Course detail

Sustainability and Global Change II

FCH-MA_ENG1IIAcad. year: 2026/2027

Global change issues, energy and sustainability issues including energy sources of the world, scientific foundations of energy aspects, solar energy: solar modules, solar-thermal energy, power plants, photovoltaics, ecological aspects, heat pumps, geothermal, wind, wave, water and nuclear energy.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

1

Assignment to study programme types

Master's

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Helena Doležalová Weissmannová, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection (ÚCHTOŽP)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

Passing “Sustanability and global change I” at RPTU in the first semester.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Written 1page report of 12 lectures (4 per semester). Presence on seminars is compulsory.

Aims

The students obtain insights into different sectors of environmental research and get to know current aspects and problems relating to phenomena of global change. They develop an interdisciplinary perspective and learn to put contents of disciplinary courses into a wider context.
Students deal extensively with the current debate on sustainability and energy, the get to know alternative energy concepts and are able to evaluate them from an ecological as well as economic perspective.
Students:
- obtain insights into different sectors of environmental research,
- get to know current aspects and problems relating to phenomena of global change,
- develop an interdisciplinary perspective,
- learn to put contents of disciplinary courses into a wider context,
- learn to discuss different environmental issues.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

  • compulsory prerequisite
    Sustainability and global change I

Basic literature

Doležalová: Studijní opory.https://www.vutbr.cz/elearning/course (EN)
Ebbesson J, Hey E, eds. In: The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law. Cambridge Law Handbooks. Cambridge University Press; 2022:i-ii. (EN)
Salvati, L., Environmental Sustainability and Global Change, 2025 Elsevier Inc., ISBN 978-0-443-31596-1 (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPAP_ENVI Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Helena Doležalová Weissmannová, Ph.D.

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Helena Doležalová Weissmannová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Global Change:
Scientists of RPTU and Brno University of Technology as well as external institutions present current approaches and results of environmental science research. The specific contents change from year to year.

Energy and Sustainability:
Sustainability
Energy sources of the world
Scientific foundations of energy aspects
Solar energy: solar modules, solar-thermal energy, power plants, photovoltaics, ecological aspects
Heat pumps
Geothermal energy