| Course title | |||||
| 環境物質化学概論 [Environmental Chemistry] | |||||
| Course category | technology speciality courses,ets. | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | 2～4 | Semester | Fall | |
| Course type | Fall | Course code | 022217 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 岩﨑 雄一 [IWASAKI Yuuichi] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| By learning several case studies and doing calculation exercises, essential ideas and basics about environmental (human health and ecological) risk assessments and their current states are explained and learned. In addition to lectures provided by the instructor, presentations, original thoughts, and debates by students are highly encouraged. |
| Expected Learning |
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1) Acquire how to evaluate various risks in daily life (tips on how to “survive” daily life) 2) Understand the current states of environmental risk assessment and management of chemicals |
| Course schedule |
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1. Introduction 2. Introduction to environmental risk assessment 3. How to do human health risk assessment 4. Exercise for human health risk assessment: exposure assessment 5. Exercise for human health risk assessment: risk calculation 6. Human health risk assessment: other applications 7. Ecological risk assessment: before going into the details 8. Basics and procedures for ecological risk assessment 9. How to determine “no effect”: a statistical analysis for ecological risk assessment 10. How to develop the environmental water quality standard for zinc 11. Zinc regulation and issues 12. Discussion on zinc regulation 13. Case studies for ecological risk management 14. Case studies for ecological risk management 15. Summary |
| Prerequisites |
| Nothing special if you are really interested. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| NA |
| References |
| Please refer to textbooks in Japanese |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Attendance, presentation, report, and final exam. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| I hope that you acquire how to evaluate various risks in daily life, which would be fundamental for your “safe” life. |
| Course keywords |
| Environmental Risk Assessment, Ecological Risk Assessment |
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| Last update |
| 9/18/2018 4:25:03 PM |