| Inst. for Grundvidenskab | |||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | 6 til 8 | ||||||||||||
| Varighed | 1 semester | ||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 6 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Fælleskursus | ||||||||||||
| Eksamen | bedømmelse af projektrapport med hjælpemidler Beskrivelse af eksamen: ECTS-skala, intern censur A report will be written by groups of students during the course. Reports are continously evaluated; final evaluation on the last day of the field course | ||||||||||||
| Rammer for undervisning | The pre-course starts with a video conference in 4th July. Classes start on the 1. August and end on the 13. August 2005. | ||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | outside schedule Exercises: Training is taking place during the 2 weeks field excursion where lectures, demonstration in the field and work with case studies are integrated | ||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||
| Begrænset deltagerantal | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Kursets målsætning | |||||||||||||
| - to apply environmental science theory to problems observed in the field - to get insight into different types of pollution, environmental effects, remediation, environmental policies and local management strategies in different parts of Europe - to learn new tools for collecting, conbining, analysing, modelling and interpretation of environmental data - to draw on different expertises for problem solving in a group of students with different backgrounds | |||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||
| The specific topic of the course will shift from year to year depending on the location of the field excursion and not all of the following topics will be teached every year. The topics comprise: Geochemical processes, geomorphology, biogeochemical cycles of C, N, P, O and trace elements, atmospheric deposition, soil hydrology and soil physical properties, soil erosion, groundwater and surface waters, transport processes, systems for sampling, anlysis and monitoring of pollutants in soil and groundwater, quality assurance, the retention, degradation and bioavailability of organic pollutants, heavy metals, soil acidification, radionuclides, eutrophication, conservation of C in terrestrial ecosystems, liberation of green house gases (CO2, CH4, N2O), quantification of air, soil and water quality, (bio)remediation, modelling tools for quantification of fluxes and mass balances, restoration and conservation of landscapes/natural resources, quality criteria for soil and water, local practises used in multifunctional land use management, national and EU environmental policy and legislation applied to management of soil and water resources, links between environmental quality and health, conflicts between different groups of users (rural/urban areas, ornitolog/hunters, tourists/local population...) | |||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||
| The course is part of the Euro League for Life Science (ELLS) program and the organisation of the course rotates between the ELLS universities. Each course has its own focus depending on which region of Europe is visited during the excursion. The course comprise 3 weeks of full work, one week consisting of preparatory work (reading, theoretical exercises) in advance of the field excursion which runs over two weeks. The preparatory work can be distributed over a longer period than one week. The course is started by two video-link seminars, one is held 2 - 3 months before course start, and one immediately at start of the course. The video-link seminars involve all of the participating ELLS universities. The video-link seminars are used for presentation of the the study and excursion programs including the specific topics and case studies adressed, a short introduction tot the region of Europe to be visited, and presentation of the profiles of students and teachers. The preparatory work is carried out based on texts which can be downloaded from the course webpage. The field excursion is taking place in a selected region of one country where a number of different environmental problems and projects can be demonstrated, investigated and used for teaching. During the excursion the students and teachers stay at a course center. The teaching activities during the excursion comprise: - morning lectures providing theoretical backgound and overviews of selected cases to be adressed during the excursion - Excursions: Visits to different parts of the region for demonstration of environmental case studies - Group work on the case studies - Group presentation of case studies followed by discussion - Afternoon lectures and tours The course is taught by ELLS teachers and workers at local authorities and research institutions. | |||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||
| - Preferably a textbook (to be identified) - Selected journal articles and book chapters - to be presented at the course Campus site - Reports from environmental agencies, council of the county, etc. (to be distributed at the excursion part of the course) - Lecture notes (presented at the course web page) - Relevant web pages. | |||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||
| Bjarne W. Strobel, bjwe@life.ku.dk, Institut for Grundvidenskab/Jordbunds- og miljøkemi, Tlf: 35332411 | |||||||||||||
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