Program Overview

Introduction to Environmental Chemistry Program

The Introduction to Environmental Chemistry program is a 3-credit unit of teaching that aims to present the chemical aspects of processes occurring in the environment.

Program Description

The program focuses on the sources, transportation, and distribution of pollutants in the air, water, soil, and their impact on ecosystems. The main topics covered include:

• Presentation and origins of pollutants in the environment
• Air pollution: general presentation of the atmosphere and its constituents, and atmospheric pollution
• Water pollution: major families of pollutants (organic and mineral), impacts on ecosystems, cycles, and transfers of contaminants, nitrogen and carbon cycles
• Soil pollution: soil constituents (mineral, organic, biological), inorganic and organic soil pollution, soil degradation (acidification, salinization, erosion)

Prerequisites

The program has the following obligatory prerequisites:

• Unit of teaching: From the atom to the molecule (L1S1)
• Unit of teaching: Thermochemistry and chemistry of solutions (L1S2)
• Unit of teaching: Advanced chemistry 1 (L2S3) There are no recommended prerequisites listed for this program.

Teaching Volume

The program consists of:

• 22 hours of lectures
• 8 hours of directed work
• Total volume: 30 hours

Pedagogical Responsibilities

The pedagogical responsibilities for this program are held by:

• PRUDENT Pascale

Apogee Codes

The Apogee code for this program is:

• SVT3U20C [ELP]

Utilizing Formations

This teaching is utilized by various formations, although specific details are not provided.