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Course code: BCS10422o16
Semester: 2016/2017 winter
Name: Ecology and Environmental Protection
Major: (Biologia człowieka)
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr Elżbieta Kowalska, dr hab. Wojciech Dobicki prof. ndzw., dr Magdalena Senze
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Knowledge Student: W1 - knows the basic concepts and techniques of ecological research[BC1_W15]; W2 - understands the rules regulating the functioning of ecological systems at different nature organization[BC1_W15]; W3 – is able to link environmental factors with their influence on the structure and functioning of organisms in the forming of ecological systems[BC1_W14, BC1_W15]. Skills Student: U1 - analyses basic ecological definitions, structures and functioning of biological systems at the population, biocoenosis, ecosystem, landscape and biosphere level [BC1_U11]; U2 - determines the relations between organisms and their environment [BC1_U11]; U3 - interprets the ecological structure of selected animal populations [BC1_U11, BC1_U12].

Competences: Personal and socal competencies (attitudes) Student: K1 - is aware the role of man in the process of environment development [BC1_K06]; K2- apply ecology laws in protecting the environment and nature [BC1_K04, BC1_K05]; K3 - feels responsibility for the given equipment [BC1_K08].

Prerequisites: none

Course content: The scope and methods of research in ecology. Population, biocoenosis, ecosystem, landscape - the structure and functioning. Succession. Biodiversity and the Biocenotic balance. Climates, soils and biomes of the Earth. Circulation of the mattery and energy flow. Structure and productivity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.Sustainable development.

Recommended literature: 1. Banaszak J., Wiśniewski H.: Podstawy ekologii, Wyd. Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2005; 2. Krebs Ch.: Ekologia. Eksperymentalna analiza rozmieszczenia i liczebności, PWN, Warszawa 2011; 3. Weiner J.: Życie i ewolucja biosfery, PWN, Warszawa 2012; 4. Kubiak J.: Analityczne podstawy hydrochemii, Wyd. Akademii Rolniczej w Szczecinie, 1999; 5. Krzywy-Gawrońska E.: Analiza chemiczna gleb, nawozów i roślin, Wyd. Akademii Rolniczej w Szczecinie, 2007; 6. Zieliński S.: Skażenia chemiczne w środowisku. Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej, 2000.

Assessment methods: based on the positive assessment of the classes. Classes assesment: test (including the lectures’ and classes’ content), ongoing evaluation (based on additional tests and / or oral statements), learning progress and the activity. The presence at classes is compulsory, the student may have only one unjustified absence. Assessment based on the average of all the notes.

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