KE817: Aquatic Environmental Chemistry (5 ECTS)

STADS: 10004601

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: raewyn.town@sdu.dk

Timetable
There is no timetable available for the chosen semester.

Comment:
AFLYST E16

Prerequisites:
A bachelor degree in chemistry, biology, nanobioscience, biomedicine, biochemistry and molecular biology, chemical engineering, or environmental technology, or alternatively a B.Sc. minor degree in chemistry must be passed.

Academic preconditions:
None

Course introduction
To give students an introduction to the chemistry of aquatic systems, with focus on dynamic speciation of trace metals and organic pollutants.

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in bachelor courses in chemistry, biology, and / or toxicology and gives an academic basis for studying these topics in the context of aquatic ecosystems.

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

• Give knowledge on chemistry of aquatic ecosystems with focus on dynamic processes
• Obtain skills in critical evaluation of literature

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

• discuss the general features of environmental aquatic chemistry
• explain key concepts of dynamic metal speciation in terms of timescales and fluxes
• give detailed descriptions of several techniques for determination of metal and organic speciation
• describe the basis for relationships between chemical speciation and bioavailability
• critically discuss literature reports in the field.

Subject overview
The following main topics are contained in the course:

• The nature of chemical species in aquatic ecosystems
• Principles of ion binding for classical and heterogeneous systems
• Dynamic chemical speciation concepts
• Chemical speciation techniques.
• Relationships between chemical speciation dynamics and bioavailability.

Literature

• Jacques Buffle (Editor), George Horvai (Editor): In Situ Monitoring of Aquatic Systems: Chemical Analysis and Speciation, Wiley, 2000.(Man behøver ikke at købe bogen, den findes på SDUBs læsesal).
• Noter.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
Written literature report and oral presentation thereof, and satisfactory participation. Pass/fail, internal marking by teacher.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 18 hours
Skills training phase: 14 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 14 hours

Educational activities

Educational form
Activities during the study phase:

• Reading lecture notes
• Reading literature
• Preparing presentations for tutorial sessions
• Preparing a project

Language
This course is taught in English.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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