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Course code: NTSS10170o12
Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Ecology and Environment
Major: Food Technology and Nutrition
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 7
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 12 / 12 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Lesław Szymański
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: After completing the course student will explain the relationships between ecology and environment protection, sources of environment contamination as well as will describe their influence on human, animals, plants health and food safety. Student will also mention the threats connected with inappropriate waste management and advantages of pure technologies. Skills: After completing the course student will know how to find, evaluate, elaborate and present the materials concerning the sources of environment contamination and their influence on the human’s health, environment condition and food safety. Student will evaluate the influence of mismanagement of food industry wastes on the environment.

Competences: Social skills (attitudes): Student understands the necessity of ecology and environment protection essentials and is aware of huge human responsibility for environment protection. He is eager to care for its future and is aware that it depends on the posterity’s future.

Prerequisites: chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, major technologies, waste-water disposal

Course content: Bases of ecology and environmental protection. Human’s environment. Natural resources. Atmosphere protection including: atmosphere dangers, dust and gaseous pollution and ways of its rendering. Water protection. Influence of water contamination on the food quality. Sources of soil pollution. Influence of soil contamination on the food quality and human’s health. Methods of soil protection, reclamation. Wastes disposal. Environment hazard connecting with wastes storages. Sources of radioactive contaminations and their influence on human’s health. Methods of prevention the radioactive food contamination.

Recommended literature: 1. Nawirska A. Ekologia z elementami ochrony środowiska, Wyd. WSH Wrocław 2006. 2. Głowniak B i in. Podstawy ochrony środowiska, PWN 1991. 3. Kluczek J., P., Wybrane zagadnienia z ochrony środowiska Wyd. ATR Bydgoszcz 1999. 4 Praca zbiorowa pod red. Bieszczada S., Zagrożenia, ochrona i kształtowanie środowiska przyrodniczo-rolniczego., Wyd. AR Wrocław 1999.

Assessment methods: laboratories, project, written or oral exam

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