Undergraduate Catalog

CHEM 461 Environmental Chemistry

This course lays the foundations for environmental chemistry sciences and provides a breadth of understanding of fundamental concepts and technical definitions associated with the field. It introduces the physical, chemical and biotic aspects of the natural environment, and particularly underpins the processes occurring within and among the lithosphere (soil), the hydrosphere (water), and the atmosphere (air). The course also surveys the main sources of air pollution that cause ozone depletion and consequential global warming due to photochemical smog process and greenhouse effect. Global climate change is further overviewed from the perspective of worldwide energy consumption from non-sustainable fossil fuels, trends in carbon dioxide emissions and alternative "green" approaches involving renewable technologies.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

CHEM 251, CHEM 241

Offered

Fall