| Course ID: | MWW-SE>ENVIRONMENT |
| Course title: | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
| Semester: | 1 / Winter |
| ECTS: | 2 |
| Lectures/Classes: | 10 / 20 hours |
| Field of study: | Veterinary Medicine |
| Study cycle: | 1st cycle |
| Type of course: | compulsory |
| Prerequisites: | There is a limit of 16 people registered for a particular course |
| Contact person: | Agnieszka Godlewska; agnieszka.godlewska@upwr.edu.pl |
| Short description: | The aim of the course is to introduce students with the links of cause - and effect of problems related to consumer and professional burdening the environment and adverse global and local ecological phenomena. During the course we discuss the basic problems of environmental protection, the source of the pollution and emission reduction methods and neutralization of hazardous substances as well as regulations on environmental protection in Poland and in the world and the structure of the systems of environmental protection in Poland. |
| Full description: | European and Polish legislation on environmental protection. Current sozological problems. The importance of the veterinarian in the field of environmental protection. Ecotoxicological risks associated with industrial production, agriculture and animal breeding. Pollution of air, water and soil - monitoring, methods to reduce pollution. Treatment of industrial and municipal waste. Methods used to reduce industrial gases and dusts. The problems associated with overpopulation of the Earth. |
| Bibliography: | Cunningham W.P., Cunningham M.A.:”Principles of Environmental Science. Inquiry and Applications” Six edition, 2011. |
| Learning outcomes: | Knowledge: - knows and describes the relationship of cause-and-effect problems associated with consumer and professional burdening the environment and the adverse global and local environmental phenomena - knows and interprets basic environmental problems - identifies the sources of pollution and knows the methods of limitation and neutralization of hazardous substances - knows the outline of legislation on environmental protection in Poland and in the world - knows the structure of the system of environmental protection in Poland Skills: - has a skill of obtaining information about an ecotoxicological - has a skill of searching for sources of knowledge about the environment and its dangers - has a skill of discussion of general and local issues of environmental threats Social competences: - critically evaluate their own and others' actions in the field of environmental hazards and improve the proposed solutions |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: | Individual written classwork at the end of the course (100%). |