After completing the course students will be able to:
- Describe and reflect on the needs of society and supply of natural resources such as ore, minerals and water
- Describe and critically relate to the concept of sustainable development
- Briefly describe planet Earth's formation and structure, ore and mineral deposits, global geochemical and hydrological cycles
- Briefly describe the society's technical systems for water and waste
- Briefly describe methods for extraction of ores and minerals, and environmental implications
- Provide examples of the engineer's role and responsibility for sustainable development in their profession
- Using library databases to search for scientific literature
- After completing the course module on gender equality, the student should show an understanding of set gender equality goals, regulations for gender equality in professional life and give examples of the prerequisite for gender equality in professional life.  

The necessity, application, occurrence  and assets of ore and water. The concept of sustainable development. Planet Earth – origin, structure and development of the solid earth and the atmosphere.. Chemical weathering processes. The oxygen and carbon geochemical cycles. Natural and urban hydrological cycles. Technical systems for water and waste management. The rock chain-from exploration to metal. The engineer role. Information search in scientific databases. Gender equality. 

The course includes lectures, compulsory seminars and a literature search with  subsequent tasks. Also a mandatory field trip for two days is included. The course module on gender equality consists of recorded lectures and literature. 

The theoretical parts of the course are examined with a written exam with grades (3, 4, 5). Active participation in the seminars. Mandatory participation in field trips and in information retrieval, in which written assignments are included. The course module on gender equality is examined through quizzes. 

Lena Alakangas

Literature is provided at the start of the course

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Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering

Study guidance for the course is to be found in our learning platform Canvas before the course starts. Students applying for single subject courses get more information in the Welcome letter. You will find the learning platform via My LTU.

by Eva Gunneriusson 25 Jan 2013

by Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies Eva Gunneriusson, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering 06 Nov 2020