Environmental risk management

Course: ECOLOGY (Master) FULL-TIME

Structural unit: Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center

Title
Environmental risk management
Code
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5
Learning outcomes
1. Ability to apply the acquired knowledge in practical situations, identify, set and solve problems in the field of professional activity 2. Skills in the use of information and communication technologies 3. Demonstrate the ability to work independently and in a team, have interpersonal skills that allow you to achieve professional goals. 4. Ability to search, process and analyze information from various sources 5. Know the terminology and have a basic structured knowledge of environmental risks for further use on practice
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Know the trends of human relations, its economic activity with nature, the current environmental situation in Ukraine and the world and the dynamics of their change, the causes of the global environmental crisis, the main sources of pollution, basic research methods of environmental factors, patterns, categories and concepts of environmental pollution and the principles of estimating its scale, the principles of organizing the technological process to minimize emissions, the principles of building environmentally friendly production schemes. Be able to plan and organize technological processes taking into account environmental protection, organize and control the implementation of environmental measures in production, use in practice modern methods of monitoring the assessment of the impact of harmful industries on the environment, solve environmental problems, create environmentally friendly technologies.
Course content
The discipline "Environmental Risk Management" is based on a combination of theoretical knowledge and applied aspects of environmental risk management. The theoretical part of the course involves the study of environmental, geological and geoecological risk factors; general ideas about the methodology of analysis and assessment of environmental risk; methods of risk assessment of different genesis. In the practical part the student learns quantitative and qualitative methods of risk assessment; gets acquainted with approaches and methods of decision-making in conditions of uncertainty; definition of criteria of admissible ecological risk with development of practical offers on maintenance of ecological safety on the basis of these criteria.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Екологічний ризик: методологія оцінювання та управління : навч. посібник для вищих навч. закладів / Г. В. Лисиченко, Г. А. Хміль, С. В. Барбашев, ін. - Київ : Наукова думка, 2014. — 328 c. 2. Добровольський В.В. Екологічний ризик: оцінка і управління: навчальний посібник - Миколаїв: Вид-во ЧДУ ім. П.Могили, 2010. - 216 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, individual work, practical classes
Assessment methods and criteria
Final assessment - in the form of an exam. The final number of points in the discipline (maximum 100 points), which is defined as the sum (simple or weighted) points for systematic work during the semester. The exam is based on the results of the student's work throughout the semester. Thus, the final grade consists of the sum of the semester number of points and the final exam paper.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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