Special Studies

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The students will be presented with a case study dealing with surface water that is suspected of being polluted. They will be instructed in the composition of various environmental media, the nature of potential pollutants and guided through the selection of the media that need to be analysed to identify the contaminants, sampling locations and the appropriate chemical analyses to address the problem posed. They will then organise the collection of the relevant media (soil, water, etc.) and will be trained in their chemical analyses in the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, School of Biology & Environmental Science. The results generated will be analysed with respect to available thresholds/regulations for the various contaminants and students will write a report on the full investigation process.