HOME Syllabus contents: Course Description Grading Policy Required Readings Other Items	CLASS CEE 350 Spring Quarter Environmental Engineering: Water and Air Instructor: Gregory Korshin Office:      More Hall 305  Office Hours: TTh 1.30-2.30 PM e-mail: korshin@u.washington.edu Phones: 206 543 2394
	Syllabus
	Course Description General description   The class will discuss major aspects of environmental engineering related to water (surface and ground) and air quality: (1) Description of water and air resources (2) Parameters that characterize their quality (3) Their change caused by anthropogenic effects (4) Mass and energy balances in environmental systems. (5) Fundamentals of equilibrium and kinetic approaches (6) Global environmental change. (7) Basics of aquatic chemistry and microbiology applied to municipal water and wastewater treatment operations. (8) Selected case studies   Class will meet three times a week. There will be regular lectures, video demonstrations and invited presentations. Main topics of the class are listed below: •         Unit 1. Mass and energy transfer. •         Unit 2. Transient and steady-state processes. •         Unit 3. Models of growth and sustainability. •         Unit 3. Risk perception and assessment. •         Unit 4. Environmental chemistry: air, water, soils •         Unit 5. Pollution of water bodies: species and processes. •         Unit 6. Water quality control. •         Unit 7. Air pollution •         Unit 8. Environmental and global change •         Unit 9. Examples of case studies •         Aral Sea catastrophe •         Global nuclear contamination   Prerequisites Recommended: Basic quantitative skills   Texts G.M.Masters. Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science. Prentice Hall, 1998. •         Lecture notes •         Other supporting information <-- RETURN TO TOP Assignments, Quizzes and Exams   Home assignments will be given once a week (Fridays). They need to be turned in the next Wednesday. Grades for assignments turned in late will be lowered as shown below:   Late two days             penalty –0.5 point Late a week                penalty –1.0 point Late > 1 week             not accepted     The midterm and final exams will cover all relevant material. Unannounced quizzes may be offered to cover the material of two or three preceding lectures.    Grading   Pop-up quizzes                   5% Homework                         40% Midterm exam                   20% Final exam                         35%   <-- RETURN TO TOP Other Items Academic Dishonesty All current regulation accepted at University of Washington will be enforced. Cheating and plagiarism will result in penalties such as failure and a note attached to your academic records (may be carried with the file to future references including professional and graduate, employers). Disabled students If you would like to request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Disabled Student Services, 448 Schmitz, (206) 543-8924 (V/TTY). If you have a letter from Disabled Student Services indicating you have a disability that requires academic accommodations, please present the letter to me so we can discuss the accommodations you might need for the class. Other notes No food or drink in the class. No newspapers, magazines or other irrelevant literature either.
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