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lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Course code: PE014IU (3 credits) 1 lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE Textbook:
Miller T.G. and Spoolman S.E. (2013), Environmental Science,14th edition,
Cengage Learning Publisher, USA. ISBN-13: 978-1-133-10439-1. Evaluation: • Midterm exam: 30% • Final exam: 40% •
Course project: 30% (including group project, class attendance and
quizzes)➢Students must attend at least 80% of the classes.
➢Sudden attendance check will be applied.
➢Exams: Closed book (one A4 is accepted) 2 lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE Week Lecture Content 1st - Introduction to the course - Environmental Issues Chapter 1
- Registration for group presentation 2nd Chapter 3 - Ecosystem - Quiz Chap1&3 3rd Chapter 4 - Biodiversity and Evolution 4th Chapter 5
- Biodiversity: Species Interaction and Population Control - Quiz Chap4&5 5th Chapter 6 - Human Population - Quiz Chap6 6th Chapter 10
- Food, Soil, and Pest Management
- Group presentation: Chapter 3 (1 group) 7th Chapter 11 – Part 1
- Water Resources and Water Pollution: Part 1 – Water Resources
- Group presentation: Topic: Chapter 4-5 (1 group) 8th Chapter 11 – Part 2
- Water Resources and Water Pollution: Part 2 – Water Pollution -
Review for midterm exam. 9th-10th
Midterm exam. (Chapters 1,3,4,5,6) 3 lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE Lecture Week Content Chapter 13 –
- Energy – Part 1: Nonrenewable energies - Group 11 th Part 1
presentation: Topic: Chapter 6 (2 groups) 12th Chapter 13 –
- Energy – Part 2: Renewable energies Part 2 - Quiz Chap13 13th Chapter 15 –
- Air Pollution, Climate Disruption, and Ozone Depletion – Part 1: Air pollution Part 1
- Group presentation: Topic: Chapter 10 (1 group) 14th Chapter 15 –
- Air Pollution, Climate Disruption, and Ozone Depletion – Part 2: Climate change Part 2
- Group presentation: Topic: Chapter 11 – Part 1 (1 group) 15th Chapter 17 – - Sustainable development Part 1
- Group presentation: Topic: Chapter 11 – Part 2 (1 group) 16th Chapter 17 – -
Environmental Economics, Politics, and Worldviews Part 2 -
Group presentation: Topic: Chapter 13 – Part 1 (1 group) - Group
presentation: Topic: Chapter 13 – Part 2 (1 group) lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860 17th
- Group presentation: Topic: Chapter 15 (3 groups) -
Group presentation: Topic: Chapter 17 (1 group) - Review for final exam. Week 19, 20
Final exam. (Chapters 10,11,13,15,17) 4
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE ❖Learning outcomes: lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860 Knowledge:
CLO1. Recognize the current environmental issues and the roles of
ecosystem and biodiversity.
CLO2. Explain the growth of human population and its impacts to the
ecosystem, biodiversity and the environment.
CLO3. Describe the impacts of food, soil, and pest management,
principles of water resources and water pollution, energy consumption
and its impacts to the environment.
CLO4. Identify the problems related to air pollution, climate disruption,
and ozone depletion as well as environmental economics, politics, and environmental worldviews. 5 lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE ❖Learning outcomes: Skill:
CLO5. Describes the issues related to ecosystem, biodiversity, human
population growth, foot management, water and energy consumption,
environmental pollution, climate change, etc. via in-class presentation. Attitude:
CLO6. Discuss the impacts of human activities to the ecosystem,
biodiversity and the environment. 6 lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860
EXPLANATION ABOUT COURSE PROJECT
❖Rule: WORK IN GROUP (7 members/group) ▪Preparation (no submission is needed): lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860 ✓Format: ppt
✓Content: Name and ID at the beginning, main content in the middle, and credit/references at the end
▪Presentation: 15-20 mins. presentation + 10 mins. for Q&A ❖Evaluation:
▪Group members evaluate each other (member’s contribution)
▪Instructor evaluates the whole group based on performance (presentation, answer the questions)
▪Bonus for excellent presentation
▪Minus for wrong topic, originally copied from the internet ❖Instruction
time: everyday (except class hours and Friday) @ROOM A2-513 7 lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860
EXPLANATION ABOUT COURSE PROJECT
❖Content: FOLLOW THE KEYWORDS
▪Must not cover the theory and those mentioned in the textbook
▪It’s better to be case studies or actual events
▪NO DUPLICATION OF CONTENT AMONG GROUPS (might have same
keyword but different case study)
1. Introduction: group information (name, information, contribution), objective
of the presentation, main content of the presentation
2. Background: information about the case study
3. Detail information: more detail about the case study related to the keyword/title: lesson-learned
(discuss about these parts with the Instructor) 8 lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860 GROUP INFORMATION ❖Write on 1 paper:
- Name, ID, Email of all members (7 students/group)
- Choose group leader (put * next to the name,
provide cellphone number) - Submit
- If you think you will not take this course, please do not join any group!!! 9 lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860
PRESENTATION PLAN - WEDNESDAY Chapter Group Week Keywords Detail title Note 1 group 3 6 Ecosystem 11 4, 5 7 Biodiversity 1 1 group 6 11 Rapid population growth 5 1 group 3 1 group 10 13 Food security 9 1 group 11 14 Water resources 13 1 group 15 Water pollution 2 1 group 13 16 Energy (fossil fuels) 8 1 group Energy (renewables) 7 1 group 15 17 Air pollution 10 1 group 6 1 group Climate change 12 1 group 17 Sustainable development 4 1 group TOTAL 13 groups lOMoAR cPSD| 45903860 10