Environmental system – environmental geography | Istitute of Earth Sciences

Title of course: Environmental systems - Environmental Geography

Code: TTGME6001_EN

ECTS Credit points: 4

 

- lecture: 2 hours/week

- practice: 1 hours/week

- laboratory: -

 

Evaluation: exam, mid-semester grade

 

 

- lecture: 28 hours

- practice: 14 hours

- laboratory: -

- home assignment: 28 hours

- preparation for the exam: 50 hours

 

Total: 120 hours

 

Year, semester: 1st year, 1st semester

Its prerequisite(s): -

Further courses built on it: -

 

 

Environmental science and environmental geography as sciences of environmental systems. Basic systems theory, types of systems, how they work. Feedbacks. Chaos theory, basics of network science. Qualitative and quantitative changes in the global earth system. Material flows within the Earth and their surface effects on society. Fluxes of matter in geospheres coupled with air and water movements: water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle and ozone shield thinning. Climate system functioning, natural and anthropogenic climate change. Opportunities and constraints of society in the Earth system.

 

 

 

Attendance at lectures is recommended, but not compulsory. Participation at practice classes is compulsory. A student must attend the practice classes and may not miss more than three times during the semester. In case a student does so, the subject will not be signed and the student must repeat the course. Attendance at practice classes will be recorded by the practice leader. Being late is equivalent with an absence. In case of further absences, a medical certificate needs to be presented. During the semester there is one test: the end-term test in the 13th week. Students write an essay on the freely choosen subject and elaborate a presentation which will be presented for the students of the course. They will get a rating for the essay and the presentation. The average of the three grades will be a practical grade. The final grade will be the average of the practical grade and the examination grade. The minimum requirement for the end-term test and the examination respectively is 51%. Based on the score of the tests separately, the grade for the end-term tests and the examination is given according to the following table:

 

Score	Grade
0-49 fail	(1)
50-64 pass	(2)
65-74 satisfactory	(3)
75-85 good	(4)
86-100 excellent	(5)

 

If the score of any test is below 51%, students can take a retake test in conformity with the EDUCATION AND EXAMINATION RULES AND REGULATIONS.

 

Person responsible for course: Dr. György Szabó, associate professor, PhD

Lecturer: Dr. Tamás Mester, assistant lecturer, PhD