Soil contamination and remedationLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You get familiar with current interdisciplinary topics on soil contamination and remediation. You get familiar with the most topical environmental contaminants (types), where they come from (sources), how they contaminate soils (pathways), what impacts they have on the environment (impacts), how soils interact with them (fate), and finally how to remediate contaminated soils (cleanup). You get familiar with the basic soils types and basics of geotechnique.

Content

You get familiar with current interdisciplinary topics on soil contamination and remediation. You get familiar with the most topical environmental contaminants (types), where they come from (sources), how they contaminate soils (pathways), what impacts they have on the environment (impacts), how soils interact with them (fate), and finally how to remediate contaminated soils (cleanup). You get familiar with the basic soils types and basics of geotechnique.

Qualifications

Basic engineering chemistry, Environmental chemistry, Microbiology and biochemistry

Assessment criteria, good (3)

a.use professional vocabulary systematically. b.look for information in the key information sources of the field. c.identify interrelated tasks. e.use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.