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20260412890Our PhD program is dedicated to preparing specialized scientific and research cadres capable of addressing environmental challenges through innovation and advanced methodology.
To be a leading doctoral program in environmental sciences, producing innovative researchers who advance scientific knowledge and contribute to sustainable environmental solutions at a global level.
Preparing specialized and proficient cadres in various fields of environmental sciences to meet the community and market needs and development plans as well.
| Course Code | Course | Credits | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENS 728 | Radiation in the work environment | 3 | – |
| Description | This elective PhD course is designed to provide the needed knowledge in the field of radiation in the work environment. Students learns the scientific concepts of ionizing radiation, its sources in the nature, and focusing on workplaces and its effects on the health of workers, and how to monitor to enhance the work place to make it healthier and safer for the occupants. | ||
| ENS 729 | Occupational exposure to organic solvents | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at studying the problem of occupational exposure to organic solvents, through the recognition of the sources of exposure (extraction, electroplating, printing, refrigeration, and polymerization), high risk industries (metal industry, electronic industry, food industry, plastics and rubber industry). Special importance is given to petrochemical industry. The course covers also health effects (nervous system, cancer) of organic solvents, and the environmental and biological monitoring of exposure. | ||
| ENS 730 | Occupational risk management | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at recognition of principles of occupational risk management starting from calculation and assessment of occupational risks, setting priorities, ending with decision making process, through risk assessment process and information flow process. | ||
| ENS 786 | Energy technology and its impact on environment | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at informing students about energy technology and its impact on different environmental systems through the study of conventional and renewable technologies for energy usage, fossil-fueled thermal power plants, nuclear power plants, solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal systems, hydrogen technology, in addition to information about methods and technologies for controlling and reducing the environmental impacts of energy technologies. | ||
| ENS 787 | Energy strategies for sustainable development | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at informing students about energy strategies and their relation to sustainable development through the study of energy policy and planning, energy efficiency and security, international environmental agreement and conventions, in addition to integrated management and use of energy resources and energy technologies. | ||
| ENS 753 | Water pollution and sustainable development | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at recognition of the relation between water pollution and sustainable development, through studying the actual situation of water available for use in the different purposes, the recent rates of water consumption, water poverty, water scarcity, the contribution of modern development in water pollution. In addition, the harmful environmental and health impacts of pollution, the importance of water management, the importance of water conservation, water recycling, water protection from pollution are discussed. | ||
| ENS 759 | Soil and ground water pollution modeling | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at studying analytical, numerical, and geochemical modeling for fate and transport of reactive/non-reactive and degradable contaminants, through application of mathematical models for chemical effects and behavior of pollutants in soil and groundwater. | ||
| ENS 760 | Land treatment of wastewater | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at studying land treatment systems of wastewater, through understanding concept and advantages of land treatment; differences between land treatment and landfill, expected environmental effects, environmental precautions and general requirements to put into consideration in design, operation, closure and post-closure of the site, in addition to site selection factors, components of treatment sites, description of treatment process; wastes addition methods, and necessary precautions for adding residues of organic hazardous waste. | ||
| ENS 782 | Combustion and air pollution | 3 | – |
| Description | The course discusses the role of combustion in air pollution, through informing students about mechanism of basic combustion reactions: Stoichometry, thermodynamics, and kinetics, physical and chemical properties of fossil fuels, formation and control of pollution in flames, primary reduction methods of emission of nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides, combustion in practical systems (internal combustion engines, power generation, utility boilers). | ||
| ENS 759 | Soil and ground water pollution modeling | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at studying analytical, numerical, and geochemical modeling for fate and transport of reactive/non-reactive and degradable contaminants, through application of mathematical models for chemical effects and behavior of pollutants in soil and groundwater. | ||
| ENS 795 | Seminar | 3 | – |
| Description | Student is required to prepare an article, scientifically written in depth, on a selected environmental issue, concluded by a seminar, presented by the student. Student may make use of related text books and scientific journals, in addition to IT and websites. | ||
| ENS 722 | Occupational Cancer | 3 | – |
| Description | The course studying the process of cancer formation due to occupational pollutants, through the recognition of cancer biology, mechanism of carcinogenesis, cell modification due to mutagenesis. The course covers in details cancer epidemiology, classification of carcinogenic substances, in addition to occupational exposure to carcinogens and its biological monitoring. | ||
| ENS 723 | Ergonomics | 3 | – |
| Description | Through this course of ergonomics, student is studying human capabilities and limitations, the relationship between safety, efficiency, productivity and comfort, systems’ design and task analysis, in addition to, optimal use of muscles; with special emphasis on design of work places, back injuries, and skilled tasks. | ||
| ENS 738 | Applied uses of microorganisms in food | 3 | – |
| ENS 747 | Microbial fermentations | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at studying microbial fermentations and their applications in food sciences, through recognition of production and preservation methods of microbial cultures used in fermentation, microbial starters, fermentation systems (patch, continuous). The course also deals with production of single cell protein and fat, pickling products, production of fermented foods, in addition to microbial manufacturing of chemicals. | ||
| ENS 766 | Environmental Management in Industrial Facilities | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at student’s acquaintance with environmental management systems in industrial establishments, through studying different environmental management system standards (English, EMAS, ISO), application field of each, steps of setting up an environmental management system in industrial establishments, and techniques required for each step. The student also recognizes advantages and disadvantages of application of various environmental management systems and constraints of setting up these systems in industrial establishments. | ||
| ENS 783 | Source control of atmospheric pollution | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at informing students about new trends in source control of atmospheric pollution through the study of operation principles, performance, and application of methods and devices to control aerosol and gaseous emissions, combustion processes and their modification for decreasing pollutants emission, and methods for calculation of operating and performance parameters. | ||
| ENS 720 | Occupational Toxicodynamics | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims to study the mechanisms of different occupational toxicities, through the examination of biochemical, cellular, subcellular and molecular mechanisms of chemicals in the occupational environment that induce toxicity in different body systems causing many occupational diseases. | ||
| ENS 702 | Concepts and applications of Environmental Performance | 3 | – |
| Description | The course deals with the concepts of environmental performance and their applications regarding the indices, rating, indicators, tracks, measures, and assessment systems, aiming to develop the student’s perception for environmental performance and applications in the different activities. | ||
| ENS 799 | PhD Dissertation | 12 | – |
| Description | The student carries out a scientific research under the supervision of a scientific committee. The student has to write and present a scientific thesis to the Deanship of the Post Graduate Studies according to the established KAU technical and academic criteria. | ||
| ENS 721 | Pneumoconiosis | 3 | – |
| Description | This PhD course focuses on the description of Pneumoconiosis as one of the most common occupational diseases, which workers can suffer from in the workplaces that put the workers at risk of exposure to dust. This course also discuss the types, causes, symptoms, effects, and methods to measure and control of this particular diseases. | ||
| ENS 724 | Industrial ventilation | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at deep studying of industrial ventilation, through student’s acquaintance of ventilation strategies for indoor air quality, advances in airflow, hood and duct design; with special emphasis on ventilation in hot weathers, and new trends in exhaust ventilation systems. | ||
| ENS 725 | Occupational accident analysis | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at student’s training for occupational accident analysis through the recognition of tools used in occupational accident analysis programs, causal factors of accidents, action steps in analyzing accidents and applications of accident analysis in prevention or minimization of occupational accidents occurrence. The course also covers legislative frame of compensation. | ||
| ENS 726 | Personal protective measures in occupational environment | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at teaching of implementation of personal protective equipment (PPE) program, through addressing the present hazard, selection, maintenance and use of PPE, and putting on training and monitoring strategies. The course covers also PPE-fit-testing, in addition to the legislative frame for personal protective equipment use. | ||
| ENS 727 | Occupational Noise | 3 | – |
| Description | This elective PhD course is designed to provide the needed knowledge in the field of exposure to noise hazard in the work environment. The students will learn in depth about occupational noise, its sources, and focusing on workplaces and its effects on the health of workers, and how to monitor and measure their exposure to noise, how to deal with its standards and regulation. Also studying and applying effective noise control measures to enhance the workplace to make it healthier and safer for the occupants | ||
| ENS 703 | Environmental Rules and Policies | 3 | – |
| ENS 735 | Occupational exposure to metals | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at studying the problems of occupational exposure to metals through detailed information of routes of exposure, exposure assessment and adverse health effects for the following metals: Arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, lead, mercury. In addition, to advanced methods in environmental and biological monitoring of exposure. | ||
| ENS 779 | Air microbiology | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at student’s acquisition of modern information and experiences of air microbiology through studying distribution and persistence of microorganisms in air, airborne diseases, detection of microorganisms in air, in addition to air microbiological quality control. | ||
| ENS 731 | Psychological Health in Occupational Environment | 3 | – |
| Description | This elective PhD course is designed to provide a wide knowledge in the field of occupational health focusing on organizational psychology or psychological health of the workers in any work environment. Students learns the concepts, objectives, history, scopes, roles, related symptoms and diseases, effects on the production level and quality of performance, and how to enhance the work place to provide peace and security for the employees and their employers. | ||
| ENS 732 | Occupational health in oil industry | 3 | – |
| Description | The course deals with the different activities of these industries either in oil fields or in refineries or in petrochemical plants, their health effects and control measures. The course also covers the application of safety measures in these industries with some knowledge of medical services and first aid in the field. | ||
| ENS 734 | Molecular epidemiology in occupational health | 3 | – |
| Description | The course discusses the applications of molecular epidemiology in occupational health, through studying the relationship of genes with occupational cancer as concerns mutations in tumor suppressor genes, cytogenetic changes, in addition to carcinogen and protein/nucleic acids adducts, as well as, the use of molecular indicators in occupational epidemiology. | ||
| ENS 788 | Environmental risk analysis | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at deepening the essential concepts of risk analysis through informing students about new trends in perception, identification and assessment of environmental risks, quantitative treatment of risk assessment procedures, in addition to fundamental mathematical models, and the concepts of variability and uncertainty. | ||
| ENS 762 | Advanced methods of wastewater treatment | 3 | – |
| Description | The course discusses the management and treatment of industrial wastewater; types, hazardous effects, collection methods, properties, different advance methods of treatment, recycling, reuse, and disposal methods. Application of nanotechnology in the treatment processes is illustrated. Assignments on these topics are provided as exercises. | ||
| ENS 763 | Water reuse and recycling | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at deepening the concept of water reuse and recycling, through studying sources of wastewater (industrial, agricultural and household), the possibility of recycling water from each source, necessary requirements for water reuse. The student recognizes causes that make water recycling difficult and methods of controlling and overcoming such difficulties, applications to reuse water, and required water quality for recycling in the different purposes. | ||
| ENS 764 | Sludge treatment and disposal | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims to explore sludge treatment and disposal methods, including sources, hazards, components, analysis, and treatment emphasizing fermentation treatment and disposal methods pre- and post-drying. | ||
| ENS 765 | Clean technology for plooution | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at deepening the concept of clean technology and cleaner production, through studying pollution types, sources, risks of exposure, methods of clean technology, hierarchy of pollution prevention, waste management options, obstacles encountered in implementation and motives of waste minimization. The student also recognizes the importance of cleaner production in developing countries, and the role of clean technology in pollution prevention and minimization. | ||
| ENS 733 | Early detection of occupational diseases | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at instructing students about early detection of occupational diseases, through acquaintance of pathophysiology of occupational diseases, reversible and irreversible health effects, in addition indices of absorption of toxic substances. The course also covers periodic examination and biological limits of occupational exposures. | ||
| ENS 767 | Solidification/stabilization of industrial liquid hazardous wastes | 3 | – |
| Description | This course discusses the theories of Solidification and stabilization of industrial liquid hazardous wastes. | ||
| ENS 780 | Chemical and photochemical reactions in the atmosphere | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at updating student’s information about chemical and photochemical reactions in the atmosphere through the study of composition of atmosphere and global cycle, lifetimes of pollutants, atmospheric photochemistry and chemical kinetics, radiative flux, absorption coefficient, in addition to chemistry of troposphere and stratosphere. | ||
| ENS 768 | Life Cycle Assessment | 3 | – |
| Description | This course discusses the concept and methodological essentials of Life Cycle Analysis and assessment of products and services. The course also discusses the mathematical structure of the LCA, and the Life Cycle Impact assessment (LCIA). The final section of the course includes a group effort to learn and utilize some of the available LCA and LCIA software. | ||
| ENS 761 | Theories of operation of sewage | 3 | – |
| Description | This course discusses the theories of operation of sewage. | ||
| ENS 755 | Water Desalination | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims to familiarize students with various advanced methods of desalination. This will be accomplished by studying the methods used in desalination plants within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, exploring their updates, understanding the significance of increasing their quantity to meet recent developments, assessing and preserving the quality of desalinated water, and emphasizing the importance of protecting it from pollution during distribution. | ||
| ENS 756 | Degradation of pollutants in soil and groundwater | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at studying fate and transport of contaminants in soil and groundwater system, through recognition of modern pollution problems and potential remediation techniques focusing on the chemical, biochemical and biological degradation of pollutants. | ||
| ENS 754 | Processes of water quality control | 3 | – |
| Description | This course focuses on discussing the modern methods of pollution prevention for the intakes of different sources of water as springs, wells, reservoirs, surface water and through distribution, as well as the different sophisticated water purification technologies. | ||
| ENS 757 | Evaluation and rehabilitation of polluted coasts | 3 | – |
| Description | This course discusses the assessment and rehabilitation of polluted coasts. | ||
| ENS 758 | Surface water quality modeling | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at the application mathematical models in the field of determination of the transport and dispersion of substances introduced in surface waters, through studying chemical and biological reactions in surface waters, and modeling of water quality for temperature, BOD, DO, nutrients, plankton population dynamics, and toxic pollutants. | ||
| ENS 736 | International policies in occupational health | 3 | – |
| Description | The course discusses the concept of WHO policy towards occupational health for all, through studying the principle of health right at work, the relationship between workplace and sustainable development, methods of analysis of health status at work, and methods of achieving objectives of occupational health for all. | ||
| ENS 737 | Ultrafine structure of environmental microorganisms | 3 | – |
| Description | The course discusses ultra-structure of environmental microorganisms, through recognition of advances in microscopy (light and electronic) and what they have added to the knowledge in the ultrastructure of microorganisms with environmental importance (flagella, cell wall, protoplast, cytosol, inclusion bodies and nucleoplasmic region). | ||
| ENS 739 | Microbial food poisoning | – | – |
| Description | The course discusses the problems of microbial food poisoning through recognition of advanced perspectives in bacterial food infection and intoxication, toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of bacterial and fungal toxins and their residues in different foods, in addition to risk assessment of microbial food poisoning and prophylactic mechanisms. | ||
| ENS 781 | Monitoring of industrial pollutants | 3 | – |
| Description | The course discusses modern trends in monitoring of industrial pollutants through the study of air pollutant sources and air pollution control equipment, advanced practices of measuring pollutants emitted from industrial sources, methods of collection and analysis stack effluents, in addition to continuous emissions monitoring (CEM) programs. | ||
| ENS 784 | Atmospheric transport and transformation of airborne chemicals | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at student’s information about methods of transport and transformation of airborne chemicals in air through studying regional or long-range transport, atmospheric lifetimes, fate of airborne chemicals in phenomena such as photochemical smog, acid deposition, and stratospheric ozone depletion, accumulation of greenhouse gases, in addition to regional and global distribution of volatile toxic compounds. | ||
| ENS 785 | Toxic and hazardous air pollutants | 3 | – |
| Description | The course aims at the deep study of toxic and hazardous air pollutants through informing students about their sources, determination of needed control efficiency, emission control by thermal incineration, catalytic incineration, flares, condensation, carbon adsorption, and wet and dry absorption, new trends in hazardous waste incinerators, in addition to governmental legislations governing this issue. | ||
| ENS 769 | Environmental applications of geographical information systems | 3 | – |
| Description | The course focuses on the use of geographical information systems (GIS) in environmental applications. It covers the principles, techniques, and technologies of GIS, as well as the conceptual issues involved in GIS database design, development, analysis, and display. Additionally, the course provides training in some environmental applications of these systems. | ||
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