Environmental Studies

By Dr. Monica Jain | Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore

Learners enrolled: 8355

Mother earth is the most Precious gift of universe; no citizen of the earth can afford to remain aloof form the issues related to the environment. The U.G.C. decided to address the issue of environment at the undergraduate level.

“Environmental studies for undergraduates” is a common core module syllabus for environmental science at the undergraduate level and being used by every university in the country. The environmental core module has been integrated in to the teaching programmes of all undergraduate courses in higher education.

The objective of this course is to provide knowledge about multidisciplinary nature of environment, various sources of natural energy, ecosystem, social issues and the environment, etc. Students will be evaluated upon achievement in terms of academic excellence. Students will also be able to understand about the various environmental issues and problems associated with the human population and the environment.

Summary

Course Status :	Ongoing
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Multidisciplinary
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	11 Jan 2024
End Date :	30 Apr 2024
Enrollment Ends :	29 Feb 2024
Exam Date :	26 May 2024 IST
Exam Shift :	Shift - I

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Weeks		Weekly Lecture Topics
Week 1	:	Lecture 1:CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENT Lecture 2: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Lecture 3: THE CONCEPT OF ECOSYSTEM
Week 2	:	Lecture 4: RESERVOIR ECOSYSTEM (PART-1) Lecture 5: RESERVOIR ECOSYSTEM (PART-2)
Week 3	:	Lecture 6: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT (PART-1) Lecture 7: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT (PART-2) Lecture 8: ENERGY FLOW IN ECOSYSTEM
Week 4	:	Lecture 9: ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION, FOOD WEBS AND ECOLOGICAL Lecture 10: FOREST ECOSYSTEM
Week 5	:	Lecture 11: GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM Lecture 12: DESERT ECOSYSTEM Lecture 13: LAND A NATURAL RESOURCE
Week 6	:	Lecture 14: THE CHANGING NATURE OF EARTH Lecture 15: DROUGHT - I Lecture 16: DROUGHT - II
Week 7	:	Lecture 17: WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES Lecture 18: FRESH WATER ECOLOGY Lecture 19: AIR POLLUTION
Week 8	:	Lecture 20: EFFECTS AND CONTROLS OF WATER POLLUTION Lecture 21: SOIL POLLUTION Lecture 22: EFFECTS OF NOISE POLLUTION
Week 9	:	Lecture 23: NUCLEAR HAZARDS Lecture 24: THE PRICE OF PANACEA - BIOMEDICAL WASTE Lecture 25: ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS
Week 10	:	Lecture 26: PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS Lecture 27: INDIAN LEGISLATIVE STEPS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT Lecture 28: GLOBAL WARMING
Week 11	:	Lecture 29: OZONE LAYER DEPLETION Lecture 30: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Week 12	:	Lecture 31: BIODIVERSITY AN INTRODUCTION Lecture 32: BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION

Books and references

1- Bharucha, Erach (2005):"Text Book of Enviromental Studies for Undergraduate Courses", Universities Press (India) pvt ltd, Hyderabad, India.

2- IGNOU – 1991 – AHE-1/5 – Human Environment Management of Environment - Indira Gandhi open university, New Delhi

3- IGNOU 1995 – FST-1/4 Foundation course in Science and Technology “Environment and Resource” - Indira Gandhi open university, New Delhi

4- Kothari Dr. Milind – 2005 – Environmental Education – Universal Publication, Agra.

Instructor bio

Dr. Monica Jain

Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore

Dr. Monica Jain has been working as a Professor and Head, Dept. of Life Sciences at Maharaja Ranjit Singh College of Professional Sciences, Indore (MP). She holds seventeen years of under-graduate and fifteen years of post-graduate teaching experience of Life Science courses. Her area of specialization is in Plant Biotechnology, which involves research on Mutagenesis and production of novel traits", In vitro regeneration" and Enhancement of secondary metabolites in plant cell suspension cultures. Dr. Jain has various research publications as research papers in peer reviewed international journals, as posters and oral paper presentations in national and international level conferences.

Course certificate

The course is free to learn. Interested Learners can enroll and learn the course for free.

If You wish to get certified on this course you must register and write the proctored exam after payment of exam fee.
The exam is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) in various exam centres across India.
30 % will be allocated for Internal Assessment and 70 % will be allocated for external proctored examination.
A minimum 40 % passing marks are needed in internal AS WELL AS external for being eligible for certificate.

Exam pattern:
Computer Based Test (CBT)
50 MCQs

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