Overview
Lecturer
Ildiko Camelia Tulbure
Seminar tutor
Ildiko Camelia Tulbure
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Environmental Engineering
Field of study
Environmental Engineering
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Lecture
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Giving lectures, presenting real case studies, explaining industrial processes based on fluids, conversation, exemplification, applying hands-on methods.
Entry requirements
Physics, Mathematics
Aims
• Delivering theoretical and methodological basic notions related to ecology and environmental protection;
• Students customization to the specific terminology and expressions related to ecology and environmental protection;
- Presenting basics regarding population dynamics, interconnections with environmental systems, as well as environmental systems modelling methods.
Course contents
1. Introduction, aims and objectives of this lecture;
2. World Problematique and Sustainable Development;
3. General notions regarding Ecology;
4. Basics about ecosystems;
5. Fundamentals regarding population ecology;
6. Population Dynamics;
7. Fundamentals regarding modelling environmental systems;
8. Man and environment. Society, economy, and ecology;
9. Energetic resources and their usage environmental impacts;
10. Basic notions regarding environmental pollution and protection;
11. Environmental monitoring and assessment. Environmental indicators.
12. Concluding remarks, relevance for the field of environmental engineering.
Learning outcomes
- Understanding and knowing diverse notions, concepts, and methods related to ecology and environmental protection;
- Delivering theoretical and methodological basic aspects with regard to ecology and environmental protection;
- Students familiarization with ecology specific terminology, with general notions related to ecology;
- Knowing basics regarding population dynamics;
- Knowing fundamental concepts related to environmental impact assessment;
- Understanding ecology relevance for environmental impact assessment and environmental engineering.
Assessment
Oral examination – 50%; continuous assessment by preparing reports and delivering results of practical work in the laboratory – 25%; implication in solving problems during seminars – 25 %
Recommended reading
Ecology and environmental protection - lecture notes
Tulbure, I.
University 1 Decembrie 1918, Alba Iulia, 2021 · 115
Zustandsbeschreibung und Dynamik umweltrelevanter Systeme
Tulbure, I.
Papierflieger, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, 1997 · 170
Herausforderung Zukunft
Jischa, M., F.
Spektrum, Heielberg, Germania, 2005 · 280