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(5 cr)

Code: YT00DI38-3003

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2019 - 30.08.2019

Timing

01.08.2019 - 22.12.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Environmental Technology

Teachers

  • Marjatta Lehesvaara
  • Arto Sormunen

Teacher in charge

Arto Sormunen

Groups

  • YTMI19SM
    Environmental Technology, part-time studies

Objective

You can identify different environmental sampling targets and sites and know the importance of environmental sampling as part of high quality research. You know the main variety of sampling methods and are able to mention and classify a variety of sample types. You know how to identify the special features of the Finnish environment to be taken into account in the sampling design and implementation. You are able to make a sampling plan and to identify the key sources of error. You know how to take simple environmental samples and interpret the results.

Content

What is a sample and how is it handled and preserved?
Why is sampling needed?
What kinds of different types of sampling targets are there?
What is a sampling plan?
How can sampling results be used?