KJM9700 – Environmental Chemistry
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The course provides an integrated description of the chemical processes and equilibrium systems that determine mobility, transport, turnover, and effects of chemical contaminants in air, soil, and water. It also provides an introduction to natural chemical processes in the environment.?
Learning outcome
The course will provide students with basic knowledge necessary to understand and predict effect of chemical contaminants in the environment. After completing the course, you will learn about:
- pollutants in water and soil
- chemical equilibriums in air, soil and water
- dissolved natural organic matter
- the basics of atmospheric chemistry (tropospheric chemistry, stratospheric chemistry)
- outdoor and indoor air pollution
- the greenhouse effect and global climate change
- the basics of aerosol chemistry and physics
- the sources, transport and fate of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment
KJM9700 differs from KJM5700 in that you will learn how to apply this theoretical knowledge to the research topic of your Ph.D. thesis. You will also need to give a presentation to the?Environmental Science Section.
Admission to the course
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.
Recommended previous knowledge
KJM3070 – Biogeochemistry (continued)
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with KJM5700 – Environmental Chemistry.
Teaching
The teaching includes 30 hours of lectures.
This course includes?one mandatory project assignment, which must be approved before you can take the final exam.?
Examination
- Final oral exam which?counts 100 % towards the final grade.
This course includes one mandatory project assignment, which must be approved before you can take the final exam.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: KJM5700 – Environmental Chemistry
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a?postponed exam?at the beginning of the next semester.
New examinations?are offered at the beginning of the next semester for students who do not successfully complete the exam during the previous semester.
We do not offer a re-scheduled exam for students who withdraw during the exam.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.