This document describes an online ecology course for bachelor students in technical and economic specialties. The 16-week course is taught by Dr. Tetyana Tykhomyrova and covers topics like ecosystem functioning, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, and global green technology implementation. Students will read lectures, answer questions, do presentations, and take two tests. Communication will occur via forums, chats, Skype meetings, and email. Upon completing the course, students will be able to assess environmental impacts, identify hazardous substances, propose pollution control methods, determine ecosystem productivity changes, and offer sustainable development elements.

1. Ecology
NationalTechnical University
“Kharkov Polytechnic Institute”
Department
of Chemical Engineering
and Industrial Ecology
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2. Author and tutorMissis TetyanaTykhomyrova,
PhD, associated professor
of department of Chemical Engineering and
Industrial Ecology
2015 2016
Me and my team of students during passing action “Let’s do it, World”
in Kharkov, Ukraine
Active participant (location coordinator) of global ecological movement
“Let’s do it, World” whose aim to do recreational and “green” zones in
cities free of wastes. Curator of all ecological actions at department

3. Audience &
How long
Audience
English-speaking
students of all
technical and
economical
specialties, who
studying at
educational level
“Bachelor”
How long
1 semester,
16 weeks,
13 lectures

4. Aim of the course
to study about
ecological lows
for ecosystem’s
functioning
to learn about
ways for
decreasing
greenhouse
gasses
emission
to knew much
about global
experience
in implementing
“green
technologies”
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5. Basic knowledge
Chemistry
Geography
Science of law
Information
science
Biology

6. Features of the course
Your activities while studying discipline
“Ecology”
Reading lectures
Answer questions
Practice work with using Internet
Doing presentation
Passing tests (twice per course)
Discussion in small and big groups (Skype, chat)
For studying and understanding each topic
you should spent 2 hours, except topic #6
(6 hours) and #13 (4 hours)

7. “Course” for studying course Ecology
Ecologyasa
scientificdiscipline
Fundamentalprinciples
ofecology
Theecosystemconceptand
ecosystemproductivity
Activitiesofinternationalenvironmental
organizations
Typesofenvironmentalorganizations
Themostdangertoxic
materials
Organicfarming
Householdwastesandways
ofitutilizations
Mainecologicalproblemsof
megapolises
Sustainabledevelopment
Protectionofenvironmentand
productionofelectricity
Globalandlocalecological
problems
Problemsofairandwater
pollution

8. Plan of practical tasks
All practical tasks should be doing during
1 week after lecture, except passing 2 tests
Test must be passing during 1 day
Short answers for the questions should be written
(document Microsoft Word)
Presentation should be doing in Microsoft PowerPoint
Oral presentation should be doing for all students
and tutor by Skype
After passing task tutor will check in 1 week and give
marks (in grade from 1to3 for easy tasks and from 4to8
for difficult tasks)

9. Communication
Forum for all practical tasks
Chats for topics #5, 7-11, 13
Communication by Scype twice per month
with all participants and tutor
E-mail for tutor
Private call
by Scype for tutor

10. Evaluation & monitoring of educational
achievements

11. after finishing course Ecology student will be able:
to assess the environmental impact from activities
of any enterprise, workshop or company
to identify the most hazardous substances that
enter the environment from enterprise
to offer methods for controlling
harmful substances in water and air
to determine the effects of changing environmental
conditions on the productivity of ecosystems
to offer elements of sustainable development
for implementation at certain administrative territory
to determine the feasibility of transition
to organic farming in each case