📚 Syllabus & Course Curriculum
Environmental Science & Sustainability
Module-by-module breakdown of Bioremediation & Environmental Biotechnology for Water and Soil, from foundations to a certified capstone project.
Contaminants
• Hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, heavy metals, pesticides and microplastics
• Bioavailability, sorption and ageing that put contaminants beyond microbial reach
• Site characterisation and why remediation fails when contamination is mapped badly
Microbiology
• Aerobic and anaerobic degradation pathways and their electron acceptors
• Reductive dechlorination and Dehalococcoides as the classic worked example
• Metals are transformed, not degraded — immobilisation against mobilisation
Strategies
• Biostimulation, bioaugmentation and monitored natural attenuation compared
• In situ against ex situ treatment and the cost difference that decides it
• Bioreactors, biopiles and permeable reactive barriers
Plants
• Phytoextraction, phytostabilisation and rhizodegradation distinguished
• Hyperaccumulators, biomass disposal and the timescale problem
• Constructed wetlands for water treatment and their loading limits
Practice
• Molecular monitoring by qPCR of functional genes alongside chemical analysis
• Endpoints, cleanup standards and demonstrating a treatment actually worked
• GMO release restrictions and why most field work uses native consortia
Earn government-registered certification in Bioremediation & Environmental Biotechnology for Water and Soil
e-Certificate and e-Marksheet issued on successful completion.
