On successful completion of this course, students will have:

1. An appreciation of the breadth and significance of energy-related problems and issues;
2. Developed a working knowledge of the discipline area;
3. Developed skills to support life-long learning;
4. Developed the ability to communicate scientific principles by reasoned argument;
5. The ability to comprehend and report scientific findings relating to energy production, usage and environmental impacts in both verbal and printed format;
6. An appreciation of the need and development of the ability to apply reasoning to solve complex problems;
7. An understanding of the nature of the discipline;
8. Developed an appreciation of the relationship between environmental science and societal expectations;
9. Developed the ability to transfer and apply concepts to new areas;
10. Developed the ability to access information, including using the Internet, to environment-related problems.

- Current and best practice in non-renewable energy sources such as fossil fuels and nuclear energy, management of relevant waste streams and environmental impacts;
- Current developments in geothermal and solar energy generation in the Australian environment and worldwide, and the political and technological factors influencing development or deployment;
- Thermodynamics: thermal energy, heat transfer and efficiency in the generation of electricity;
- Other renewable energy alternatives, such as hydroelectricity and wind power, and their current development;
- Renewable energy in practice and comparison of the capacity of these modes of energy generation to produce baseload power;
- Role of the carbon cycle in the petrochemicals industry; and
- Atmospheric pollution and the role of chemistry in energy solutions such as the hydrogen economy.

ENVS2040 Energy & the Environment

Not to count for credit with ENVS2040.

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ENVS1001 Environmental Concepts and Methods

Internal Mode

Lecture
Laboratory
Tutorial

Lecture: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Tutorial: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Laboratory: for 12 hour(s) per Term for Full Term