The study course covers basic knowledge of environmental engineering chemistry and materials science to develop students' skills and competencies in assessment of ecological problems of technologies, to introduce students to clean environmental technologies, as well as to provide understanding of simple materials and composites, technological and operational properties of materials, advantages and disadvantages. peculiarities of material structures and their research methods. The course develops competencies to track the life cycle of materials and products, to perform experiments in the laboratory independently, to perform analysis of results, explain and summarize data, and draw conclusions.