Postgraduate Course: Environmental Geochemistry (PGGE11172)

Course Outline
School	School of Geosciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course consists of 14 one-hour lectures and 6 one-hour tutorial/discussion/presentation sessions. The lectures cover the main characteristics and geochemical processes of soils, a fundamental treatment of acid-base equilibria in aquatic systems, and an inregrated approach to redox and complexation equilibria in soil waters. The other sessions are devoted to worked examples, including computer lab spreadsheet construction for problem-solving as well as student presentations and discussion of case studies and research literature.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 50
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 76 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Written assignment of 2000 words (75% of total assessment) Oral presentation (25% of total assessment)
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Learning Outcomes
- Familiarity with the composition of soils and the main geochemical processes leading to soil formation. - Understanding of the chemical equilibrium approach to determine speciationin aquatic systems. - Ability to interpret pre-pH predominance and speciation diagrams.