Search result: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021
Environmental Sciences Bachelor  | ||||||
 Basic Courses II | ||||||
| Examination Blocks | ||||||
| Examination Block 3 | ||||||
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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| 701-0401-00L | Hydrosphere | O | 3 credits | 2V | R. Kipfer, M. H. Schroth | |
| Abstract | The course aims to describe the relevant processes that control the terrestrial water cycle. Energy and mass exchange, mixing and transport processes are described and the coupling of the hydrosphere with the atmosphere and the solid Earth are discussed. | |||||
| Learning objective | Qualitative and quantitative understanding on how physical (and geochemical) processes control the natural dynamics in groundwater, lakes ans oceans and constrain the exchange of mass and energy. | |||||
| Content | Topics of the course. Physical properties of water (i.e. density and equation of state) - global water resources Exchange at boundaries - energy (thermal & kinetic), gas exchange Mixing and transport processes in open waters - vertical stratification, large scale transport - turbulence and mixing - mixing and exchange processes in rivers Groundwater and its dynamics - ground water as part of the terrestrial water cycle - ground water hydraulics, Darcy's law - aquifers and their properties - hydrochemistry and tracer - ground water use Case studies - 1. Water as resource, 2. Water and climate | |||||
| Lecture notes | In addition to the suggested literature handouts are distributed. | |||||
| Literature | Suggested literature. a) Park, Ch., 2001, The Environment, Routledge, 2001 b) Fitts, C.R., 2013. Groundwater Science. 2nd ed., Academic Press, Amsterdam. | |||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | The case studies and the analysis of the questions and problems are integral part of the course. | |||||
| 701-0245-00L | Evolutionary Analysis | O | 2 credits | 2V | S. Wielgoss, G. Velicer | |
| Abstract | This course introduces important questions about the evolutionary processes involved in the generation and maintenance of biological diversity across all domains of life and how evolutionary science investigates these questions. | |||||
| Learning objective | This course introduces important questions about the evolutionary processes involved in the generation and maintenance of biological diversity across all domains of life and how evolutionary science investigates these questions. The topics covered range from different forms of selection, phylogenetic analysis, population genetics, life history theory, the evolution of sex, social evolution to human evolution. These topics are important for the understanding of a number of evolutionary problems in the basic and applied sciences. | |||||
| Content | Topics likely to be covered in this course include research methods in evolutionary biology, adaptation, evolution of sex, evolutionary transitions, human evolution, infectious disease evolution, life history evolution, macroevolution, mechanisms of evolution, phylogenetic analysis, population dynamics, population genetics, social evolution, speciation and types of selection. | |||||
| Literature | Textbook: Evolutionary Analysis Scott Freeman and Jon Herron 5th Edition, English. | |||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | The exam is based on lecture and textbook. | |||||
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