Course Objectives

The complexity of environmental processes requires an interdisciplinary approach and a central objective of this course is to embrace and integrate fundamental aspects of science and engineering. There are a number of specific objectives to be achieved in this course:

1. To become acquainted with various techniques of modern analysis for inorganic and organic components in aqueous, sediment and soil samples
2. To acquire a basic understanding of the principle of an analytical instrument and method
3. To review thoroughly common analytical problems associated with environmental monitoring giving students the ability to make modest changes in an analytical protocol, thereby yielding substantial improvement in precision and accuracy
4. To learn how to interpret results cricially and draw valid conclusions
5. To consider results so to pose research questions and design future approaches to the study of remediation or resource management.
6. To learn how to present the findings of experiments in oral and written reports.

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