Description:
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To familiarise students with the SI system of units, unit conversions, rounding results to the appropriate number of significant figures, measurement precision and error calculation. Students will also practise drawing, labelling and interpreting graphs, preparing tables, estimating results and performing calculations without a calculator, as well as carrying out stoichiometric calculations.
PREREQUISITE COURSES: None
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Express calculation results using appropriate units and with an appropriate degree of precision.
2. Estimate a result to within an order of magnitude without using a calculator.
3. Present data in tabular and graphical form.
4. Extract relevant data from tables and graphs.
5. Apply the stoichiometry of a chemical reaction in calculations.
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE STUDY PROGRAM TO WHICH THE LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THIS COURSE CONTRIBUTE:
1. Explain the scientific foundations relevant to environmental engineering, particularly fundamental knowledge in chemistry, mathematics, physics, biology and environmental engineering.
6. Define simple problems in the field of environmental engineering for the purpose of solving them.
14. Present the results of their work in written and oral form.
15. Develop a work ethic, personal responsibility and a commitment to further professional development.
COURSE CONTENT BY UNITS OR WEEKS:
Lectures and seminars:
1. The SI system of units; writing and converting physical quantities and units.
2. Significant figures; expressing calculation results to the appropriate number of significant figures.
3. Measurement precision and its expression using significant figures.
4. Error calculation.
5. In-semester test I
6. Estimating results and performing calculations without a calculator.
7. Tables and graphs ? labels, headings and readability.
8. Drawing and interpreting graphs.
9. Application of chemical reaction stoichiometry in calculations.
10. In-semester test II
11. Examples illustrating the importance of correct calculations and unit conversions in real-life incidents and accidents.
12. Examples of chemical calculations and unit conversions in industrial practice.
13. Examples of chemical calculations and unit conversions in scientific practice.
14. Preparation of a technical or scientific report including tabular and graphical presentation of results.
15. Presentation of examples illustrating the importance of correct calculations and unit conversions in real-life incidents and accidents identified through a literature search.
MODES OF INSTRUCTION: Lectures, seminars and independent assignments.
STUDENT OBLIGATIONS:
Students are required to attend seminars, submit all homework assignments, prepare and submit a technical or scientific report, and prepare and deliver a presentation illustrating the importance of correct calculations.
MONITORING OF STUDENTS? WORK: Attendance, participation in classes, written examination, oral examination, continuous assessment and written assignment.
GRADING AND ASSESSMENT DURING CLASS AND ON THE FINAL EXAM:
Students who obtain at least 60 points are exempt from the examination and receive a final grade according to the grading scale given below. A maximum of 100 points can be obtained in the course. Assessment is based on the in-semester tests, worth a maximum of 60 points; the technical or scientific report, worth a maximum of 15 points; the presentation of examples of incidents, worth a maximum of 15 points; and homework assignments, worth a maximum of 10 points.
Technical or scientific report: maximum 15 points; 10 points required to pass.
Presentation of examples of incidents: maximum 15 points; 10 points required to pass.
In-semester test I: maximum 30 points; 15 points required to pass.
In-semester test II: maximum 30 points; 20 points required to pass.
Homework assignments (e-learning): maximum 10 points; 5 points required to pass.
TOTAL: 100 points; 60 points required to pass.
If a student does not pass the course through the in-semester tests, they may sit an examination consisting of a written and an oral component. A minimum of 60% of the available marks must be obtained in the written component in order to proceed to the oral component.
The final grade is determined on the basis of the total number of points obtained out of a maximum of 100:
Satisfactory (2) 60?69
Good (3) 70?84
Very good (4) 85?94
Excellent (5) 95?100
MANDATORY LITERATURE:
T. Cvitaš, N. Kallay, Fizičke veličine i jedinice međunarodnog sustava, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1981.
Z. Dugi, I. Lovreček, Osnove kemijskog računanja, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1973.
M. Sikirica, Stehiometrija, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2008.
V. P. Spiridonov, A. A. Lopatkin, Matematička obrada fizikalnokemijskih podataka, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1974.
QUALITY ASSURANCE METHODS THAT ENSURE THE ACQUISITION OF OUTPUT KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCES:
Student surveys, analysis of student performance in the course, and surveys conducted through the e-learning system.
