Ecology Fundamentals

Course: English Studies and Two Foreign Languages (English as the Language of Instruction)

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Ecology Fundamentals
Code
ОК.10
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2024/2025
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. Work effectively with information: select the necessary information from various sources, in particular from professional literature and electronic databases, critically analyze and interpret it, organize, classify and systematize it. PLO 3. Organize the process of one's own learning and self-education. PLO 4. Understand the fundamental principles of the existence of man, nature, and society.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
It is desirable (but not critical) to familiarize students with modern concepts of Physics and Biology regarding the inner structure and structure of the Universe, the relationship of living and abiotic (inanimate) matter, through prior mastering of the course "Scientific Image of the World" or self-education.
Course content
The aim of the discipline: form students' ability to ensure ecologically balanced professional activity, as well as to carry out ecological assessment of measures (innovations) in the field of activity, to promote the development of ecological culture in everyday professional and social activities. The program focuses on the issues of Factorial Ecology and Synecology (community ecology), as well as methods of environmental quality control, including the basic principles of assessing the impact of economic activity on the environment. Problems of Demecology (ecology of populations) and Ecology of organisms, as the discipline is focused on students majoring in philology, are considered only in the context of other issues, while the basic principles of environmental policy, review of ways to implement it and criteria for effectiveness. Training is conducted in the form of lectures and independent work of students. The discipline ends with a test at the end of the semester.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Адаменко О.М. Основи екології. Навчальний посібник. - К.: ЦНЛ, 2005. - 320 с. Ганзюра В. П.. Екологія (системний підхід). – К., ВПЦ Київський університет, 2003. – 96 с. Гожик А.П., Байсарович І.М. Екологічна оцінка проектів видобутку корисних копалин. Навчальний посібник. (рекомендований вченою радою геологічного факультету 14.04.2010). - Інтернет-ресурс Київського університету www.geol.univ.kiev.ua/lib/eco_ocinka.doc (доступ від 19.05.2010 р.). - 53 с. Закон України Про екологічну оцінку, від 23 травня 2017 року. Закон України Про стратегічну екологічну оцінку, від 20 березня 2018 року Fundamentals of Ecology. By Eugene Odum, Gary W. Barrett / Cengage Learning; 5th edition (July 27, 2004). 624 p. Climate Change 2021. Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Form of study: lectures Teaching methods and educational activities: - tests - students' individual work.
Assessment methods and criteria
Semester assessment: • maximum number of points during the semester - 100 points • Test work #1: LO 1.01-1.06 (fully), LO 1.09, 2 and 4 (partial) - the maximum number of 50 points. • Test work #2: LO 1.07-1.8, 1.10, 1.11 (completely), LO 1.09, 2 and 4 (partially) - - maximum number of 50 points. • Final evaluation (Credit): Test. Exhibited based on the results of two tests. A necessary condition for obtaining a positive assessment is to score 60 points per semester, and for each of the tests must be scored at least 25 points.
Language of instruction
English

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Iryna Baysarovych
Petroleum Geology
Educational and Scientific Institute "Institute of Geology"

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Petroleum Geology
Educational and Scientific Institute "Institute of Geology"