Global Environmental Issues
Undergraduate level | 4th semester | Compulsory Unit | ΓΕ1802
Credit Units ECTS: 5
Teaching Hours (Weekly): 3
Course Type: General Background
Prequisites: --
Teaching and Examination Language: Greek
For Erasmus students study course and exams are offered in English.
Course Material
Introduction to the global environmental problems, Reasoning behind the ecological crisis. Overpopulation and the hunt for the limited natural resources, Introduction to demography, Noise pollution, Electromagnetic pollution
Introduction to the Atmosphere: its properties, Air pollutants, Smog, Indoor air pollution, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect and global warming
Learning Outcomes
The course introduces the students to the global environmental problems. Emphasis is placed on the atmospheric pollution. At the end of the semester the students are expected to be able to:
- Understand the key causes for the global environmental crisis
- Recognize the relationship among overpopulation, human food production and environmental products
- Discuss the positive and negative impact of urbanization
- Describe the key atmospheric mechanisms
- Describe the key mechanisms of global warming, ozone depletion, and smog
General Skills
- Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information using the relevant ICT techniques
- Decision making
- Personal adaption to new data
- Autonomous study
- Work in an interdisciplinary background
- Respect for the natural environment
- Demonstration of social, professional and ethical responsibility
- Demonstration of susceptibility to gender issues
- Promotion of free, creative and deductive thinking
Learning and Teaching Techniques - Evaluation
Teaching Methods: Face to face
Use of ICT: Use of digital slides in lectures, Asynchronous E-learning platform, Communication with students via email
Course Organization:
| Activity | Semester Work Load |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 |
| Student self-study | 86 |
| Total | 125 |
Assessment Methods:
The assessment of students is performed via the final written exam which includes short answers and solution of exercises. For students with special educational needs, assessment is performed via oral examination
Suggested Bibliography
- Γεωργόπουλος, Α. (2002). «Γη, ένας μικρός και εύθραυστος πλανήτης», Εκδόσεις Gutenberg, Αθήνα.
- G. Tyler Miller, Jr (1999). Βιώνοντας στο Περιβάλλον Ι και ΙΙ, Εκδόσεις ΙΩΝ
- Γεντεκάκης Ι. (1999). «Ατμοσφαιρική ρύπανση» Εκδόσεις Τζιόλας, Θεσ¬σαλονίκη
- B.J. Nebel and R.T. Wright (2000). Environmental Science, 7th Ed., Prentice Hall.
- Cunnigham & Saigo (2001). Environmental Science, A Global Concern, McGraw –Hill
Relevant scientific journals
- Population and Environment
- Atmospheric Environment