CIVE 5250 — Organic Pollutants in the Environment
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: T/FBostonOnlineTraditionalVideo Streaming
Introduces principles that govern the fate and transport of organic chemicals released to the environment. Topics include chemical structure and thermodynamic properties and how they predict physical processes that control the distribution of contaminants between the atmosphere, fresh and marine surface waters, groundwater, soils, sediments, and biota. Introduces models and methods for predicting fate and transport of organic contaminants within and between environmental media, including molecular diffusion, transport across boundaries, and box models. Explores concepts linking environmental chemistry with ecotoxicology, including bioaccumulation, food web models, and risk assessment. Uses case studies and real-world scenarios to illustrate concepts.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 2 | 19 | 40 | 48% | 10.5 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 26 | 30 | 87% | 4.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 98% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 98%
Common patterns: TF (98% of sections), async (2% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Loretta Fernandez (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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