Title	Ecology of Soil Animals
Code	ÚBEV/EPZ1/03	Teacher	Kostúrová Natália
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To give students basic knowledge on the functioning of the soil system with special reference to dominant systematic groups of soil fauna, their ecology and taxonomic identification.
Content	The soil as an ecological system and type of environment Ecological factors ruling life in soil, soil-dwelling animals and their adaptations to this specific habitat. Functioning of the soil system and understanding of the principal interactions of soil fauna with the plant rhizosphere and soil microflora.
Prerequisite courses	ÚBEV/EKP1/04
Alternate courses	ÚBEV/EPZ1/99
Recommended reading	Coleman, D.C., Crossley, D. A., 1996: Fundamentals of Soil Ecology. Academic Press, London, 1-205 Eisenbeis, G., Wichard, W., 1987: Atlas on the Biology of Soil Arthropods. Springer- Verlag Berlin, Germany, 1-437 Schaller, F. 1968: Soil Animals. The University of Michigan Press, United States of America, 1-144 Wallwork, J. A., 1970: Ecology of Soil Animals. McGraw- Hill, England, 1-283 Wallwork, J. A., 1976: The distribution and Diversity of Soil Fauna. Academis Press, London, 1-355

Title	Ecology of Water Animals
Code	ÚBEV/EVZ1/03	Teacher	Hudec Igor
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To provide students with knowledge of the ecological characteristics of freshwater groups and prevalent species of invertebrates.
Content	Biology of the most common representatives and groups of freshwater animals of the Central Europe temperate region. Mohological adaptations, taxanomical characters, water communities.
Alternate courses	ÚBEV/EVZ1/99
Recommended reading	Fryer, G., Murphy, S.: A natural history of the lakes, tarns and streams of the English Lake District. Freshw. Biol. Association Cumbria, 1991 Bronsmark, Ch., Hannsson, L. A.: The biology of Lakes and ponds. Biol. Of Habitats Ser, 1998

Title	Ecological Ethology
Code	ÚBEV/EET1/03	Teacher	Ahlers Ivan, Majláth Igor
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To give students the means to analyse and comprehend the principles of behavioral strategies in a given ecosystem from the point of view of sociobiology.
Content	The topic of sociobiology and its relations to other disciplines. The evolution of social behavior in animals and in man. Strategies of social interactions and formation of groups in relation to the ecosystem. The choice of appropriate social arrangement, sexual partner, reproductive  and parental strategy. Competition among individuals and sexes.
Prerequisite courses	ÚBEV/ETO1/03

Title	Biopharmacology
Code	ÚBEV/BFA1/03	Teacher	Gálik Ján
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To provide the students with basic knowledge on the classification and mechanism of action of the most important pharmaceuticals
Content	Pharmaceutical principles. Classification of drugs. Absorption, biotransformation and excretion of drugs from the organism. Pharmacogenetics. Molecular mechanisms of drug effects. Drug-receptor interactions. Chronic administration of drugs. Teratogenity and cancerogenity of drugs. Development and introduction of drugs for clinical use. Principle of chronopharmacology
Alternate courses	ÚBEV/BFA1/99
Recommended reading	Clark, W. G., Braber, D.C., Johnen, A.R.: Goth‘s medical pharmacology. Mosby Year Book, 1992

Title	Biology of Plant Symbioses
Code	ÚBEV/BRS1/03	Teacher	Bačkor Martin
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To familiarise students with the most typical examples of plant symbioses.
Content	Morphological, cytological, physiological and biochemical aspects of the most typical examples of plant symbioses (lichens, mycorrhiza, nitrogen fixing bacteria, coral reefs, endosymbiosis).
Alternate courses	ÚBEV/BRS1/99
Recommended reading	Van den Hoek, C. a kol. 1995: Algae, an introduction to phycology, Deacon, J.W. 1997: Modern Mycology

Title	Population Genetics
Code	ÚBEV/PG1/03	Teacher	Čellárová Eva, Brezáni Peter
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To understand genetic relations at the population level, importance of population equilibrium and consequences of its changes.
Content	Genofond and genotype composition of a population. Genetic equilibrium of the population - Hardy-Weinberg law, linkage disequilibrium. Random mating and inbreeding, consequences of inbreeding in population - Bernstein-Wright law, consanguinity, homogamy, Wahlund effect. Mutations a mutation pressure, selection and selection pressure, fitness. Random effects: genetic drift, migration. Genetic isolates and their consequences, genetic polymorphism. Evolutionary significance of genofond changes.
Recommended reading	Griffiths, A.J.F. et al.: Modern Genetic Analysis, W.H.Freeman and Co., New York, 1999

Title	Biospeleology
Code	ÚBEV/BSP/04	Teacher	Kováč Ľubomír
ECTS credits	4	Hrs/week	1/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To give students basic knowledge on the diversity of the cave biota, relationships between and adaptations of biota to the specific environment, human influence and protection of the cave biota.
Content	Morphology and systematics of the cave fauna and microflora, their adaptations to this specific habitat type, geographic distribution, functioning of the cave system and interactions between its components, human influence and protection of the cave biota.
Prerequisite courses	ÚBEV/EPZ1/03
Recommended reading	Culver D. C., 1982: Cave life – evolution and ecology. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London Culver D.C., White W.B., 2005: Encyclopedia of caves. Elsevier, 1-654 Vandel A., 1965: Biospeleology - the biology of cavernicolous animals. Pergamon Press, Oxford Wilkens H., Culver D.C., Humphreys W.F., 2000: Subterranean Ecosystems. Ecosystems of the World, vol. 30. Elsevier, 1-791

Title	Radiation Ecology
Code	ÚBEV/REK1/01	Teacher	Šmajda Beňadik
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	2/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	3
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To provide students with a basic knowledge about the effects of ionizing radiation on living systems.
Content	Biologically important radionuclides. Natural sources of ionizing radiation. Artificial radioisotopes and the paths of their entrance into the biosphere. Radioactive compounds in the food chains. Entrance, acummulation and excretion of radioactive substances in animals. Biological effects of ionizing radiation.
Alternate courses	ÚBEV/REK1/99
Recommended reading	Coggle, J.E.: Biological Effects of Radiation. Taylor and Francis LTD, London, 1983 Hall, E.J.: Radiobiology for the Radiologist. J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1988

Title	Chromatographic Analysis
Code	ÚCHV/CHRA1/03	Teacher	Oriňák Andrej
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	3
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Content	General characteristics of chromatographic system and chromatographic separation.  Analyte retention in chromatography; retention indices. Models used for chromatographic system description. Parameters affecting quality of chromatographic separation.  Sensitivity, separated analytes, separation time, optimisation of chromatographic process. General equation of chromatography. Evaluation of retention and selectivity of chromatographic process. Stationary phase. Qualitative chromatographic analysis. Quantitative analysis methods; sample preparation. System of analyte separation. Identification in chromatographic analysis.
Recommended reading	D.A. Skoog, J.J. Leary: Principles of Instrumental Analysis, Saunders, 1992

Title	Macromolecular Chemistry
Code	ÚCHV/MMU/03	Teacher	Kladeková Daniela, Markušová Kvetoslava
ECTS credits	4	Hrs/week	3/-
Assessment	Examination	Semester	3
T/L method	Lecture
Objective	To make students familiar with available structures of polymers and their synthesis methods as well as with the ways that structure is reflected in their properties.
Content	Fundamental aspects of chemical composition of polymers-monomers; shape and the relationship between structure and properties. Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures. Thermal transition. Molecular mass distributions. Determination of molecular mass of macromolecules. Synthetic methods of functional polymers and their characterisation. Naturally occurring polymers: their properties. Degradation of polymers. Polymers and the environment.
Recommended reading	Elias H.-G.: Macromolecules. Volume 1(Structure and Properties); Volume 2 (Synthesis, Materials, and Technology). Plenum Press, New York, 1984 Moore W.J.: Physical Chemistry. Longman, London,1972 Munk P.: Introduction to Macromolecular Science. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989 Atkins P.W.: Physical Chemistry. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2002

Title	Wastes Treatment Methods
Code	ÚCHV/MSO1/03	Teacher	Oriňák Andrej
ECTS credits	4	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Content	Wastes classification; wastes separation. Re-cycling of wastes; methods of wastes elimination and re-finishing. Pyrolysis, degradation of wastes by pyrolysis, process optimisation. Analytical methods for wastes analysis. Monitoring of wastes degradation pollutants, toxicity of wastes and degradation products.

Title	Practical in Physical Chemistry
Code	ÚCHV/PFCU/03	Teacher	Markušová Kvetoslava
ECTS credits	4	Hrs/week	-/3
Assessment	Assessment	Semester	1
T/L method	Practical
Objective	To allow students to verify theoretical principles and to learn to describe each technique involved in appropriate physical chemistry experiments.
Content	Experimental verification of theoretical knowledge involving thermodynamics, thermochemistry, chemical equilibria (determination of enthalpy, phase diagrams), colligative properties (cryoscopy, ebulioscopy), adsorption. Experimental verification of theoretical knowledge involving electrochemistry (conductivity, dissociation constants, potentials, electromotoric potentials of cells, activity coefficients, polarography) and chemical kinetics (determination of rate constants).
Recommended reading	B.P. Levitt: Findlay´s practical physical chemistry. Longman, London, 1973 W.J. Moore: Physical Chemistry. Longman, London, 1972 P.W. Atkins: Physical Chemistry. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2002

Title	Hydrochemistry
Code	ÚCHV/CHHS/07	Teacher	Andruch Vasiľ
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To improve student knowledge of hydrochemistry
Content	Properties of water. Types of water, their characteristics. Chemical content and properties of natural waters. Surface waters. Chemical content and properties of surface waters. Fundamentals of aquatic chemistry. The hydrologic cycle. Mineral waters, their classification. Chemical content and properties of mineral waters. Underground water. Processes influencing the content of underground water. Sea water. Problems of sea water purification. Waste water. Content and properties of waste water. Basic strategies of water analysis. Sampling. Features of opening-up samples in water analysis. Conservation of samples. Methods of investigation of integral characteristics of water. Important physical indexes of quantity of water: temperature, density, transparency, color, turbidity, taste, smell. Content of soluble and insoluble compounds. Important methods of analysis of water chemical content. Chemical, physic-chemical, physical, biological methods of analysis. Total nitrogen. Organic nitrogen. Total phosphorus. Organic carbon. Chemical consumption of oxygen. Biochemical consumption of oxygen. Dissolved oxygen. Hydrogen sulfide and sulfides. Acidity, basicity, components of carbonate system, aggressive carbon dioxide. Distributing diagrams. Interaction of content of water and sediments. Features of organic substances analysis. Separation and concentration of organic substances. Lignosulfonic acides and tannin. Oils. Organic acids. Synthetic detergents. Pesticides. Test-methods in water analysis. Automatic monitoring stations. Sensor systems. Requirements for water quality.
Prerequisite courses	ÚCHV/ANCHU/03 or ÚCHV/ANCH1b/03 or ÚCHV/ANCH3/03
Alternate courses	ÚCHV/EACHH/04
Recommended reading	Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies. Ed. By Nicholas P Cheremisinoff, BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN, 576 p. 2001 Principles of Water Quality Control, Ed. by Thy Tebbutt, BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN, 288 p. 1997. Water Technology. Ed. by N. F. Gray, BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN, 600 p. 2005

Title	Chemometrics
Code	ÚCHV/ACM1/06	Teacher	Bazeľ Yaroslav, Vojteková Viera
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To provide knowledge of methods and methodologies of uncertainty and decision statistics needed to correctly evaluate and interpret analytical results. To provide knowledge about the areas of validation and accreditation of the laboratories.
Content	The principles of the mathematic-statistical methods used in analytical chemistry. Distribution of the measuring results. Classic and robust estimation of the mean value and variance. Statistical tests and their application. Accuracy, precision and reliability of the results. Uncertainity of the results. Calibration in analytical chemistry; linear and nonlinear models. Evaluation of analytical methods; chosen optimisation methods. Solving of typical problems within the framework of the practical lecture.
Alternate courses	ÚCHV/ACM1/03
Recommended reading	Richard G. Brereton: Chemometrics: Data Analysis for the Laboratory and Chemical Plant., Boca Raton, New York, 2003

Title	Environmental Chemistry
Code	ÚCHV/EECH/03	Teacher	Oriňák Andrej
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Content	Matter cycles on Earth. Geochemical cycles. Carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorous cycles. Metals and environment. Special cycles. Earth atmosphere composition; functions of atmosphere. Physical and chemical processes in atmosphere.  Atmospheric photochemistry. Pollutants in atmosphere and the greenhouse effect. Models of greenhouse effects. Principles of air quality control. Energetic Earth balance. Water environment and pollutants monitoring. Classification of pollutants and ways of elimination. Waste water cleaning processes.  Analytical methods in environmental chemistry, applications. Soil analysis, biogeochemical processes. Acid rain; metal ions in soil. Environmental analysis, strategy and concepts.
Recommended reading	G. Schwedt: The Essential Guide to Environmental Chemistry, Wiley and Sons, London 2001 R.N. Reeve, J.D. Barnes: General Environmental Chemistry, Wiley, London 1994

Title	Colloid Chemistry
Code	ÚCHV/FKC1/03	Teacher	Kladeková Daniela, Markušová Kvetoslava
ECTS credits	4	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To clarify basic physicochemical principles of colloid disperse systems (sise of dispersed particles); to examine selected important problems of technology and nature.
Content	Classification and characterisation of dispersed systems. Heterogeneity of colloidal systems. Optical properties of colloids. Theory of light scattering. Molecular-kinetic properties. Brownian motion, diffusion, osmosis, and sedimentation. Adsorption-basic concepts. Electrokinetic phenomena and their application. Structure, stability and coagulation of colloids. Rheology of dispersed systems. Gels. Aerosols. Solid dispersions, emulsions and foams. Application of theory during laboratory and calculation exercises.
Alternate courses	ÚCHV/FKC1/99ÚCHV/FKC1/00
Recommended reading	Moore W.J.: Physical Chemistry. Longman, London,1972 Hiemenz P.C.: Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry. M.Dekker, New York, 1986 Atkins P.W.: Physical Chemistry. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2002

Title	Colloid Chemistry Practicals
Code	ÚCHV/FKC/00	Teacher	Markušová Kvetoslava
ECTS credits	3	Hrs/week	-/3
Assessment	Assessment	Semester	2
T/L method	Practical
Objective	To give an introduction to technically important applications of colloid and surface chemistry.
Content	Surface effects. Adsorption at interface of solid and liquid phases, determination of surface nature. Electrical properties. Stability and coagulation of colloids. Structure-mechanical properties of colloids. Properties and aggregation of surfactants and micelles. Rheological properties.
Alternate courses	ÚCHV/FKC/99
Recommended reading	Internal textbooks

Title	Methods of Chemical Research
Code	ÚCHV/MCV1/03	Teacher	Kladeková Daniela, Markušová Kvetoslava
ECTS credits	4	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To familiarise students with physicochemical parameters as a means of measurement, evaluation, and interpretation in the study of a process.
Content	Overview of basic principles of the determination of physicochemical quantities (dissociation constant, activity coefficient, solubility product, stability constant of complex, diffusion coefficient). Calorimetry and its utilisation. Experimental methods in kinetics. The Butler-Volmer equation. Survey of selected key topics in colloid chemistry. Adsorption-BET equation. A discussion of topics selected from active research fields.
Recommended reading	Moore W.J.: Physical Chemistry. Longman Group Limited, London, 1972 Willard H.H. et al.: Instrumental Methods of Analysis. Wadsworth, Belmont, 1988 Koryta J., Dvořák J., Kavan L.: Principles of Electrochemistry. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1993 Atkins P.W.: Physical Chemistry. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2002

Title	Forensic and Clinical Analytical Chemistry
Code	ÚCHV/SKACH1/06	Teacher	Reiffová Katarína, Bazeľ Yaroslav
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	2, 4
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Content	Basic principles and definition of subject. Toxicology: classification of toxic and foreign substances. Drugs of abuse, doping agents, chemical harmful agents, and their metabolisms and analyses, application of analytical methods for the before-mentioned chemicals in human matrices.
Alternate courses	ÚCHV/SKACH1/03
Recommended reading	A. Mozayani, C.Noziglia: The Forensic Laboratory Handbook. Procedures and Practice, Springer, 2006 J.H.Duffus, H.G.J.Worth: Fundamental Toxicology, Springer, 2006 R.Bertholf, R.Winecker: Chromatographic Methods in Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology, Wiley. 2007

Title	Special Seminar
Code	ÚCHV/VSE1b/04	Teacher
ECTS credits	2	Hrs/week	-/2
Assessment	Assessment	Semester	2
T/L method	Practical
Content	Actual problems of physical and analytical chemistry which are connected with the solution of the students’ theses.

Title	Seminar on Diploma Work
Code	ÚCHV/SDP/03	Teacher
ECTS credits	2	Hrs/week	-/2
Assessment	Assessment	Semester	4
T/L method	Practical
Objective	To teach the student to prepare a presentation of his/her own results, to respond to criticism, to participate in scientific discussion, and to fulfil formal requirements of written diploma work.
Content	Presentation of researched information and own experimental results; scientific discussions and writing of scientific text.
Recommended reading	According to field of diploma work.

Title	Atomic Spectrochemistry
Code	ÚCHV/AAS1/03	Teacher	Bazeľ Yaroslav, Vojteková Viera
ECTS credits	6	Hrs/week	2/2
Assessment	Examination	Semester	1, 3
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To provide students with theoretical information and practical experience with atomic absorption and emission methods used in analytical practice (environmental analysis, material research, clinical and food analysis).
Content	Basic and enhanced information about spectral (optical) methods; history of their development; practical applications: optical analytical methods, principles, classification; atomic spectra, creation, analytical use. Modern equipment for scanning for radiation. Detection of radiation in spectrochemistry. Historical development; actual trends. Photographical detection and its particularities. Methodologies for  solution analysis; special methods for the direct transport of the solid samples in the DCA source. Atomic absorption spectrometry, flame and electrothermal atomisation. Methods based on the interaction of the RTG radiation and the sample: advantages, disadvantages and applications of WDXRF, EDXRF, TXRF.
Alternate courses	ÚCHV/AAS1/01
Recommended reading	D. A. Skoog, J.J.Leary: Instrumental Analytics. Springer, Berlin - Heidelberg 1996 B. Welz, M. Sperling: Atomic Absorption Spectrometry,Wiley-VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Germany 1998 Douglas A. Skoog, Donald M. West, F.James Holler, Timothy A. Nieman: Principles of Instrumental Analysis. , Wandsworth, 1997

Title	Bioanalytical Chemistry
Code	ÚCHV/BACH1/03	Teacher	Reiffová Katarína, Bazeľ Yaroslav
ECTS credits	5	Hrs/week	2/1
Assessment	Examination	Semester	7, 9
T/L method	Lecture, Practical
Objective	To convey theoretical knowledge and to give practical experience to students concerning the application of analytical chemistry and analytical methods to laboratory medicine.
Content	Introduction to bioanalytical chemistry. Biological sample; classification. Sampling techniques, transport, sample storing and conservation. Selected methods of sample pre-treatment for bioanalysis. Conditions for analytical method selection. Presentation of analytical data evaluation. Optimisation of analytical procedure. Control and management of quality in clinical laboratory. Molecules colouring and their analytical applications. Enzymes in bioanalysis. Mechanism of enzyme catalysis. Enzymes like analytes and analytical reagents. Moderators of enzyme activity. Basic principles of enzyme analytics. Introduction to Immunochemical methods: precipitation, nephelometric, turbidimetric and agglutination methods. Immunodiffusional methods. Radioimmunoanalytic methods (RIA). Nonisotopic methods (EIA, ELISA, LIA, FIA). Microbiological methods. Analysis of biomolecules: separation methods selection. Analytical technique of miniaturisation: principle, microchips, biosensors.
Recommended reading	Mikkelsen S.R, Cortón E.: Bioanalytical Chemistry, Wiley, 2004 Wilson I.: Bioanalytical Separations 4, (Handbook of Analytical Separations), Elsevier, 2003 Suelter C.H.,Kricka L.J.: Methods of Biochemical Analysis, Vol.37, Bioanalytical Instrumentation, Wiley, 1994 Rodriguez-Diaz R., Wehr T., Tuck S.: Analytical Techniques for Biopharmaceutical Development, Marcell Dekker, 2005