ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

BBT 3605

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 3

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Natural Sciences

School:

School of Biological Sciences

Department:

Botany

Course Discipline:

biolology

Course Description & Objectives:

This course will cover the biological mechanisms that allow microorganisms and plants to degrade and/or remove contaminants from the environment, health risk posed by major groups of environmental contaminants, interactions between biological systems and contaminants in environmental media, use of bioremediation for cleanup in specific environmental conditions

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this course, the students should be able to:

define, in the broad sense, hazardous materials, and explain how they differ from hazardous wastes.
describe fundamental biological mechanisms that allow microorganisms and plants to degrade and/or remove contaminants from the environment,
explain the ecological and health risk posed by major groups of environmental contaminants,
discuss the interactions between biological systems and contaminants

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