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| Degree programme | | Study hours | Credits | P4 SBU | P4 SP | 2nd Chance Exam1 | Tolerance2 | Final grade3 | |
 | 1st year Master of Biomedical Sciences - Environmental Health Sciences | Optional | 81 | 3,0 | 81 | 3,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical |  |
| Exchange Programme Biology | Optional | 81 | 3,0 | 81 | 3,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical | |
| Exchange Programme Chemistry | Optional | 81 | 3,0 | 81 | 3,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical | |
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| 6. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences can report scientific findings in writing and orally to both experts and a wide audience in a structured way. | - EC
| 7. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences takes a critical attitude towards one's own research and that of others. | - EC
| 9. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences can set up, conduct and report biomedical research in an ethical manner and with integrity, taking into account current regulations. | - EC
| 12. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences has an attitude for lifelong learning and for constantly adjusting one's own professional thinking and acting. | - EC
| EHS 1. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences specialisation Environmental Health Sciences has insights in the effects of external factors on health at the molecular, cellular and organ level. |
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| | EC = learning outcomes DC = partial outcomes BC = evaluation criteria |
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- The student can recognize the different classes of organic compounds
- the students knows the basics of chemical kinetics and thermodynamics. More specifically, it is assumed that the student is familiar with concepts such as the quilibrium constant, Gibbs free energy, the order of reactions, rate constants, activation energy,....
- The students have a basic understanding on redox chemistry including the concepts of reduction potentials, the Nerst equation,the relation between reaction potentials and Gibbs energy,...
- the students can employ and convert typical expressions to calculate concentrations in mol/L, ppm, ppmv,...., (partial) pressures, amount of molecules,...
- the student understands the basic concepts of acid-base chemistry such as pH, acid and base constants, neutralisation reactions,
- the students can perform standart unit operations in the lab in an independent way including dissolving salts to obtain solutions with a pre-calculated concentration, making dilution series, constructing a calibration curve,...
- The student knows basic concepts of solubility including Henry's law, the solubility product, and influential factors such as coordination equilibria
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- The student knows the most important sources, formation and occurrence of inorganic and organic pollutants.
- The student gains insight into the importance of the chemical structure and properties of pollutants with regard to solubility, reactivity, polarity, acid / base properties, accumulation, toxicity and degradation.
- The student interprets correctly and is able calculate the complexity of the reactions, distribution and transport efficiency to and from the various environmental compartments.
- The student is able to understand the different processes that have an influence on the distribution of pollutants among the different environmental compartments and the impact on humans and to apply them to specific problems (particulate matter, heavy metal problems, PCB and dioxins, etc….)
- The student gains insight into the selection and application of analysis strategies and the understanding and application of suitable analysis techniques for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of environmental samples.
- The student has insight into important health-threatening factors and pollutants present in the environment (ecosystem).
- The student can set up, conduct and interprets correctly research in the field of environment and health and report on it.
- The student acquires insight into the occurrence, behaviour and properties of pollutants in the various environmental compartments.
- The student is able to understand the processes and mechanisms that underlie the distribution, transport and degradation of pollutants in relation to the chemical structure and the concept of speciation.
- The student develops skills and attitudes to be able to think and work analytically.
- The student is able to select suitable instrumental analytical techniques in function of a certain analysis strategy and problem definition
Keywords: Environmental chemistry, Organic and inorganic pollutants, Environmental compartments, Fate, distribution and degradation of pollutants, Relationship toxicity and chemical structure, Element speciation, Instrumental analytical methods, Qualitative and quantitative analysis of environmental samples and biological samples
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Period 4 Credits 3,00
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| Written evaluaton during teaching periode | 15 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | at least a score of 8/20 must be obtained. |
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| Other | Reports of practicals |
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| Oral evaluation during teaching period | 15 % |
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| Other | voorstelling groepswerk rond specifieke vervuilingsproblematiek |
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| Written exam | 70 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | ✔ |
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| Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year | At least a score of 8/20 must be obtained. |
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| Evaluation conditions (participation and/or pass) | ✔ |
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| Conditions | - Presence at the practicals is obligatory.
- the presentation of the assignment on a major contaminant in one of the environmental compartments is mandatory
- The evaluation consists of multiple parts. For all parts of the evaluation, at least a score of 8/20 must be obtained in order to pass for the course. |
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| Consequences | - Students who are unauthorized absent at one or more practicals, receive as final grade for the course a “N – unauthorized absence” and have to attend the practicum in the next academic year and have to meet the requirements (e.g. a signed report) to receive their final grade. The student needs to re-enroll in the course in the next academic year. In this case, partial grades can be transferred to the next academic year.
- A student who achieves a score lower than 8/20 on one (or more) parts of the evaluation will receive a 'F - fail' as final result. This final result is not tolerable.
A student who scores at least 8/20 for all parts of the evaluation receives as score a weighted average of the different grade. This final mark is tolerable. |
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| Compulsory textbooks (bookshop) |
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Environmental Chemistry,Gary W. VanLoon & Stephen J. Duffy,4th edition,Oxford University Press,9780198749974 |
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The following course material will be made available via blackboard:
- Introduction chapter
- slide decks of the lectures
- review articles
- lab exercises |
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| Recommended reading |
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- Environmental Organic Chemistry,René P. Schwarzenbach,3rd edition,Wiley
- Environmental Chemistry,Stanley E. Manahan,11th Edition,Taylor & Francis Group
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1 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2. |
| 2 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2. |
3 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3.
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| Legend |
| SBU : course load | SP : ECTS | N : Dutch | E : English |
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