ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES[As per Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) scheme](Effective from the academic year 2015 -2016)SEMESTER - I/II
Subject Code - 15CIV18/15CIV28
IA Marks - 10
Number of Lecture Hours/Week - 02
Exam Marks - 40
Total Number of Lecture Hours - 25
Exam Hours - 02
Course Objectives:
1. To identify the major
challenges in environmental issues and evaluate possible solutions.
2. Develop analytical skills, critical thinking and demonstrate
socio-economic skills for sustainable development.
3. To analyze an overall impact of specific issues and develop
environmental management plan.
Module - 1
Introduction: Environment - Components of Environment Ecosystem: Types
& Structure of Ecosystem, Balanced ecosystem Human Activities – Food,
Shelter, And Economic & Social Security.
2 Hours
Impacts of Agriculture & Housing Impacts of Industry, Mining &
Transportation Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainable Development. 3
Hours
Module - 2
Natural Resources, Water resources – Availability & Quality
aspects, Water borne diseases & water induced diseases, Fluoride problem in
drinking water Mineral resources, Forest Wealth Material Cycles – Carbon Cycle,
Nitrogen Cycle & Sulphur Cycle. 2 Hours
Energy – Different types of energy, Conventional sources & Non
Conventional sources of energy Solar energy, Hydro electric energy, Wind
Energy, Nuclear energy, Biomass & Biogas Fossil Fuels, Hydrogen as an
alternative energy. 3 Hours
Module -3
Environmental Pollution – Water Pollution, Noise pollution, Land
Pollution, Public Health Aspects. 2 Hours
Global Environmental Issues: Population Growth, Urbanization, Land
Management, Water & Waste Water Management. 3 Hours
Module -4
Air Pollution & Automobile Pollution: Definition, Effects – Global
Warming, Acid rain & Ozone layer depletion, controlling measures. 3 Hours
Solid Waste Management, E - Waste Management & Biomedical Waste
Management - Sources, Characteristics & Disposal methods. 2 Hours
Module - 5
Introduction to GIS & Remote sensing, Applications of GIS &
Remote Sensing in Environmental Engineering Practices. 2 Hours
Environmental Acts & Regulations, Role of government, Legal
aspects, Role of Non governmental Organizations (NGOs) , Environmental
Education & Women Education.
3 Hours
Course Outcome:
Students will be able to,
1. Understand the principles of ecology and environmental issues that
apply to air, land, and water issues on a global scale,
2. Develop critical thinking and/or observation skills, and apply them
to the analysis of a problem or question related to the environment,
3. Demonstrate ecology knowledge of a complex relationship between
biotic and abiotic components
4. Apply their ecological knowledge to illustrate and graph a problem
and describe the realities that managers face when dealing with complex issues
Text Books:
1. Benny Joseph (2005), “Environmental Studies”, Tata McGraw – Hill
Publishing Company Limited.
2. R.J.Ranjit Daniels and Jagadish Krishnaswamy, (2009),
“Environmental Studies”, Wiley India
Private Ltd., New Delhi.
3. R Rajagopalan, “Environmental Studies – From Crisis to Cure”,
Oxford University Press, 2005,
4. Aloka Debi, “Environmental Science and Engineering”, Universities
Press (India) Pvt. Ltd. 2012.
Reference Books:
1. Raman Sivakumar, “Principals of Environmental Science and
Engineering”, Second Edition, Cengage
learning Singapore, 2005
2. P. Meenakshi, “Elements of Environmental Science and Engineering”,
Prentice Hall of India Private
Limited, New Delhi, 2006
3. S.M. Prakash, “Environmental Studies”, Elite Publishers Mangalore,
2007
4. Erach Bharucha, “Text Book of Environmental Studies”, for UGC, University press, 2005
5. G.Tyler Miller Jr., “Environmental Science – working with the
Earth”, Tenth Edition, Thomson Brooks /Cole, 2004
6. G.Tyler Miller Jr., “Environmental Science – working with the
Earth”, Eleventh Edition, Thomson Brooks /Cole, 2006
7. Dr.Pratiba Sing, Dr.AnoopSingh and Dr.Piyush Malaviya, “Text Book
of Environmental and Ecology”, Acme Learning Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
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