UMH - WATER QUALITY AND SAFETY

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WATER QUALITY AND SAFETY

Course

Code: 1603

Degree: Bachelor's in Environmental Science

Faculty of Experimental Sciences

Year: Year 4 of Bachelor's in Environmental Science

Semester: Spring

Type: Elective

Language: Spanish

ECTS credits: 6

Lecture: 3

Laboratory: 3

Hours: 150

Directed: 60

Shared: 45

Autonomous: 45

Department: Applied Biology

Area: TOXICOLOGY

Course instructors are responsible for the course content descriptions in English.

Description

Quality parameters of drinking, recreational, and other waters.

Faculty

Name	Coordinator	Lecture	Laboratory
ESTEVEZ DOMENECH, JORGE	■	■	■
VILANOVA GISBERT, EUGENIO		■	■
SOGORB SÁNCHEZ, MIGUEL ANGEL		■	■

Competencies and learning outcomes

Objectives (Learning outcomes)

01Students will be capable of both assessing water safety problems involving water for human consumption
02Writing a technical report
03Students will become competent enough to use existing water safety information and legislation about the scientific criteria on which regulations are based
04Students will become competent enough to use existing water safety information and legislation about the causes of polluted waters
05Students will become competent enough to use existing water safety information and legislation about the effects that pollutants have on the natural environment .
06Students will become competent enough to use existing water safety information and legislation about the effects that pollutants have on health
07Students will become competent enough to use existing water safety information and legislation about the analyses methods and control strategies
08Students will become competent enough to use existing water safety information and legislation about the causes of recommendations not being fulfilled
09Students will become competent enough to use existing water safety information and legislation about possible exemptions.

Teaching units

Association between objectives and units

Objective/Unit	U1	U2	U3	U4
01
02
03
04
05
06
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08
09

Schedule

Week	Teaching units	Directed hours	Shared hours	Autonomous hours	Total hours
1		2	1	1.5	4.5
2		2	1	2.5	5.5
3		2	1	2.5	5.5
4	U1	2	1	4.5	7.5
5	U1	7	1	3	11
6	U1	2	1	2.5	5.5
7	U1	4	0	4	8
8	U2	2	0	2.5	4.5
9	U2	2	0	2.5	4.5
10	U2	22	0	9	31
11	U2	4	0	1.5	5.5
12	U3	2	11	1.5	14.5
13	U3	2	11	2.5	15.5
14	U3	2	11	2.5	15.5
15	U3	3	6	2.5	11.5

Basic bibliography

Complementary bibliography

Methodology and grading

Methodology

Case studies: Learning through the analysis of actual or simulated cases in order to interpret and resolve them by employing various alternative solution procedures.
Lecture: Pass on knowledge and activate cognitive processes in students, encouraging their participation.
Project-based learning: Realization of a project to solve a problem, applying acquired learning and promoting abilities related to planning, design, performing activities, and reaching conclusions.
Solving exercises and problems: Exercise, test, and apply previous knowledge through routine repetition.

Grading

Students are invited to overcome the course by an activity that will consist in undertaking a project report. Some of the theoretical classes will include teacher presentations, but students will participate by presenting information on the progress made in the project or theme they have been assigned, and everyone in the classroom will participate in the discussion. At the end, students will hand in a copy of the information obtained and a well summarised report on the assigned theme, and will give a talk about it in class. This procedure will be used to complete the course subject without having to perform a classic exam. Those students who wish to opt for the project report preparation system (recommended) will not be required to do a written final exam. Their capacity to carry out this project will be specially assessed; it will help them to know how to prepare reports on technical themes and will defend them in their future professional lives.

Theoretical note= [5x(DRAFT AND FINAL REPORTS) + 3x(PRESENTATIONS) + 2x(ATTENDANCE or GENERAL THEME)]/10

The general theme will not be required if class attendance exceeds 60%. If students cannot attend classes on a regular basis, they will make up for this by undertaking a non-attendance activity that consists in general type work to be assigned by the teacher. It is particularly useful for students granted with ERASMUS stays, or similar, or for those undertaking work placements (valid for calls in June, September and December).

FINAL MARK = [7x(theoretical) + 3x(practices)]/10.

If students do not opt for this system, the Theory mark will consist in sitting a final written exam. This exam will consist in 3 questions that the student will answer about the course subject matter, including the classes presented by the teacher and the assignments presented by students. The teacher may orally ask students questions about what they have written. The assessment of practice entails laboratory attendance, student attitudes in the laboratory and the report of the results. Alternative activities may be assigned to students who find it difficult to attend the practical sessions given the timetable.

The marks obtained in the Theory or Practice are maintained for the next course.

Staff: WATER QUALITY AND SAFETY

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