Learning Objectives
This course attempts to create a pro-environment attitude and a behavioural pattern in the student community and society. It emphasizes the importance of developing sustainable lifestyles and raising awareness of various environmental issues.
Learning Outcomes
By completing this course, students are expected to develop critical thinking on multiple dimensions of the environment through knowledge, practical skills, analytical reasoning, and problem-solving approaches.
Course Content
Unit 1: Understanding the Environment
- Environment: concept, importance, and components
- Ecosystem: concept, structure, and function (food chain, food web, ecological pyramids, and energy flow)
- Ecosystem services: provisioning, regulating, and cultural
- Biodiversity: levels, values, threats, and conservation
- Environmental education: concepts, objectives, and ethics
Unit 2: Natural Resources and Environmental Pollution
- Natural resources: renewable and non-renewable (global status, distribution, and production)
- Management of natural resources: individual, community, and government approaches
- Air, water, and soil pollution: causes, consequences, and control
- Solid waste management: collection, segregation, transportation, and disposal; 3R's
- Climate change: causes and consequences
Suggested Readings
- Asthana, D. K. Text Book of Environmental Studies. S. Chand Publishing.
- Basu, M., Xavier, S. Fundamentals of Environmental Studies. Cambridge University Press, India.
- Basu, R. N. (Ed.) Environment. University of Calcutta, Kolkata.
- Bharucha, E. Textbook of Environmental Studies for Undergraduate Courses. Universities Press.
- Miller, T. O. Jr. Environmental Science. Wadsworth Publishing Co.
- Wagner, K. D. Environmental Management. W.B. Saunders Co. Philadelphia, USA.
- Mckinney, M. L. & Schoch, R. M. Environmental Science Systems & Solutions. Web enhanced edition.
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