Moses - Surface water quality: Current Literature (SCL)

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Die Modulbeschreibung gilt nur für den Zeitraum WiSe 2020/21 - SoSe 2021. Die Version für das aktuelle Semester (SoSe 2024) finden Sie hier: Modulbeschreibung des SoSe 2024

Module / Version:
#30882 / #1

Validity:
WiSe 2020/21 - SoSe 2021

Default display language:
English

Module title:
Surface water quality: Current Literature (SCL)

Credits:
3

Responsible person:
Hellweger, Ferdinand Leberecht

Grading:
unbenotet

Type of exam:
Referat

Zugehörigkeit

Faculty:
Fakultät III

Institute:
Institut für Technischen Umweltschutz

Area of expertise:
33331300 FG Wasserreinhaltung

Prüfungsausschuss:
MSc Technischer Umweltschutz

Kontakt

Office:
KF 4

Contact person:
Eitzen, Lars

E-mail address:
ferdi.hellweger@tu-berlin.de

Website:
No information

Learning Outcomes

The students have experience in reading scientific papers in the area of surface water quality, sumarizing and criticising them. The students will learn about current resaerch in the area of surface water quality.

Content

Recent (0-3 years old) papers in the area of surface water quality, covering a range of problems, including pharmaka, cyanobacteria, antibiotic resistance … are discussed. The class meets every two weeks to discuss one original research (i.e. not review, vision, etc.) paper. All participants read the paper in advance of the class. One participant or group, depending on the number of participants, leads the discussion on one paper per semester. For multi-person groups, the presenters may adopt different roles, like a “devil’s advocate” that is critical of the paper and tries to question the conclusions. The paper is provided by the participant(s) or selected from a list of suggested papers provided by the instructor. Participants are encouraged to select papers in the area of their own MS or PhD research/thesis. Discussions include a thorough review and critical discussion of the paper. This may include: (a) review of previous papers/research that set the stage for this paper, (b) comparison to one or more other papers in this area, which may have used different methods or reached different conclusions, (c) additional quantitative calculations based on the results in the paper; (d) a perspective on the importance of the findings to the field of surface water quality, (e) an assessment of the impact of the paper (e.g. article views, Altmetric, citations); (f) potential future research tasks building on the paper. We will invite the author(s) of the paper to participate in the discussion.

Module Components

Workload and Credit Points

Course-independent workload:

Workload description	Multiplier	Hours	Total
Attendence	15.0	1.0h	15.0h
Pre / post-proc	15.0	4.0h	60.0h
			75.0h(~3 LP)

The Workload of the module sums up to 75.0 Hours. Therefore the module contains 3 Credits.

Description of Teaching and Learning Methods

This module utilizes presentations and discussions as teaching methods.

Requirements for participation and examination

Desirable prerequisites for participation in the courses:

MS and PhD students only. BS students with permission of instructor.

Mandatory requirements for the module test application:

This module has no requirements.

Module completion

Grading

ungraded

Type of exam

Presentation

Language

English

Duration/Extent

No information

Duration of the Module

The following number of semesters is estimated for taking and completing the module:
1 Semester.

This module may be commenced in the following semesters:
Winter- und Sommersemester.

Maximum Number of Participants

This module is not limited to a number of students.

Registration Procedures

The registration is done via QISPOS.

Recommended literature
No recommended literature given

Assigned Degree Programs

This module is not used in any degree program.

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