Introducing students of environmental engineering with the basic principles and laws of chemistry of the atmosphere, sources and fate of pollutants in the air.

Acquiring fundamental knowledge of the chemistry of air pollution and the phenomenon of degradation and the transformation processes in the atmosphere.

The atmosphere layers and main constituents. Air pollutants and their properties. A global picture of organic and inorganic air pollutants – occurrence, physico-chemical properties, persistence, bioaccumulation. Air pollutants sources – natural and anthropogenic, stationary and mobile. Transport and transformation processes. Atmospheric chemistry. Equilibrium partition coefficients. Multimedia models. Air pollution and climate change. Overview of environmental air policies. Pollution monitoring networks.

Lectures. Laboratory and calculation exercises. Consultations - individual and collective. During the semester, students are obliged to attend lectures and exercises, to pass colloquiums in a number of experimental exercises and to do a term paper. After successfully realized examination prerequisites, students take the final exam which consists of practical and oral part.