of use of chemicals; risk perception; principles for evaluation of pesticides; ecotoxicological effects in the aquatic and terrestrial environment and in sediments; calculation of PNEC values; models; uncertainty factors; QSAR; estimation of PEC values; how to find relevant data needed in risk assessment; chemicals policy in the EU.
  • Group work: the participants perform an environmental risk assessment on the basis of real data; a report is worked out.
  • The participants work with two risk assessments for chemicals finalized in the EU; these risk assessments are presented to the other participants in a seminar.
  • The participants search literature about the toxicological properties of a specific chemical; a report on this is worked out.
Literature
There isn't any litterature for the course at the moment.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
2 x 2 hour test of the acquired skills. Pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher.

Assessment and marking:
Submission of mandatory tasks. All exam aids allowed. Pass/fail, internal marking by teacher. 5 ECTS

The mode of exam at the re-examination may differ from the mode of exam at the ordinary exam.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 16 hours
Skills training phase: 34 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 34 hours

Educational activities

Educational form
Activities during the study phase: It is expected that 75 h are used to finalize the tasks which have been initiated in the fixed tutorials

Lectures have been choosen to give the basic theory and terminology of hazard and risk assessment of chemicals. Tutorials constitute the major part of the teaching because they supply practical experience in risk assessment of chemicals by use of databases, which are also used in professional risk assessment.

Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer. However, if international students participate, the teaching language will always be English.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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