PHASE INTERACTIONS (Water chemistry, with details on pH, ORP, solubility equilibria, air, soil, sediment and biota interactions).
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (Main organic pollutants)
PRINCIPLES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY (Biodegradation, persistence, bioaccumulation, biomagnification, ecotoxicology).
SOIL CHEMISTRY (Definition and formation of soil, physical and chemical characteristics, soil vulnerability towards pollution).
ATMOSPHERE CHEMISTRY (Definition, structure and composition; photochemistry, tropospheric and stratospheric ozone, acid rain, smog).