Course Objective and Outcome Form

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka-1229, Bangladesh

Course Number and Title: CEE 209 Environmental Chemistry

Credits: 3 Credits

Type: Basic and applied sciences

Prerequisites: CHE 120 / CHE 101

Contact Hours: 3 hours/week

Course Description (Catalog Description):

A fundamental application of chemical principles to the study of the environment; Key themes
are the interaction between life and the environment, air and air pollution, water and water
pollution, soil and soil pollution, radioactivity, and how this knowledge is used by the
regulatory agencies; A group project focusing on a selected contemporary environmental issue
and training in oral presentation.

Course Objective:
The objectives of this course are:
1. To understand fundamental knowledge of environmental chemistry.
2. To understand and use chemical concepts to analyze chemical processes involved in
different environmental problems (air, water, soil).
3. To introduce complex environmental chemistry problems, which are stemming from
natural and man-made sources and their impact on human health and society at global
and national levels

Course Outcomes (COs):

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
CO1: apply basic knowledge and concepts of the sources, reactions, transport, effects, and
fates of chemical species in the Earth’s systems and biogeochemical effects of chemicals
on the environment
CO2: assess chemical processes in different environmental compartments of air, water, land
and biota by using the basic understanding of environmental chemistry.
CO3: Identify contemporary local, national and global environmental problems by applying
the knowledge gained throughout the course.

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (SEPS) Course Objective and Outcome Form, Revision: October 2018
Mapping of CO-PO

Sl. CO Description Program Bloom’s Delivery Assessment

Outcome taxonomy methods tools
domain/level and
(C: Cognitive activities
P:
Psychomotor
A: Affective)
CO1 Apply basic knowledge and PO 1 C2 Lectures, Quiz/Midterm
concepts of the sources, reactions, Group Exam
transport, effects, and fates of Discussions,
chemical species in the Earth’s Videos
systems and biogeochemical
effects of chemicals on the
environment
CO2 Assess chemical processes in PO 2 C3 Lectures, Quiz/Midterm
different environmental Group Exam
compartments of air, water, land Discussions,
and biota by using the basic Videos
understanding of environmental
chemistry.
CO3 Identify contemporary local, PO 13 C2 Lectures, Quiz/Final
national and global environmental Group Exam
problems by applying the Discussions,
knowledge gained throughout the Videos
course

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (SEPS) Course Objective and Outcome Form, Revision: October 2018