Biological pollutants in indoor air and health impacts (5 cr)
Code: YT00AF62-3003
General information
- Enrollment
- 16.12.2019 - 10.01.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 13.01.2020 - 30.04.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Department of Forestry and Environmental Technology
- Campus
- Mikkeli Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Environmental Technology
Objective
You can describe biological pollutants in indoor air and their sources and health impacts.
You know the meaning of microbes as part of indoor air quality considering the use of buildings and their structures.
You know the meaning of different species of microbes when assessing indoor air quality.
You can choose appropriate sampling and analysis methods according to the purpose and justify these choices. You can also interpret the analysis results and assess their reliability.
Content
What are the main microbiological indoor environmental factors?
How do microbes end up in indoor air?
What are the health effects of microbes?
What are the commonly used sampling and analysis methods for microbes in buildings?
What factors should be taken into account when interpreting the results?
When is the presence of microbes in structures a damage and when a natural situation?
Evaluation
Students can
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
c. work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
Study forms and methods
Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Osallistuminen teoriatunneille (ei pakollista) ja laboratorioharjoituksiin (pakollinen)
Opintoja nopeuttava oppimisväylä:
Opintojakso on mahdollista suorittaa työhön integroituna esimerkiksi sisäilmastotutkimusyrityksessä
Työhön integroitu oppimisväylä:
Nopeuttaminen ei ole mahdollista
Student workload
135 h
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
Basics of residential health, Microbiology