CHEM3500 - Environmental Chemistry

This course provides students with an introduction to the chemical basis of environmental issues and the environmental consequesnces of modern technology with as emphasis on water, air, and soil pollution and chemistry. Areas covered are atmospheric pollution, cycling of chemicals in the environment and their status within the ecosystem, pollution and toxicology of trace and heavy metal and pesticides, ozone depletion, forest management, the greenhouse effect and the effect of man-made input, and environmental analyitcal techniques. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: CHEM1210-15 or permission of the department head
3 Credits