ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (18CIV59)

 

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Course Code 18CIV59

 CIE Marks 40

Teaching Hours / Week (L:T:P) (1:0:0) SEE Marks 60
Credits 01 Exam Hours 02

The important links are given below

Module - 1

Ecosystems (Structure and Function): Forest, Desert, Wetlands, Riverine, Oceanic and Lake.
Biodiversity: Types, Value; Hot-spots; Threats and Conservation of biodiversity, Forest Wealth, and
Deforestation.

Module - 2

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.

Module - 3

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.

Module - 4

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.

Module - 5

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 an understanding of process and its brief documentation.

Important Links:

1. click here to get Complete Notes-1 

2. click here to get Complete Notes-2

3.click here to get Question Bank-1

4. click here to get Question Bank-2

Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, students 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 questions related to the environment.
· CO3: Demonstrate ecology knowledge of a complex relationship between biotic and abiotic components.
· CO4: Apply their ecological knowledge to illustrate and graph a problem and describe the realities that managers face when dealing with complex issues.

Question paper pattern:

• · The Question paper will have 100 objective questions.
• · Each question will be for 01 marks
• · Students will have to answer all the questions in an OMR Sheet.
• · The Duration of Exam will be 2 hours.