KH1240 Industrial Ecology and Chemical Hazards

The overall objective in this course is to give basic knowledge in chemical hazards, and fundamental knowledge and understanding in different strategies and measures of sustainable development, both national and international, and with a systems analysis method find the reasons behind different environmental problems.

After concluding this course the student should be able to:

• describe and explain basic chemical hazards
• describe important global and national environmental threats
• describe the three dimensions related to the concepts of “sustainable development”; give a historical overview and describe the global and international strategies and goals.
• Describe means of control and tools used in industry and society to decrease the environmental impact from an activity or a product
• In a given subject search for scientific literature from the Internet and in libraries, and with a system analysis method, in a written report, analyse environmental problems and suggest solutions.
• Oppose to a report and respond opinions on your own report