COREMODULESYLLABUSFORENVI RONMENTALSTUDI ES

FORUNDERGRADUATECOURSESOFALLBRANCHES
OFHI GHEREDUCATI ON
EVA2301
SEMESTERI I
I
Lear
ningOut comes:
Thestudentswi l
lbeabletounder stand:
 Factorsandpr ocessesaffecti
ngdi st
ri
but
ionandabundanceofor
gani
sms.
 Diff
erentkindsofecosy st
ems.
 Biodiv
ersity,
itsi
mpor t
ance, t
hreatsandconservat
ionmeasur
es.

Lect
ure
Sr
.No. Topi
c
(Tot
al36)

Themulti
discipli
narynatureof
envi
ronmentalstudies
 Whati st heenv i
ronment?
1  Def i
niti
on, scopeand 6
importance
 Needf orpublicawareness

Renewabl eandnon- r
enewabl e
resources:
Naturalresourcesandassoci ated
probl
ems.
 Ty pesofnat ural r
esources,
use
andov er -
exploitati
on
sustainableuse 10
 For est,mi neral,water
,food,
2 energy ,
land
 Rol eofani ndividuali
n
conser vati
onofnat ur
al
resources
 Equi tableuseofr esourcesfor
sustainablelifestyl
es

Ecosy
st ems:
 Ecol ogy
 Concept ,st r
uctur
al and
funct i
onal component sof
ecosy stems
 Foodchai n,foodweb, tr
ophic
3 10
levels,fl
owofener gyand
nut r
ientsthroughf oodchain
 Ecol ogi
cal pyramids
 Popul ati
onandcommuni ty
ecology
 Ty pesofecosy st
ems
 Biodi
versityandi tsconser vati
on
 Genet i
c, speciesand
ecosy stemsdi v
er si
ty
 Sy stemat i
csandt axonomy ,
classi fi
cat i
onof
mi croor ganisms, plantsand
ani mal s.
 India’sbi ogeogr aphic
4 classi fi
cat i
on 10
 Zoogeogr aphicreal ms,
biodi versityhotspot s
 Endemi cit
y
 Thr eat stobi odiversit
yand
conser vationofbi odiver
sit
y
(IUCN, CITES, WPA)
COREMODULESYLLABUSFORENVI RONMENTALSTUDI ES
FORUNDERGRADUATECOURSESOFALLBRANCHES
OFHI GHEREDUCATI ON
EVA2401
SEMESTERI V
Lear
ningOut comes:
Thestudentswi l
lbeabletounderstand:
 Theef fect
sofanthropogenicef fect sont hehumanenv ironmentandthemeasur
es
tomi ti
gatethose.
 Currentenv i
ronmentalproblemsandt her oleofani ndiv
idualinmanagi
ngthe
problems.

Env
ironment alpollution
 Def i
niti
on
 Causes, ef
fectsandcont rol
measur esof:
1.Ai rPol l
ution
2.Wat erPol l
ut ion(i
ncluding
mar ine)
3.Soi landlandPol l
ution
5 8
4.Noi sePol l
ut i
on
5.Ther mal Pol l
ution
6.Nucl earPol luti
on
 Sol idwast emanagement
 Rol eofani ndividualin
prevent i
onofai rpoll
ution
Cur
rentenv i
ronmenti ssues
 Cl i
mat echangeandgl obal
war ming
 Bi odiversit
yloss
6  Human- wil
dlifeconf l
ict
8
 Conf l
ictsbetweenpubl i
cand
forestdepar tment
  Popul ationexpl osion
 Dev elopment–f rom
unsust ainabl et osust ai nable
 Consumer ism andwast e
product s
 Thest or yofst uffpr oject
Cleanupofenv ironment s
 Ecol ogi cal restorat i
on
 Bi oremedi ationand
phy tor emedi ation
 Env ironment albiot echnol ogy.
 UseofRS- GI Sinmoni toring 8
 Env ironmentandhumanheal th
7  Rol eofr esear ch, medi a,social
networ k, citi
zensci enceand
i
nf ormat iont echnol ogyi n
creat ionofawar eness
Humanpopul at i
on, env ironmentand
sociali
ssues
 Popul ationgr owt h
 Popul ationmanagement
 Humanheal thandenv i
ronment
8  Wat erconser vation, r
ai nwater 8
har vest i
ng
 Env ironment alAct s
 Cl imat echangeandgl obal
war mi ng
 Publ icawar eness

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eldVisi
t/Pr
oject(
Home-
based
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act
ivi
ty)
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