The course teaches the basics of air pollution control and deals with the emissions of air pollutants from technical/man-made processes, their dispersion and chemical transformation in the atmosphere, as well as their effects on humans and the environment.

Air pollutants cause negative effects on humans, wildlife and buildings. To control and reduce the impact of air pollutants, their transfer from sources to receptors needs to be known. This transfer includes transport within the atmospheric boundary layer, chemical transformation reactions and phase-transfer processes from gases to particles.