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Air pollution (5 cr)

Code: YT00AF77-3001

General information


Enrollment

16.12.2019 - 10.01.2020

Timing

07.01.2020 - 30.04.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Environmental Technology

Teachers

  • Juho Rajala

Teacher in charge

Juho Rajala

Groups

  • EEMI18SP
  • YTMI18KP

Objective

You know the origins of air pollution and their effects on air quality.
You know the air impurities caused by human actions, for example, logistics and industrial production.
You can calculate the migration of pollutants in the atmosphere and know how substances are transformed.
You know how air quality and air pollution emissions are analysed.
You are familiar with the environmental effects of air pollution.

Content

What pollution sources exist and how do they affect air quality?
How are the origination and migration of air pollutants measured and evaluated?
What type of environmental effects do air pollutants have?
What processes are used globally to minimize air pollution?

Evaluation scale

1-5