Course code:
1524S		 Course name:
Natural Resources

Academic year:

2012/2013.

Attendance requirements:

There are no requirements.

ECTS:

10

Study level:

basic academic studies

Study program:

Environmental Chemistry: 4. year, summer semester, elective (1IP4S) course

Teacher:

Ilija D. Brčeski, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistant:

Sanja M. Sakan, Ph.D.
junior research assistant, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Njegoševa 12, Beograd

Hours of instruction:

Weekly: three hours of lectures + five hours of labwork (3+0+5)

Goals:

Through the subject of Natural Resources student should master the terms of natural resources. Namely, the natural resources are the basis for the survival of man and the ignorance of the ways of access to natural resources and their over-exploitation will certainly lead to endangering the survival of human kind. Students should understand the basics of rational approach to natural resources and concepts of sustainable development. Also, the aim of this course is introduction to the international conventions in this field, whose observance should enable the maintenance of balance and exhaust resources only by a few generations. In this course students will:

  • learn the basic concepts of natural resources;
  • master the concept of sustainable development in relation to resources;
  • learn the approach of the modern world so that natural resources are saved;
  • become aware of the international conventions on conservation of natural resources;
  • master the methods for determining the best ways of using resources.

Outcome:

Consideration of the importance of natural resources. Renewability of natural resources, As well as comparing the ways of consumption and ways of renewal. Hazards of excessive consumption and the development in a sense of saving natural resources.

Teaching methods:

Lectures,experimental and theoretical exercises.

Extracurricular activities:

Visits to important natural sites.

Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

Work in progress

Supplementary coursebooks:

Subsidiary legislation, regulations on protected sites

Additional material:

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  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

10 points (3 hours a week)

Labwork:

20 points (5 hours a week)

Written exam:

35 points

Oral exam:

35 points