A&O Sci 104 Fundamentals of Air and Water Pollution - SUMMER 2016

Instructor: Tersi Arias-Young

Email: tersiarias@ucla.edu
Office: MS 7984
Lecture days & time: T & R 10:45AM-12:50PM Discussion Sessions: W 10-10:50AM

Office Hours: T 4-5PM

Classroom#: MS 7124A

About the course: An introductory, upper-division course on the chemistry and physics of air and water
pollution. Topics include photochemistry, acid rain, air pollution meteorology and dispersion, groundwater and
surface water pollution, global change. . Related topics include human population dynamics, material balances,
and basic environmental models. Prerequisites include the usual chemistry, math, and physics courses taken
before upper division physical science courses.
Required Textbook: Environmental Engineering & Science. G. M. Masters, W. P. Ela; Pearson 2008. 3rd edition.
Office Hours: An hour a week will be dedicated to meet with students on a one on one or small group basis and
answer questions regarding homework or lecture topics. Another hour will be dedicated for one on one
appointments during the week (by email appointment only).
Method of Contact: Should I need to contact you, it will be done through your UCLA email account, please
check it regularly. Feel free to use the same method of communication if you need to contact me or look for me
during office hours. I usually check my school email twice a day, around noon and early in the evening, before I
leave school, and I try to respond emails within 48 hours of receiving them.
Holidays: September 5 (Labor Day) This holiday does NOT affect our lecture class or discussion sessions.
Grades: The final course grade will be based on a cumulative total of 1000 points from:

4 homework assignments, 200 points total

1 Midterm examination, 300 points

1 cumulative Final exam, 500 points

The letter grades will be based on a fixed scale:

A 930 - 1000

B- 740 - 779

D+ 580 - 619

A- 870 - 929

C+ 700 739

D 540 - 579

B+ 820 - 869

C 660 - 699

D- 500 539

B 780 - 819

C- 620 - 659

F < 500

Homework Assignments: Homework assignments are posted on CCLE and are due by 5 pm of their due date.
Any assignments turned in after that moment are late and subject to the following penalties:

By 5:00 pm on the 1st day after it is due: 25% deduction

By 5:00 pm on the 2nd day after it is due: 50% deduction

After that, no assignments will be accepted for credit.

Homework assignments must be submitted to the instructor in person, or dropped in the box located outside
my office door. Do not leave assignments in the department mailboxes or main office. Thank you.

Homework Format: Last Name, First + Section number on the right top corner
- Write out all steps
- Use correct final units
- Box you final answer(s)
Significant Figures: Propagate all figures through your calculation; do not round off until the very last step.
IMPORTANT: Students must submit work that they have written themselves. While you may confer with other
students to discuss approaches and techniques, you must write up your own solutions. These solutions should
show all of the steps you needed to take to arrive at the final result and include physical units on values if
needed. Duplicate or copied solutions may be awarded partial or no credit at the discretion of the instructional
staff. Assignments that are determined to have not been written by the student will be referred to the Dean of
Students for prosecution as a case of academic dishonesty.
Exam Dates:

Midterm: Thursday, August 18 / Final Exam: Thursday, September 8

There will be no makeup and no alternate-scheduled (i.e., "early") exams, unless required by the
Office of Students with Disabilities or by California Education Code Section 92640(a).
Tentative Schedule:

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3
Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Lecture - Tuesday
Hello! Expectations, policies.
Introduction Lecture Models: Steady
& Non-steady. Energy Fundamentals.
HW# 1 - assigned
HW# 1 due at beginning of class
Environmental Chemistry conts.
Human Population and Mathematics of
Growth
HW# 2 - assigned
HW# 2 - due at beginning of class
Groundwater and Stormwater Pollution
Air Pollution Overview
Aerosol Particles
Photochemical Smog
HW# 3 - assigned
HW# 3 - due at beginning of class
Indoor Air Pollution
Global Atmospheric Change
Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect
HW# 4 - assigned
HW# 4 - due at beginning of class
Global Warming and the Carbon Cycle
Stratospheric Ozone Layer

Lecture - Thursday
Energy Fundamentals conts.
Environmental Chemistry

Discussion Session
HW#1 work

Water Pollution Overview

Surface Water Eutrophication
and Acidification

HW#2 work

MIDTERM EXAM

Midterm Review

Smog in Los Angeles

Air Pollution Dispersion and
Meteorology

HW#3 work

Global Climate Change

HW#4 work

FINAL EXAM

Final Exam review

Reading: Reading topics from the textbook are listed in the lecture schedule. You should do the reading on
those topics during each week, and prior to lecture class, if possible.
Have a great short summer quarter!