2025-Fall Environmental Organic Chemistry (EVSE587-01) The course syllabus

1.Course Information

Course No. EVSE587 Section 01 Credit 3.00
Category Major elective Course Type prerequisites
Postechian Core Competence
Hours MON, WED / 15:30 ~ 16:45 / Environ Bldg[112-1]Lecture Room Grading Scale G

2. Instructor Information

Song Woochul Name Song Woochul Department Div. of Environmental Science & Eng.
Email address woochulsong@postech.ac.kr Homepage
Office Office Phone 054-279-2281
Office Hours By appointment

3. Course Objectives

To understand the basic concepts of organic chemistry and their applications in environmental processes & toxicology

4. Prerequisites & require

General Chemistry

5. Grading

1/3 Midterm exam
1/3 Final exam
1/3 Presentation, quiz

6. Course Materials

Title Author Publisher Publication
Year/Edition		 ISBN

7. Course References

Environmental Organic Chemistry
3rd Ed
Wiley-Interscience
R.P. Schwarzenbach, et al.

8. Course Plan

1. Introduction to Env Org Chem
2. Background Thermodynamics
3. Vapor pressure
4. Solubility and activity coefficient in water
5. Air-water partitioning
6. Organic solvent-water partitioning
7. Organic acids and bases
8. Diffusion
9. The Gas-Liquid interface
10. Sortption
11. Chemical transformation reactions
12. Photochemical transformation reactions
13. Biological transfomation reactions
14. Modeling concepts

9. Course Operation

- Online lecture will be uploaded on POSTECHx

10. How to Teach & Remark

11. Supports for Students with a Disability

- Taking Course: interpreting services (for hearing impairment), Mobility and preferential seating assistances (for developmental disability), Note taking(for all kinds of disabilities) and etc.

- Taking Exam: Extended exam period (for all kinds of disabilities, if needed), Magnified exam papers (for sight disability), and etc.

- Please contact Center for Students with Disabilities (279-2434) for additional assistance

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