Chemicals in the environment: fate and transport

Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session

This course is designed to give students an understanding of processes that govern the behavior of both hazardous and naturally-occurring substances in the environment. The subject includes aspects of intermedia transport, surface and groundwater hydrology, air pollution modeling, degradation processes, human exposure pathways, and monitoring.

Topics covered will include:

Readings will be assigned primarily from text. Problem sets will be assigned weekly from the text.

All quizzes and exams are in-class, closed-book. One 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of handwritten notes will be permitted (one side for first quiz, both sides for final).

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