Environmental and Resource Management - BMEGT42M003

The course unit aims to introduce engineering students with the interconnected systems of environment/environmental resources and economy, the theory and practice of sustainable development, its opportunities and domains, the European framework of environmental regulations and its domestic implications.

1. The student understands the role and importance of environmental and natural resources, the interrelations of the economy and the environment, and their current conflicts, and their motivators.
2. The student comprehends the strategy of sustainable development, its levels and dimensions and their complexity.
3. The student is aware of the theoretical approaches and practical mechanisms of environmental-economic regulatory tools, and the efficiency criteria of their use.
4. The student understands the sustainability challenges encountered by economic agents.

1. The student is able to evaluate economic and engineering activities according to sustainability criteria,
2. to recognize the opportunities inherent in technical development that support resource efficiency.
3. The student can interpret the alternatives between economic growth (traditional) and sustainable development (new type).
4. The student is capable of macro- and micro-level recognition of environmental external processes,
5. to identify tools and methods that provide a solution for their reduction and resolution and their practical application.

1. The student collaborates/cooperates with the lecturer and fellow students on acquiring knowledge;
2. expands their knowledge through continuous knowledge acquisition, is open to the use of information technology tools;
3. in accordance with the ideals of sustainability, the student strives to recognize and understand technical-economic processes as a complex system;
4. the student is determined to understand the impact of technical and economic processes and development on human well-being, and to evaluate the factors necessary to resolve their presumed harmful consequences.

1. Depending on the student's possibilities - in a given situational environment - they make an independent and responsible decision to enforce environmental/sustainability aspects;
2. is open to well-founded critical comments;
3. in a given situation - as part of a team - constructively cooperates in solving tasks;
4. in accordance with the principles of sustainable environmental and resource management, they apply the systemic approach in his thinking.

Lectures, problem discussions and case studies. Oral and written communication, use of IT techniques.

• Szlávik János (szerk.): Környezetgazdaságtan. Typotex Kiadó, Budapest, 2008.
• Előadásanyagok diasorai. – Lecture slides.
• Kósi Kálmán – Valkó László: Környezetmenedzsment. Typotex Kiadó, Budapest, 2006..
• W. McDonough-M. Braungart: Bölcsőtől bölcsőig – Környezettudatos tervezéstől a gyártásig. HVG Kiadó, Budapest, 2007.

Evaluation of the learning outcomes stated in point 2.2: through actions the summative assessment of learning outcomes of the competencies acquired during the semester (2 mid-term exams).

Detailed description of the evaluation of learning outcomes carried out during the study period: Summative assessment: a complex, written evaluation method of the subject's knowledge and ability-type competency elements in the form of two mid-term exams. The mid-term exams focus on the assessment of the acquired knowledge and its application, thus focusing on problem recognition and solution. The course material on which the evaluation is based is determined by the lecturer of the subject, the available working time is 45 minutes.

• 1st summative assessment: 50
• 2nd summative assessment: 50
• Total: 100

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1) Pursuant to the current CoS, each summative assessment can be retaken, repeated or completed late. 2) The summative assessments can be retaken, repeated or completed late for the first time during the late completion period free of charge. In the event of a retake, the new result always overwrites the old one. 3) If the student is unable to obtain a grade other than 'Fail' even with the retake, repeat and late completion possibilities according to point 1), they may make a second attempt to successfully complete the course after paying the fee specified in the regulations. 

Consulted with the Faculty Student Representative Committee, approved by the Vice Dean for Education, valid from: 06.05.2024.

In order to achieve the learning outcomes set out at point 2.2, the subject consists of the following thematic blocks. In the syllabi of the courses announced in each semester, these topics are scheduled according to the calendar and other conditions.