Environmental Management (Free Online Course With Diploma)
Alison Free Online Learning
Key Information
Campus location
Online
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
6 - 10 hours
Pace
Full time, Part time
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Introduction
This free online certificate course on Environmental Management will introduce you to climate change, sustainability, and the IPAT equation. You will study climate processes, biogeochemical cycles, water pollution, the different types of pollutants, sources of pollution, environmental regulations, and waste management strategies.
This Free Online Course Includes:
- 6-10 Hours of Learning
- CPD Accreditation
- Final Assessment
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Curriculum
This free online Environmental Management diploma program will teach you the definition of sustainability and how the IPAT equation can be applied to various patterns for human consumption. Next, you will learn about various climate processes and how they work, as well as about altering the physical properties of the atmosphere by producing greenhouse gases.
Furthermore, in this free distance learning certificate course, you will be learning about biogeochemical cycles like the water, nitrogen and carbon cycles and their interactions with the ecosystem. You will also be introduced to water pollution, types of pollutants and the sources of pollution. Then, you will study the environmental regulations governing waste management, waste management strategies and the history of human energy use. Finally, in this free online diploma program course you will be learning about carbon emissions, combined heat and power and how to build a sustainable energy economy.
This free online course will be of great interest to students, individuals and professionals with an interest in learning about or working in the area of environmental management. Upon successful completion of this online certificate course, you will gain valuable skills and knowledge on waste management, climate change, sustainability as well as pollution. Enrol in this course today and start learning about environmental management.
Module 1
Introduction to Sustainability: Humanity and the Environment
In this module, you will be introduced to the definition of sustainability and how it applies in the modern context, the basic facility before the IPAT equation can be used, the various patterns of human consumption and the major factors which play roles in the understanding of unsustainable impacts.
Module 2
Climate and Global Change
In this module, you will be introduced to how climate processes and principles work, how they are observed by scientists and how these principles by producing greenhouse gases humans are altering the physical properties of the atmosphere in such a way as to increase its ability to retain heat, the theoretical prediction of a warming world, measuring temperature, and how to attempt to predict the climate of the future.
Module 3
Biosphere
In this module, you will be introduced to the biogeochemical cycles, the natural carbon cycle, the natural water cycle, the natural nitrogen cycle and how humans interact with them, biodiversity, ecosystem functions, soil health, soil erosion and soil sustainability.
Module 4
Physical Resources: Water, Pollution, and Minerals
In this module, you will be introduced to the composition of water on the Earth, forms of water, the water cycle, sources of water, the chemistry of water, water pollution, water pollutants, point and non-point sources of pollution, the importance of minerals, formation of ore deposits, mining and processing ore and sustainability issues.
Module 5
Diploma in Environmental Management - First Assessment
You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.
Module 6
Environmental and Resource Economics
In this module, you will be introduced to how economists define environmental outcomes, positive and negative externalities, public goods and common-property resources, the measures of value, willingness to pay, willingness to accept, the three parts of the environmental evaluation toolkit; direct, revealed preference and stated preference, important features of costs, cost-benefit analysis, criteria for evaluating a project and incentive policies.
Module 7
Modern Environmental Management
In this module, you will be introduced to environmental regulations governing waste management, waste management strategies, government regulations set for the protection of human health and the environment, four steps of risk assessment, estimating the dose received and exposure pathway, cumulative cancer and non-cancer risks, evaluating uncertainties in risk assessment.
Module 8
Sustainability and Environmental Challenges
In this module, you will be introduced to the history of human energy use, the challenges of continued reliance on fossil energy, the time scale for transition in energy use, environmental impacts of energy use, different energy sources based on environmental impact, and global capacity for non-renewable energy sources.
Module 9
Energy Sources, Carriers and Energy Uses
In this module, you will be introduced to the components of electricity, the link between electricity generation and carbon emissions, sequestering carbon in geologic formations, sources of renewable energy, motivations for biofuels production, types of catalytic and biocatalytic routes to produce biofuels and biochemical, thermodynamic principles of heat, types of geothermal systems, combined heat and power (CHP) as an alternative energy source, Phase Change Materials (PCM) and its applications.
Module 10
Sustainable Infrastructure
In this module, you will be introduced to living in a sustainable city and how technology influences the form and pattern of a sustainable city, connections between the design of cities and resource use, ways buildings affect the environment and characteristics of sustainable buildings.
Module 11
Sustainable Energy Practices
In this module, you will be introduced to moving to a sustainable energy economy, the path to a sustainable energy economy, an automobile-based system of transportation, why transportation is a derived demand, accessibility and mobility, stormwater runoff, managing stormwater runoff and conventional and innovative techniques to address water pollution.
Module 12
Diploma in Environmental Management - Second Assessment
You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.
Module 13
Course assessment
Program Outcome
What You Will Learn In This Free Course
- Discuss the definition of sustainability.
- Identify the basic facility before the IPAT equation can be used.
- Define both "climate" and "weather" and explain how they relate.
- Discuss the role and mechanisms of the major controls on Earth's climate using the concepts of insolation, albedo and greenhouse gases.
- Explain the enhanced greenhouse effect.
- Describe the natural cycles of carbon, water, and nitrogen.
- Discuss biodiversity and current trends in biodiversity loss.
- Discuss soil sustainability and soil-forming factors.
- Discuss what sewage treatment does and its importance.
- Discuss cost-benefit analysis.
- Discuss how to identify/evaluate uncertainties in risk assessment.
- Identify the ultimate sources of renewable energy.
- Discuss the basic thermodynamic principles of heat.
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Career Opportunities
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