Environmental monitoring Field of study: Aquamatics - Interdisciplinary Management of Water Environments
Programme code: W2-S2AQA24.2024

Module name: Environmental monitoring
Module code: AQ_020
Programme code: W2-S2AQA24.2024
Semester: summer semester 2025/2026
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 6
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The module "Monitoring of the environment" enables the student to become acquainted with: the regulations and standards in force in Poland with regard to monitoring the state of the natural environment. It deepens knowledge of the role and importance of monitoring the quality of environmental elements for the preservation of human health and safety and for the maintenance of proper functioning of ecosystems. The module has applied significance. The student acquires knowledge and skills on methods of physical and chemical monitoring and biomonitoring of individual elements of the natural environment. It enables you to understand the importance of monitoring for the planning of effective measures by government offices in the short and long term, as well as by obliged industrial plants. The knowledge and skills acquired allow you to understand how environmental monitoring contributes to sustainable development.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
Can present and support with arguments his/her position regarding proposals for preventive and remedial actions based on environmental monitoring data [01]
 AQ2_W01 [4/5] AQ2_U01 [4/5]
Can use knowledge to assess the degree of threat to ecosystems and natural environmental resources. Recalls relevant provisions of basic standards (norms and regulations) and legal regulations applicable to air, surface and groundwater, soil, and energy monitoring. Independently and in a team, measures basic physical and chemical parameters used in environmental monitoring environment and interprets the results [02]
 AQ2_W01 [4/5] AQ2_W04 [4/5] AQ2_K01 [4/5]
Recognizes the need for prevention and remediation of damage to the natural environment. [03]
 AQ2_W03 [3/5] AQ2_W04 [3/5] AQ2_K02 [3/5]
Recognizes phenomena occurring in the environment as a basis for assessing its current state and forecasting further processes. Identifies threats to the natural environment resulting from processes associated with human economic activity, and can assess their scale and impact on the observed changes. Knows the abiotic and biotic factors to be monitored given their significance for human health and the assessment of the state of the natural environment. [04]
 AQ2_U02 [4/5] AQ2_U04 [4/5] AQ2_U08 [4/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
discussion classes [01] 15 Description [a03] 
Lecture-speech [a04] 
Explanation/clarification [a05] 
Lecture-discussion [b02] 
Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Activating methods: a case study [b07] 
Screen presentation [c07]  		exam 01 02
laboratory classes [02] 45 Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Demonstration-imitation [c06] 
Working with another teaching tool [d03] 
Laboratory exercise / experiment [e01] 
Observation [e06] 
Individual work with a text [f02]  		course work 03 04
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Consulting materials complementary to those indicated in the syllabus [a04] Preparation for classes
agreeing on materials complementary to those indicated in the syllabus, supporting the implementation of tasks resulting from or necessary for class participation
Getting acquainted with the syllabus content [b01] Consulting the curriculum and the organization of classes
reading through the syllabus and getting acquainted with its content
Studying the literature used in and the materials produced in class [c02] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
exploring the studied content, inquiring, considering, assimilating, interpreting it, or organizing knowledge obtained from the literature, documentation, instructions, scenarios, etc., used in class as well as from the notes or other materials/artifacts made in class
Implementation of an individual or group assignment necessary for course/phase/examination completion [c03] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
a set of activities aimed at performing an assigned task, to be executed out of class, as an obligatory phase/element of the verification of the learning outcomes assigned to the course
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Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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