Τμήμα Ωκεανογραφίας και Θαλασσίων Βιοεπιστημών

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Coastal and Marine Pollution
School:
Of the Environment
Academic Unit:
Department of Marine Sciences
Level of studies:
Postgraduate
Course Code:
Semester:
Α
Course Title:
Coastal and Marine Pollution
Independent Teaching Activities
Weekly Teaching Hours
4
Credits
6
Course Type:
special background
Prerequisite Courses:
There are no official prerequisites for the attendance of the course. The process of graduate student selection should ensure that they are equipped with the ability to successfully attend the course.
Language of Instruction and Examinations:
Greek
Is the course offered to Erasmus students:
Yes. In their case the language of instruction and examination is English, and the course is adapted depending on each student.
  • (2) Learning Outcomes
  • Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course students should be able to:

  • Know and understand the basic concepts and principles associated with the biogeochemical processes occurring in the ocean.
  • Be familiar with the basic sources and sinks of chemicals, their distributions and their variability in the oceanic system
  • Based on the acquired knowledge to be able to trace and evaluate possible disturbances of the biogeochemical cycles caused by human activities
  • Demonstrate fluency to read, analyse and synthesise marine pollution literature
    Know the basic techniques and practices for the monitoring of pollution in the coastal marine environment
  • Apply methodologies and techniques to assess/evaluate marine and coastal pollution
    Know the various policies, laws and regulations on National and European level relevant to the protection and/or conservation of “good environmental status” of marine waters
  • Interact with others in interdisciplinary scientific issues related to the integrated coastal zone management by combining all aforementioned knowledge
  • General Competences
  • Apply theory in practice
  • Search, analyze and synthesize data and information, using the necessary tools
  • Independent work
  • Team work
  • Capacity to work in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams
  • Respect for the natural environment
  • Critical and self-critical capacity
  • Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
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  • (3) Syllabus

The course provides to students an overview of various topics relevant to the pollution of the marine and coastal environment by different polluting agents. Firstly, the main natural sources of materials into the ocean, their pathways and chemical composition as well as the processes that interact and shape their distributions and variability in the ocean reservoir, are presented. Based on this knowledge the postgraduate students will be able to trace and evaluate possible disturbances of the biogeochemical cycles caused by human activities in the coastal zone. Aim of the course is to inform the students about the methodologies and techniques used for the assessment/evaluation of marine pollution, and in general to be well informed on the major environmental issues that threaten marine and coastal areas. In parallel the course will provide to students knowledge of the various policies, laws and regulations on National and European level (e.g. Water Framework and Marine Strategy Directives) developed for the protection and/or conservation of the “good environmental status” of the marine environment. The course includes laboratory exercises for the determination of key chemical and biological parameters in seawater samples that are necessary for the monitoring of marine and coastal pollution.

  • (4) Διδακτικές και Μαθησιακές Μέθοδοι - Αξιολόγηση
  • Delivery:

Face to face and Distance learning

  • Use of Information and Communication Technology:
  • Use of ICT in teaching (PPT presentations)
  • Communication with students via e-mail and e-class platform
  • Uploading course material on e-class system.
  • Teaching Methods:
Activity Semester workload
Lectures
39
Laboratory practice/seminars
10
Independent study of the course theory
40
Project (teamwork)
40
Assignment work (individually)
10
Presentation of the project
10
Final exam
3
Course total
152
  • Student Performance Evaluation:
  • Language of evaluation: Greek.
  • In special cases, for students with disabilities, evaluation takes place via oral examination.
  • The final student’s grade is defined by the final exam in the theory of the course (60%) and its overall performance in the individual assignment and the project (40%).
  • The individual assignment that consists of writing a summary of a scientific article and its public presentation contributes 10% to the final mark.
  • For the project that contributes 30% to the final mark, students in groups carry out processing, analysis and evaluation of environmental data of a particular coastal area and present publicly their results on an open lecture day.
  • The criteria for evaluation of the project and individual assignment are: quality of the presentation 25%, content of the presentation 25%, implementation of guidelines 25%, content of the summary 25%.
  • Evaluation of students in the theory of the course takes place via final written exams. The exam paper comprises multiple choice questions, short-answer questions, open-ended questions and problem solving.

The exam paper is accessible to the students for clarifications regarding the final grade.

  • (5) Attached Bibliography

– Suggested bibliography:

  • Φυτιάνος, Κ., 1996. Η Ρύπανση των Θαλασσών, Εκδ. University Studio Press
  • Clark, R.B., 2001. Marine Pollution , Oxford University Press ISBN 10: 0198792921
  • Sindermann, Carl J. 2006. Coastal Pollution: effects on living resources and humans. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL. ISBN 0-8493-9677-8
  • Hester, R E., Harrison, R M., 2011. Marine Pollution and Human Health, Royal Society of Chemistry, ISBN:978-1-84973-240-6
  • Weis, Judith S., 2015. Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford University Press ISBN 978–0–19–999668–1
  • Σημειώσεις των διδασκόντων
  • In parallel selected papers of related academic journals are given for study.

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