Description

Environmental sciences and definitions of physical, chemical, biological, and social environments and environmental studies. - Ecology and ecological systems, formations, functions and limiting factors, energy transfer and materials cycling in ecosystem. - Terrestrial and marine environments, food chains and food webs. - Main environmental problems extinction and biodiversity of organisms, resources depletion and environmental pollutions. - Environmental ethics principals of eco-centrism and anthropocentrism. - Sustainability of natural system and sustainable development in energy and water utilizations. - Changing the role of technology, preventive technology, waste treatment, pollution control, recycling of wastes, green technology, cleaner production, life cycle assessment. -Population growth, environmental problems, environmental modelling and applications. - Air pollution sources, types and control, smoke, fogs and smog phenomena. - Greenhouse gases and impacts on the environment. - Climate change and sea level rise and its management. - Acid rains and its effects on soil, water and biological systems. - Tropospheric and stratospheric ozone sources, roles and effects. - Water pollution types, sources and treatments.

Program

IS -132 CRs

Objectives

• • To raise the level of environmental awareness of the students, and provide them with the necessary knowledge, capabilities and attitude. This will enable them to deal more positively with environmental resources and their components, through learning about the diversity and complexity within the environment and the changes and transformations that occur through human activities.
  • To raise the environmental awareness of the student regarding the importance of applying the sustainability aspects for computing projects as well as the preventive technology for environmental conservation.