Course Catalog 2007-2008

BIO-4906 SEMINAR ON ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 5 cr
Seminar on Environmental Engineering

Courses persons responsible
Tuula Tuhkanen

Lecturers
Simo Isoaho
Saila Kallioinen
Tuula Tuhkanen

Lecturetimes and places
Per II,III: Monday 12 - 14, FC117

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Seminar - 2 h/week 2 h/week - - -
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
The seminar aims at advancing the knowledge in environmental engineering and management, including water engineering and management, and focuses on the understanding of the structure and the content of scientific publications, in writing a literature review and oral presentation skills in English.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The students review special topics related to water, wastewater and waste treatment and management,and environmental risk and effect management.
 		      

Requirements for completing the course
Participation in seminars (at least 80%), accepted written and oral presentation and acting as an opponent for another student.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Prerequisites
    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Additional information about prerequisites
    Sufficient amount of water and waste engineering and management studies. The study course is ment for MSc students.

    Remarks

    Students independent literature search and writing the literature review according to the seminar instructions (see the Insitutes web page).

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling exercise, group or laboratory work
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 20 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 80 %

  • Description of the course implementation from ICT point of view

    • The student will have 2...3 personal meeting with the teacher.

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Seminar reports 125

    Other scaledHours
    8
    Total sum 133

    Additional information related to course
    The student has to agree the seminar topic with the teacher by October 13th, 2007.
    The seminar info will be held September 17th at 3 PM, room FC 117.

    Correspondence of content
    5906020 Seminar on Water and Environmental Engineering

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    Last modified 11.09.2007
    Modified bySaila Kallioinen