After successful completion of the course, students are able to explicate influences of chemistry on the society, to analyse the acceptance of new technology, to identify cycles of materials and their impacts as well as to categorise consumption processes.

Ethics and Responsibility, Influence of Chemistry on Society, Pollutants and Toxicology, Chemistry and Agriculture, Acceptance of new Technologies, Sustainable Development Goals and Planetary Boundaries, Cycles of Materials and Impacts  (Nitrogen, Global Warming, Ozone), Aerosols, Indoor Air Pollution with a focus on combustion processes

Lecture with digital presentations and discussion of case studies.

This course may be held in either an online or presence format, in line with rules and regulations put forward by the federal government and/or TU Wien administration, in response to the evolving Covid19 situation. This may include a hybrid system where, for example, lectures and written exams are offered in an online format, and practical evaluations are offered in reduced groups on campus. Should such changes become necessary during the semester, this may lead to schedule changes, in particular, this may lead to changed dates for practical and written assessments (exams). For online written exams, the assessment/grading scheme will remain unchanged. As far as possible exams will, however, be held in person on campus.

One-hour written exam which is offered at least three times per semester.

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Slides for this class are available (Password: $tudent). Download TUWIS++ D. Heinrich, M. Hergt: DTV-Atlas Ökologie, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH (1998) E. P. Odum: Ökologie, Thieme, Stuttgart (1998) B. J. Alloway, D. C. Ayres: Schadstoffe in der Umwelt, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag (1996) J. Huber: Allgemeine Umweltsoziologie, Westdeutscher Verlag 2001 D. Barben, G. Abels: Biotechnologie-Globalisierung- Demokratie, Edition Sigma Rainer Bohn Verlag Berlin 2000 H. Jonas: Technik, Medizin und Ethik; Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 1987 L. Di Blasi, B. Goebel, V. Hösle: Nachhaltigkeit in der Ökologie; Beck sche Reihe 2000 N.C. Karafyllis: Biologisch, natürlich, nachhaltig; Francke Verlag 2001 R. Martinson, G. Simonis (Hrsg.): Demokratie und Technik-(k)eine Wahlverwandtschaft;Leske und Budrich 2000 S.V. Rosser (Ed.): Teaching the Majority (breaking the gender barrier in science, mathematics, and engineering); Athene Series 1995