| NAME OF THE COURSE |
Chemistry of Sea |
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Course teacher |
Prof Marija Bralić |
Credits (ECTS) |
6.5 |
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Associate teachers |
Asst Prof Maša Buljac |
Type of instruction (number of hours) |
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Status of the course |
Mandatory |
Percentage of application of e-learning |
0 % |
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| COURSE DESCRIPTION |
Course objectives |
Gaining knowledge of the sea; chemical and physical composition and properties of the sea. |
Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course |
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Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes) |
After course students will be able to :
1. fundamental properties of seawater
2. basic physical properties of the sea
3. chemical composition of seawater
4. marine pollution, sources and types of pollution
5. interactive impact of pollutants on the marine environment
6. chemicals in the sea and the manner of their removal |
Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus) |
Lecture 1: Introduction to marine chemistry. The fundamental properties of sea water, the origin of water and salt.
Lecture 2: The composition of the oceans and marine sediment
Seminar 1 (2 hours): The numerical assignments from the properties and composition of seawater.
Lecture 3: The basic physical properties of the sea.
Lecture 4: Chemical composition of seawater. Salinity and density
Seminar 2 (2 hours): Salinity and density
Lecture 5: The chemical species in the sea (major constituents and micro-constituents).
Lecture 6: Gases in the sea .
Seminar 3 (2 hours): Analysis of the gases in the sea
Lecture 7: Dissolved organic matter in the sea.
Lecture 8: Marine pollution, sources and types
Seminar 4 (2 hours ): The numerical assignments from dissolved substances in the sea
Lecture 9:. Metals in the sea
Lecture 10: Degradable and durable organic compounds.
Seminar 5 (2 hours): Numerical problems in organic matter in the sea
Lecture 11: Urban waste. Petroleum and petroleum products. Water from the cooling system. Radioactive waste.
Lecture 12: Pesticides. The impact of pollutants on the marine environment
Seminar 6 (2 hours): Pollutants in the sea
Lecture 13: Plant protection (cleaning) must
Lecture 14: Preventing contamination / pollution from vessels.
Lecture 15: Legal regulations on marine environmental protection.
Seminar 7 (3 hours): Legal regulations on marine environmental protection
Lab course: Determination of salinity and chlorinity of seawater. Determination of the pH and alkalinity.Determination of oxygen. Determination of nutrients. Determination of metals in marine sediments. Determination of organic matter in marine sediments. Determination of carbonate in marine sediments. |
Format of instruction: |
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Student responsibilities |
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Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course): |
Class attendance |
0.5 |
Research |
0.0 |
Practical training |
0.0 |
Experimental work |
2.0 |
Report |
0.0 |
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0.5 |
Essay |
0.0 |
Seminar essay |
0.5 |
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Tests |
1.0 |
Oral exam |
1.0 |
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Written exam |
1.0 |
Project |
0.0 |
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Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam |
During the semester, the two partial test to check if the knowledge of students from courses included material. During the semester students will be selected from the lecture topic to make a seminar that will affect the final grade. After completion of the semester, students take a written exam courses included material from the seminar. If the student meets at one of the partial tests during the semester, material from passing the test does not need to take the written exam. After passing the written part of the exam, the oral exam. Prior to joining the laboratory exercises, students’ knowledge of material from the respective exercise will be verified by tests. All exercises must be passed all preliminary exams and completed. The student has the right to exercise fail one exercise, but you will catch up at the end of the semester. For all aspects of teaching evaluation will be conducted according to the following criteria: <55% inadequate; 55% -65% is sufficient; 66% -75% good; 76% -85% very good;> 86% excellent. The final grade will be the arithmetic average of ratings from exercises, written assessment and oral examination. |
Required literature (available in the library and via other media) |
Title |
Number of copies in the library |
Availability via other media |
M. Buljan, M. Zore-Armanda: Osnovi oceanografije i pomorske meteorologije, Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo-Split, Split, 1971. |
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U Zavodu 1 primjerak |
R.B. Clark: Marine Polution, Clarenddon Press, Oxford, 1986. |
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U Zavodu 1 primjerak |
B.A. Duxbury, A.C. Duxbury, Fundamental of oceanography, WCB, Melbourn, Oxford, 1993. |
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U Zavodu 1 primjerak |
Z. Bičanić: Zaštita mora i morskog okoliša; Z. Bičanić-vlastita naklada, Split, 2004 |
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U Zavodu 1 primjerak |
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Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal) |
E Prohić: Geokemija, Targa, Zagreb, 1998.
Stumm, J.J. Morgan, Aquatic Chemistry: Chemical Equilibria and Rates in
Natural Waters, John Wiley&Sons, New York, 1995.
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Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences |
Methods Quality assurance will be performed at three levels: (1) University; (2) Faculty Level by Quality Control Committee of teaching; (3) Level. |
Other (as the proposer wishes to add) |
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