FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

SUBJECT CARD

Name in Polish :	Środowiskowe zagrożenia zdrowia
Name in English :	Environmental health hazards
Main field of study (if applicable):	Environmental Engineering
Specialization (if applicable) :	Environmental Quality Management
Level :	II
Form:	full-time
Kind of subject :	obligatory
Subject code :	ISS105032

   

	Lecture	Classes	Laboratory	Project	Seminar
Number of hours of organized classes in University (ZZU)	30
Number of hours of total student workload (CNPS)	60
Form of crediting	Crediting with grade
Group of courses
Number of ECTS points	2
including number of ECTS points for practical(P) classes
including number of ECTS points for direct teacher–student contact (BK) classes	1	NAN	NAN	NAN	NAN

 

PREREQUISITES RELATING TO KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND OTHER COMPETENCES
1	Basic knowledge in general chemistry
2	Understanding of biology and physiology of human body

 

SUBJECT OBJECTIVES
C1	Understanding of influence of chemical, physical and biological environmental factors on human body
C2	Extended knowledge of changes on cellular level and basic physiological functions of the human body caused by environmental factors
C3	Forecast of results and understanding the limited exposure of human body to hazardous environmental factors

 

SUBJECT EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS
relating to knowledge:
PEK W01	He is knowledgeable about the sources of environmental contaminations and their intact to the human body
PEK W02	He knows and understands the changes in the human body caused by environmental factors, both natural and anthropogenic
PEK W03	He is aware to health hazards and the need to reduce risk exposure to environmental factors
relating to skills:
relating to social competences:

 

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PROGRAMME CONTENT
Form of classes - lecture		Number of hours
Wy1	Human health- priority against the risk of environmental hazards	2
Wy2	Metabolic balance on cellular and body level	2
Wy3	Types of pollutants and hazard-carried media	2
Wy4	Additives and contaminants of food. Food and water-borne disease	2
Wy5	Pesticides – fate in environment and health effects	2
Wy6	Environmental danger to immune system	2
Wy7	Endocrine disruptors and theirs influence on reproduction	2
Wy8	Environmental determination of cancer	2
Wy9	Heavy metals in environment and health	2
Wy10	Impacts of housing construction upon human health	2
Wy11	Objects and facilities emitting the microbial contaminations	2
Wy12	Ionizing and electromagnetic radiation health effects	2
Wy13	Impacts of air pollution upon human health	2
Wy14	Reducing risk – environmental engineering perspective	2
Wy15	Importancy of children health protection. Credit	2
Suma godzin		30

 

TEACHING TOOLS USED
N1	Lecture
N2	Multimedial presentation

 

EVALUATION OF SUBJECT EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS ACHIEVEMENT

	Evaluation (F - forming during semester), P - concluding (at semester end)	Educational effect number	Way of evaluating educational effect achievement
1	P	PEK_W01, PEK_W02, PEK_W03	Writing credit

 

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LITERATURE

Primary literature:
Primary literature:	Morton Lippmann (Ed.). Environmental toxicants: Human exposures and their health effects. 2009 John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey 2009
Primary literature:	Robert H. Friis. Essentials of Environmental Health Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2012
Secondary literature:
Secondary literature:	[Additional reading (scientific papers) recommended by lecturer

 

Subject supervisor

Name and surname:	Teodora Traczewska
E-mail:	teodora.traczewska@pwr.wroc.pl

 

Matrix of correlation between educational effects

Nr	Subject educational effect	Correlation between subject educational effect and educational effects defined for main field of study and specialization (if applicable)**	Subject objectives***	Programme content***	Teaching tool number***
1	PEK_W01	K2IS_W09, S2EQM_W05	C1, C2, C3	Lec1- Lec15	N1, N2
2	PEK_W02	K2IS_W09, S2EQM_W05	C1, C2, C3	Lec1- Lec15	N1, N2
3	PEK_W03	K2IS_W09, S2EQM_W05	C1, C2, C3	Lec1- Lec15	N1, N2