ECTS - PWSZ im. Witelona w Legnicy

The Witelon University of Applied Sciences in Legnica - Field: Environment protection
Protection and Rehabilitation of Degradated Areas
Within this specialization there are complex studies preparing students for implementation
and exploitation of different methods and systems that reduce negative influence of a human being
on the environment, as well as the ones that let the affected and transferred elements and
environmental areas return to their primary function and improve their condition. There is a special
emphasis and focus on best available techniques for direct or indirect protection of environment and
rehabilitation of areas degradated by a human activity.
The aim of this specialization is to educate graduates that are skilled to make decisions at
different levels: communal, regional and national. They are trained for planning monitoring of
natural environment, computer processing and analyzing information applying mathematical
techniques and multi-criteria analysis used particularly for rehabilitating degradated areas.
The graduates of the specialization of Protection and Rehabilitation of Degradated Areas are
prepared for designing and supervising environment friendly technologies including wasteless ones.
They know kinds of degradation of environment with particular focus on degradation of soil. They
can use various methods of rehabilitating soil – biological, chemical and technical ones, with
particular emphasis on mining areas. They can evaluate harmfulness of technologies, both used and
newly implemented, on the environment. They know technologies of removing and neutralizing of
industrial gas, liquid and solid waste and are familiar with water-sewage management.
The graduate of the first grade studies in the field of Environment Protection in specialization of
Systems of Environment Protection and Protection and rehabilitation of Degradated Areas is
granted a title of an Inżynier 1 .
1 Polish equivalent of Bacholor of Science (BSc)
ECTS Course Catalogue 2010/2011
381