Course code 06 52 1951 00
Number of ECTS points 4
Course title in the language of instruction 
Biologia sanitarna
Course title in Polish Biologia sanitarna
Course title in English 
Biology for sanitary engineering
Language of instruction Polish
Form of classes
Lecture Tutorials Laboratory Project Seminar Other Total of teaching hours during semester
Contact hours 14 16 0 30
E-learning No No No No No No
Assessment criteria (weightage) 0.50 0.50 0.00
Unit running the course Instytut Inżynierii Środowiska i Instalacji Budowlanych
Course coordinator dr Małgorzata Jędrzejczak
Course instructors dr Małgorzata Jędrzejczak
Prerequisites 
None
Course learning outcomes
  1. Explains the importance of microorganisms in biogeochemical circulation of biogenic elements in the environment.
  2. Identifies specific groups of organisms involved in biological processes for water treatment.
  3. Characterizes and compares the different methods of biological wastewater treatment.
  4. Understands the importance of water treatment and disposal of pollutants for the protection of environmental resources.
Programme learning outcomes
  1. Student knows and understands selected processes and key phenomena in environmental and civil engineering as well as the laws of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology that explain the relationships between them.
  2. Student is able to plan and organize both individual and team work at the stage of preparation, implementation and operation of projects in the field of environmental engineering. He/she interacts in a team interactively.
Programme content Identification and characterization of organisms of key importance for environmental engineering. Biological foundations of wastewater treatment and waste treatment processes. Ecology of water reservoirs, maintaining ecological balance.
Assessment methods 
Learning outcomes 1-4 will be verified by final lecture test and test from substantive part of laboratory classes.
Grading policies The condition for passing the course is obtaining positive grades from the lecture test (50% of the grade) and laboratory classes (50%). The grade from the laboratory classes consists of partial tests, assessment of the presentation prepared by the students and a laboratory notebook containing documentation of microscopic observations.
Course content Lectures: Characteristics of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Structure and function of essential cellular components. Recognition of selected groups of microorganisms: viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae and their role in the biosphere. Ways of nutrition: heterotrophic, autotrophic (chemo-and photosynthesis), mixotrophic. Metabolism - catabolism and anabolism. The respiratory chain. ATP generation systems - substrate phosphorylation, oxidative, photooxidation. Aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration and fermentation. Photosynthesis as a primary anabolic process. The role of microorganisms in biogeochemical circulation of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and iron in nature. The role of microorganisms in the destruction of items of daily use. Basics of ecology. Population ecology. Tolerance to environmental factors. Law Liebieg tolerance. Right Shelford. Ecology biocenosis. Trophic groups. Ecology of inland waters. Degradation of water bodies. Air as a determinant of existence of organisms in the biosphere. Degradation of air. Water and soil as a living organism and transfer agent of pathogenic organisms. Biological basis of water treatment processes and disposal of waste. Microbiological control of drinking water treatment processes, wastewater treatment and disposal of waste. LABORATORY 1. Discussion of health and safety regulations and rules of using an optical microscope. 2. Microscopic observations of different cell types. 3. Gram stain of the selected strains of bacteria. 4. The importance of microorganisms in nature and the human economy - presentations. 5. Microbiological analysis of air. 6. Characteristics of protozoa. Intravital staining ciliates. 7. Microscopic observation of activated sludge. Determination of the sludge volume index. 8. Hydrobiological analysis of surface waters.
Basic reference materials 
  1.  Pawlaczyk-Szpilowa M., Biologia i ekologia, Oficyna Wyd. P. Wrocławskiej, Wrocław, 1997.
  2.  Michałkiewicz M., Fiszer M., Biologia sanitarna. Ćwiczenia laboratoryjne, Wydawnictwo Politechniki Poznańskiej, Poznań, 2003
Other reference materials 
  1.  Solomon E.P., Biologia, Multico" Oficyna Wydawnicza, Warszawa, 2000.
  2.  Eikelboom D.H., Buijsen H.J.J., Podręcznik mikroskopowego badania osadu czynnego, Seidel-Przywecki, Szczecin, 1999.
  3.  Kajak Z., Hydrobiologia - limnologia: ekosystemy wód śródlądowych, PWN, Warszawa 1998.
  4.  Kocwowa E., Biologia w ochronie zdrowia i środowiska, PWN, Warszawa, 1995.
Average student workload outside classroom 
70
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                        Archival course yes/no
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