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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI INSTRUCTION DIVISION SECOND SEMESTER: 2018-2019 Course Handout (Part II) In addition to part I (General Handout for all courses appended to the time table) this portion gives further s pecific details regarding the course). Course No. Course Title Instructor incharge Team of Instructors :

: BITS F225 : Environmental Studies : JUDITH BRAGANCA Meenal Kowshik, Anasuya Ganguly, Dibakar Chakrabarty, Kundan Kumar NN Ghosh, Halan Prakash, Rashmi Chauhan, Ranjan Dey, Amrita Chaterje e, S D Manjare

1. Course content: Environment, human population, and industrialization; natural resources and the impact of man- made activi ties on them; structure and function of ecosystem, population ecology, biodiversity and its conservation, env ironmental pollution, social issues and the environment, and environmental impact assessment. 2.Scope & Objective of the Course: The need for sustainable development is a key to the future of mankind. Continuing problems of pollution, solid waste disposal, degradation of environment, issues like economic productivity and national security, G lobal warming, the depletion of ozone layer and loss of biodiversity have made everyone aware of environm ental issues. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janerio in 19 92 and world Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg in 2002 have drawn the attention of peo ple around the globe to the deteriorating condition of our environment. It is clear that no citizen of the earth can afford to be ignorant of environment issues. Environmental management has captured the attention of he alth care managers. Managing environmental hazards has become very important. 3. Operational Modality of the Course This Course is a mandatory requirement under the category (and sub-category) General Institutional Requir ement (general Awareness / Professional Courses) for all First Degree programs. The Course will be offered as a MOOC Course. Students ed in this Course will be required to complete the Modules within the deadlines indicated below. Students will be awarded Non letter Grade Good/Poor. Student should have obtai ned at least 15% or above to be eligible to get Grade (Good/Poor). Others will be given a NC Grade.22 Lect ures of 60 minute duration will be ed on Moodle platform. Approximately first 10 Lectures will be co nsidered for online Mid SemTest and the next 11 Lectures will be considered for the online End SemTest.

Textbook: 1. Erach Bharucha, Text book for Environmental Studies, University Grant Commission, New Delhi, India, 2004. Reference Books (RB): 1. Richard T. Wright, Dorothy F. Boorse, Gordon College, Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future, Twelfth Edition, 2014. 2. Gilbert M. Masters and Wendell P. Ella, Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Sciences, PHI Learning Private Ltd., Third Edition, 2007.

3. Peter Stiling, Ecology Theories and Applications, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall India. 4. Gilbert M. Masters and Wendell P. Ella, Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Sciences, PHI Learning Private Ltd., Third Edition, 2007. 5. Barthwal R. R., Environmental Impact Assessment, New Age International Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2002. 6. Rao, C. S., “Environmental Pollution Control Engineering”, New Age International (P) Ltd., New Delhi, Revised Edition, 2006. 7. ISO 14000 Book

Course Content: Modules Learning Objectives

Topics to be covered

Number Lectures Introduction to Environmental Studies. (Dept. of 1 Biological Sciences)

1

Introduction

2

Concept of Ecosystems, Structure of Ecosystems (food chains and webs), 3 Evolution and Biodiversity Global biomes and Climate, Energy and Material flow in ecosystems, Biological Wealth and Value of Species, Biodiversity Types and Hotspots, Decline of Biodiversity, Protection of Biodiversity (Dept of Biological Sciences)

3

4

Impact of Population and Moving Towards a Sustainable Future, Environmental 3 economic growth on the Public Policy, Politics and the Environment. Legal framework of Env Laws & regulations, Laws & environment Policy Standards of Clean Air Act (CAA) and Legal Aspects of Solid Waste Management, Environment Impact Assessment: Qualitative EIA. (Dept of Economics) Population Ecology Use of resources such as Water, Food and Energy 2 Sustainable Development Dynamics of natural populations (growth curves), Mechanisms of Population Equilibrium (intra and inter-species interactions), Evolution as a Force for Change, Community Ecology, Ecosystem Responses to Disturbance (ecological succession) (Dept of Biological Sciences)

5

Environmental pollution

6

Environmental Quality: Air Effects of air pollution (global warming, 3 and water Pollution photochemical smog, ozone hole depletion); Carbon Capture Footprints, Carbon Sequestration Methods; water quality parameters, water and wastewater

Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Soil Pollution, Marine Pollution, Noise Pollution, Thermal Pollution and Nuclear Hazards (Dept of Chemistry)

3

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treatment processes (Dept of Chemistry) 7

8

9

Technologies employed for Criteria pollutants, Non criteria pollutants, Air 2 air pollution control pollution meterology, Atmospheric Dispersion; Mechanisms and equipments for separation of air pollutants (Dept of Chemical Engineering) Solid waste management Integrated Management of Solid waste, Sources of 2 systems Solid Waste, Properties of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Storage & Transport of MSW, Biological MSW Treatment Techniques(Dept of Biological Sciences) ISO 14000 and Env Impact Various standards under ISO 14000 and EIA 2 Assessment (EIA) Methodology (Dept of Chemical Engineering)

Self Study References: Will be ed on Moodle

1. Evaluation Scheme: S.No. Components

Duration

1. 2 2.

30 min 30 min 30 min

Mid Sem Test Self Study Test Comprehensive Exam

Weightage (100%) 35% 25% 40%

Remarks

Date Time and Venue

Online Online Online

6/10/2018 (AN), CC Lab 30/11/2018 (AN), CC Lab

Make-Up Policy: Make-Up may be granted in extremely genuine cases only.

Course Notices: All notices will be displayed on Moodle and sent to student email s. Dr. Judith M. Braganca BITS F 225- Environmental Studies