21CIV57 Environmental Studies syllabus for CV

Ecosystems (Structure and Function):

Forest, Desert, Wetlands, River, Oceanic and Lake. Biodiversity: Types, Value; Hot-spots; Threats and Conservation of biodiversity, Forest Wealth, and Deforestation.

Advances in Energy Systems (Merits, Demerits, Global Status and Applications):

Hydrogen, Solar, OTEC, Tidal and Wind.

Natural Resource Management (Concept and case-studies): Disaster Management, Sustainable Mining, Cloud Seeding, and Carbon Trading.

Environmental Pollution (Sources, Impacts, Corrective and Preventive measures, Relevant Environmental Acts, Case-studies):

Surface and Ground Water Pollution; Noise pollution; Soil Pollution and Air Pollution.

Waste Management & Public Health Aspects:

Bio-medical Wastes; Solid waste; Hazardous wastes; E-wastes; Industrial and Municipal Sludge.

Global Environmental Concerns (Concept, policies and case-studies):

Ground water depletion/recharging, Climate Change; Acid Rain; Ozone Depletion; Radon and Fluoride problem in drinking water; Resettlement and rehabilitation of people, Environmental Toxicology.

Latest Developments in Environmental Pollution Mitigation Tools (Concept and Applications):

G.I.S. & Remote Sensing, Environment Impact Assessment, Environmental Management Systems, ISO14001; Environmental Stewardship- NGOs. Field work: Visit to an Environmental Engineering Laboratory or Green Building or Water Treatment Plant or Waste water treatment Plant; ought to be Followed by understanding of process and its brief documentation.

Course outcome (Course Skill Set)

At the end of the course the student will be able to :

• CO1: Understand the principles of ecology and environmental issues that apply to air, land, and water issues on a global scale,
• CO2: Develop critical thinking and/or observation skills, and apply them to the analysis of a problem or question related to the environment.
• CO3: Demonstrate ecology knowledge of a complex relationship between biotic and a biotic components.
• CO4: Apply their ecological knowledge to illustrate and graph a problem and describe the realities that managers face when dealing with complex issues.

Assessment Details (both CIE and SEE)

• The weightage of Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) is 50% and for Semester End Exam (SEE) is 50%.
• The minimum passing mark for the CIE is 40% of the maximum marks (20 marks out of 50).
• A student shall be deemed to have satisfied the academic requirements and earned the credits allotted to each subject/ course if the student secures not less than 35% ( 18 Marks out of 50)in the semester-end examination(SEE), and a minimum of 40% (40 marks out of 100) in the sum total of the CIE (Continuous Internal Evaluation) and SEE (Semester End Examination) taken together

Continuous Internal Evaluation:

Three Unit Tests each of 20 Marks (duration 01 hour)

1. First test at the end of 5th week of the semester

2. Second test at the end of the 10th week of the semester

3. Third test at the end of the 15th week of the semester

Two assignments each of 10 Marks

4. First assignment at the end of 4th week of the semester

5. Second assignment at the end of 9th week of the semester

Group discussion/Seminar/quiz any one of three suitably planned to attain the COs and POs for 20 Marks (duration 01 hours)

6. At the end of the 13th week of the semester

The sum of three tests, two assignments, and quiz/seminar/group discussion will be out of 100 marks and will be scaled down to 50 marks

(to have less stressed CIE, the portion of the syllabus should not be common /repeated for any of the methods of the CIE. Each method of CIE should have a different syllabus portion of the course).

CIE methods /question paper is designed to attain the different levels of Bloom’s taxonomy as per the outcome defined for the course.

Semester End Examination:

Theory SEE will be conducted by University as per the scheduled timetable, with common question papers for the subject (duration 03 hours)

1. The question paper will have ten questions. Each question is set for 20 marks.

2. There will be 2 questions from each module. Each of the two questions under a module (with a maximum of 3 sub-questions), should have a mix of topics under that module.

The students have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Question paper pattern:

1. The Question paper will have 100 objective questions.

2. Each question will be for 01 marks

3. Student will have to answer all the questions in an OMR Sheet.

4. The Duration of Exam will be 2 hours

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books

1. Environmental studies, Benny Joseph, Tata Mcgraw-Hill 2nd edition 2012

2. Environmental studies, S M Prakash, pristine publishing house, Mangalore 3rd edition-2018

Reference Books:-

1. Benny Joseph, Environmental studies, Tata Mcgraw-Hill 2nd edition 2009

2. M.Ayi Reddy Text book of environmental science and Technology, BS publications 2007 Dr. B.S Chauhan, Enivironmental studies, university of science press 1st edition