Syllabus (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE)

Course Type: MAJ-1

Semester: 1

Course Code: BENVMAJ01T

Course Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: To develop concept on environment, man environment relation and environmental awareness To inform about the importance of environmental education To cultivate knowledge on Ecology, Ecosystem and Biome

Learning Outcome: Students will learn about the holistic concept of Environment, Environmental Education, Concept of Ecology, Ecosystem and Biome

Environment: (LECTURE – 30)

Definition and importance of environment; Types and components of environment; Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere; Scope and multidisciplinary nature of the subject; Man-environment relationships; Environmental awareness; Concept of environmental contaminants & pollutants

Environmental Education: (LECTURE – 15)

Environmental education at primary, secondary, and tertiary level; Goals of environmental education; Applications of and Career in Environmental Science

Concept of Ecology, Ecosystem and Biome: (LECTURE – 45)

Concepts of Ecology: Definition and divisions of ecology; Ecological classification: Aquatic, desert and marine (plants & animals) and their morphological, physiological and biochemical adaptation; Ecological factors - climatic, edaphic, physiographic and biotic; Limiting factor and Shelford’s Law, Liebig law; Concept of Biological clock, circadian rhythm

Suggested Books

1. Environmental Science: S.C. Santra; New Central Book Agency

2. Ecology and Environment: P.D. Sharma; Rastogi Publication.

3. Fundamental of Ecology: E.P. Odum, W.B. Sauders Company, USA

4. Textbook of Environmental Studies: Erach Bharucha; University Grants Commission; University Press2013

5. Fundamentals of Environmental Studies: Mahua Basu & S. Xavier; Cambridge University Press, 2016

6. Fundamentals of Environmental Studies-Mahua Basu (Cambridge University Press)

7. A Text book of Environment Agrawal, Sikdar and Deb (2002); MacMillan

8. Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet, Botkin & Keller (1998);John Wiley & Sons

9. Elements of Ecology: Thomas M Smith & Robert Leo Smith; LPE, Pearson Education

10. Principles of Environmental Science: Inquary and Applications: William P Cunningham & Mary Ann Cunningham; The McGraw-Hill Companies, 4th Edn.