Ecological Systems Analysis (for MSc students who need this course as additional admission requirement)

The regular Bachelor course is taught in German and its description can be found here.

This information is for english speaking master students that need to take the exam as an additional requirement

As the classes are in German, you are expected to study the lecture contents reading the following literature:

• Brunner, P.H. and Rechenberger, H. (2004). Practical Handbook of Material Flow Analysis. CRC Press. ISBN 15-66-70604-1.
• Jolliet, O et al. (2016). Environmental Life Cycle Assessment. CRC Press, Boca Raton - London - New York. ISBN 978-1-4398-8766-0 (Chapters 2-5.2)
• van Leeuwen, C.J. and Vermeire, T.G. (2007). Risk Assessment of Chemicals: An Introduction. Springer, 2nd edition. ISBN 978-1-4020-6101-1. The book is available as E-book through NEBIS. Chapters to read: Chapters 1.1-1.2.5 and Chapter 1.7, Chapters 2.1-2.3.3, Chapters 3.1-3.2.2 (until end of page 75), 3.4.1, and 3.5.1, Chapters 4.1 and 4.5, Chapter 7.2.2, 7.3.2-7.3.4, 7.10-7.10.1, and 7.11

Further reading on LCA:

• Guinée et al. (2002) An operational guide to the ISO-standards - Part 3: Scientific background
• European Commission Joint Research Centre (2010) ILCD handbook - General guide for Life Cycle Assessment

Chapters and sections of special relevance for this course: