| Course Unit Code | 546-0305/05 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 5 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Choice-compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | First Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | Second Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Summer Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| NOV42 | RNDr. Jana Nováková, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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Ecology, protection of environment, environmental engineering. Ecosystems,
their functions and their stability. Transformation of energy and material in
environment. Solar energy and its transformation, assimilation and
dissimilation. Biogeochemical cycles of carbon, oxygen, water, nitrogen,
phosforus, sulfur and other elements. Water as a part of biosphere,
surfacewater, underground water, drinking water, technological water. Water
pollution. Monitoring of water quality. Soil in environtment, pedogenesis.
Physical, chemical and biological properties of soil. Soil protection and
decontamination. Atmosphere, chemical composition and physical properties. Air
pollution, emissions, deposition. Main pollutants: compounds of carbon,
sulphur, nitrogen, halogens, solid particles. Acid rain, ozone layer
depletion, greenhouse effect. Air protection. Monitoring of air pollution.
Waste management and disposal. Environmental management.
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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To be familiar with environmental issues in general terms. To distinguish the different approaches to estimate and find the best solutions for specific environmental issues.
Students will be able to provide informations for work with practice, demonstrate and evaluate a general overview of the issue. Comparing the different approaches and confrontation with practice. Prove to show results and solve problems with high quality of work and all by itself.
Demonstrate communication skills (speaking and active writing), to handle technical terminology.
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| Course Contents |
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1st Introduction to the Theory of Environmental
1.1 Definitions
1.2 biosphere
1.2.1. geosphere
1.2.2. biotic components
1.2.3. Flows of energy and its resources
1.2.4. cycles of substances
1.2.5. ecosystems
1.3 Environment in terms of human
1.3.1. Anthropogenic Environmental classification
1.3.2. Anthropogenic demands on the environment
2nd Damage to natural environmental components
1.2 In terms of damage to abiotic components of the biosphere
2.1.1. air Pollution
2.1.2. water pollution
2.1.3. soil Damage
2.1.4. Physical pollution
2.2 Global indicators of environmental damage
2.2.1. Excessive pumping of non-renewable sources of raw materials and energy
2.2.2. Negative impacts on the stability of ecosystems
2.2.3. Negative effects on radiation and thermal balance of the planet
3.2 Effects of anthropogenic activities
2.3.1. agriculture
2.3.2. industry
2.3.3. Earning power
2.3.4. Mining
2.3.5. right
2.3.6. Consumerism
2.3.7. waste production
2.3.8. Possible consequences of the deterioration of natural environmental components
3rd Options protection of natural environmental components
1.3 preventive protection
3.1.1. Education and training process
3.1.2. Promoting the idea of sustainable development
2.3 System protection
3.2.1. legislative
3.2.2. normative
3.3 technological protection
3.3.1. Air Protection Technology
3.3.2. Water Protection Technology
3.3.3. Soil protection technology
3.3.4. Technology protection from physical pollution
3.3.5. Waste management
3.3.6. The introduction of 'clean' technologies
3.3.7. Saving energy - Use of alternative sources
3.3.8. Reclamation and restoration of landscape |
| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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FREEDMAN, Bill, c1995. Environmental ecology: the ecological effects of pollution, disturbance, and other stresses. 2nd ed. San Diego: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0122665424.
Meadows, Donella. H. et al. 1992.Beyond the limits. Global collapse or a sustainable future.London: Chelsea Green Pub. ISBN 0930031628.320. |
HERČÍK, Miloslav, 2004. Ochrana životního prostředí a legislativa. Ostrava: Vysoká škola podnikání, Katedra podnikání a managementu v životním prostředí. ISBN 80-86764-05-2.
BRANIŠ, Martin a Karel PIVNIČKA, 1994. Úvod do studia životního prostředí. Praha: Karolinum. ISBN 80-7066-945-4.
HERČÍK, Miloslav, 2006. Životní prostředí: základy environmentalistiky. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava. ISBN 80-248-1073-5.
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| Recommended Reading: |
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| FREEDMAN, Bill, c1995. Environmental ecology: the ecological effects of pollution, disturbance, and other stresses. 2nd ed. San Diego: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0122665424. |
STORCH, David a Stanislav MIHULKA, 2000. Úvod do současné ekologie. Praha: Portál. ISBN 80-7178-462-1.
ŠIMÍČKOVÁ, Marcella, 2003. Environmentální management v EU: průvodce distančním studiem. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, Regionální centrum celoživotního vzdělávání. ISBN 80-248-0361-5.
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Tutorials, Project work, Terrain work |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Exercises evaluation and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
| Exercises evaluation | Credit | 33 (33) | 17 |
| Other task type | Other task type | 33 | 17 |
| Examination | Examination | 67 (67) | 34 |
| Written examination | Written examination | 30 | 15 |
| Oral | Oral examination | 37 | 19 |