Environmental Studies

COURSE LAYOUT

Weeks Weekly Lecture Topics
Week 1: CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENT, LAND : A NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE : FOREST, THE STORY OF WATER, TREASURE OF EARTH
Week 2: GLOBAL FOOD POSITION : CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS, RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES : ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, PART-1, DAMS : BOON OR CURSE, FRESH WATER ECOLOGY, RESERVOIR ECOSYSTEM, PART-1
Week 3: RESERVOIR ECOSYSTEM, PART-2, THE CONCEPT OF ECOSYSTEM, ENERGY FLOW IN ECOSYSTEM, ECO-FRIENDLY AGRICULTURE, DESERT ECOSYSTEM, FOREST ECOSYSTEM, ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION, FOOD WEBS & ECOLOGICAL PYRAMIDS, GRASS LAND ECOSYSTEM
Week 4: BIO-GEOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF INDIA, NATURAL DYE, BIODIVERSITY : AN INTRODUCTION ,BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY AT GLOBAL NATIONAL AND LOCAL- LEVEL,THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY, VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY, ENDANGERED COMMON PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES
Week 5: INDIA AS - A MEGADIVERSITY NATION, TYPES OF NOISE POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION, SOIL POLLUTION, EFFECTS OF NOISE POLLUTION, ROLE OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN PREVENTION OF POLLUTION, LAND SLIDES
Week 6: CYCLONE, FLOOD, EARTH QUAKES AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT, THE CHANGING NATURE OF EARTH
Week 7: BASICS OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, MANAGEMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, AGONY OF SEAS, THE PRICE OF PANACEA - BIOMEDICAL WASTE, EFFECTS AND CONTROLS OF WATER POLLUTION
Week 8: NUCLEAR HAZARDS, INDUSTRIES & WASTE, DEALING WITH INDUSTRIAL WASTE, ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS, PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL AWARNESS, EHTIC'S OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES
Week 9: INDIAN LEGISLATIVE STEPS TO PROTECT OUR, NVIRONMENT, WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, URBAN PROBLEMS RELATED TO ENERGY, RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION
Week 10: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE, SEX RATIO, POPULATION EXPLOSION, IMPACT OF HUMAN POPULATION ON ENVIRONMENT, INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND WATERBORNE DISEASES
Week 11: HIV/AIDS, CANCER & THE ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH, CHEMICALS IN FOOD, TYPHA : A BIO-REMEDIAL PLANT, CASTOR BEAN, PINUS
Week 12: MALARIA, MACHLA : A SERENE VILLAGE, THE SECRET OF TASTE – CHILLI, COMMON AVENUE – TREES, COMMON VILLAGE TREES, FLOWER - THE BEAUTIFUL GIFT OF NATURE, SILK COTTON TREE : KAPOK, COTTON YARN