- Department: Environment and Geography
- Module co-ordinator: Prof. Alistair Boxall
- Credit value: 10 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
- See module specification for other years: 2021-22
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2022-23 |
This aim of the module is to introduce students to the pressures placed on ecosystem and human health by chemical contaminants and the environmental, chemical and biological factors driving these pressures.
Subject content
Academic and graduate skills
Other learning outcomes (if applicable)
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Lab report 1 |
N/A | 50 |
Essay/coursework Lab report 2 |
N/A | 50 |
None
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) Ecotoxicology Reassessment Open Exam |
8 hours | 100 |
Feedback on the summative report will be delivered individually and on a class basis (standard 4 week turnaround)
Exam marks will be provided within 4 weeks of the examination date.
Baird, C and Cann, M (2005). Environmental Chemistry 3rd edition. WH Freeman.
Harrison RM (2001). Pollution: causes, effects and control, 4th edition, RSC, Cambridge
Hemond HF, Fechner-Levy EJ (2000). Chemical fate and transport in the environment. 2nd edition. Academic Press.
Williams I (2001). Environmental Chemistry: a Modular Approach. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an introductory text suitable for those who have not studied Chemistry to A-level or equivalent; it introduces basic principles but doesnt cover the contaminants topic in detail.
Wright and Wellbourne. Environmental Toxicology.
Connell, Lam, Richardson and Wu. Ecotoxicology
Timbrell. Introduction to Toxicology