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 Academic Year: | 2016/7 |
| Owning Department/School: | Programmes in Natural Sciences |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 70%, SM 30% |
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| Description:
| Aims: To enable advanced study of the impact of human populations on the global environment, focusing specially on water resources. Learning Outcomes: After taking this unit students should be able to demonstrate that they: * Have knowledge of a range of scientific and technical problems concerning the current state of the global environment, water resources in particular, and the evidential basis for such knowledge; * Understand historic and current impacts on the global environment of human population growth and technological advance in the context of water resources; * Appreciate the importance of detailed accounting of environmental indices in appraising the global situation; * Can evaluate existing technologies and new technological advancements in the context of both water quality and available resources. Skills: Written communication (T/F/A), Oral presentation (T/F/A), Numeracy and computation (T/F/A), Data acquisition, handling and analysis (T/F/A), Information technology (T/F/A), Information handling and retrieval (T/F/A), Group working (T/F), Working independently (T/F). Content: Water as a limited resource in the context of globalisation and population growth will be discussed. The unit will focus on water quality and its resource management. It will explore current water management technologies and focus on innovative approaches. The importance of water research in combating disease and increasing population health will be also discussed. This unit is interdisciplinary in nature and integrates a broad set of chemical-, engineering-, (bio)analytical- and epidemiological-based skills and knowledge. |
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XX30213 is Optional on the following programmes:Programmes in Natural Sciences
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