Course Name 
Environmental monitoring
Course Overview 
Level of study	Bachelor / Master Degree	
Workload	ECTS: 4
Total Hours: 58
Contact Hours: 54
•	Lectures: 18
•	Labs: 36	
Course Code		
Semester	Autumn or Spring	
Prerequisites	ecology, chemistry, geochemistry, mineralogy, atmospheric environment, atmospheric chemistry, environmental chemistry	
Course Objectives	is to form master basic knowledge to study seriously modern ideas about base concepts and monitoring general structure, to acquire skills of organization and monitoring of some natural environments in the process of territory developing	
Learning Outcomes
	Having successfully completed this module, you will know: 
•	classification and the terminology relating to environmental monitoring,
•	monitoring levels, methods, systems and services,
•	methods and organization of monitoring
•	monitoring networks
•	monitoring and assessment of atmosphere, snow cover, soil, water pollution
•	to be able to design of environmental monitoring program
•	to be able to interpret the results, obtained from environment monitoring	
Syllabus
	Lectures:
•	Conceptual basis of environmental monitoring system
•	Environmental monitoring program design
•	Atmosphere monitoring. 
•	Contamination monitoring of snow cover.
•	Soil pollution monitoring.
•	Water pollution monitoring.	
Labs
	•	National environment monitoring: in case for country
•	Monitoring of particulate matter pollution on the basis of snow cover study
•	Environmental component impact assessment 
•	Interpretation monitoring data for assessment of air quality. 
•	Design of air monitoring program around industries
•	Microscopic study of mineral and anthropogenic components in soil.
•	Interpretation data of heavy metal content in soil for determination of pollution level. 
•	Design of soil monitoring program around industries.
•	Interpretation monitoring data of pollutant concentrations in the waters. 
•	Design of surface water monitoring program around industries.	
Projects	-	
Assessment	Exam 	
Resources	•	Yazikov E.G., Talovskaya A.V., Nadeina L.V. Geoecological environmental monitoring: соursebook. − Tomsk: TPU publishing house, 2013. – 135 p. 
•	Some aspects of ecological problems: textbook/ N.V. Baranovskaya, I.A. Matveenko, R.M. Danilenko, A.V. Talovskaya. – Tomsk: TPU pub.eddition, 2009. – 110p. 
•	Environmental monitoring / Edited by Wiersma G.B. – Boca Raton London New York Washington: CRC PRESS, 2004. – 767 p.	
Instructors	Anna Talovskaya, 
associate professor, PhD