Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Hazards and Environment (17.MPK009)

Native organizations units: Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Water Treatment and Safety Engineering (Year: 1, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Theoretical-methodological
Scientific or art field	Upravljanje rizikom od katastrofalnih događaja i požara Proizvodni i uslužni sistemi, organizacija i menadžment
ECTS	7

Introducing students with the most common hazardous occurrences in the region, methods of analysis and evaluation. Adoption the main elements of disaster risk cycle.

The acquisition of basic knowledge of hazards and their impacts on the environment. Students gain competencies to identify and analyze the harmful effects of risk realization with the aim of risk prevention.

The course is a comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of a series of daily hazards that affect the environment. Describes and explains the process of the formation and propagation of hazards, as well as methods for early warning of these hazards. Detailed analysis of recent and historical catastrophic events caused by hazardous occurrences. It analyzes the strategies to mitigate the effect of the hazard on the environment. Each of the most frequent hazard in the region is analyzed in detail. Part of the course is devoted to the basics of risk management cycle of events with catastrophic consequences.

Teaching on the course includes lectures and auditory exercises.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Proske, D.	Catalogue of Risks Natural, Technical, Social and Health Risks	2008	Springer, Berlin	English
Copola, D.	Introduction to International Disaster Management	2007	Butterworth Heinemann, Amsterdam	English
Tobin, G.A., Montz, B.E	Natural Hazards	1997	Guilford	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	40.00
Term paper	Yes	Yes	20.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	30.00