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St.

Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata


Postgraduate and Research Department of Commerce

Semester: III
Course name: Environmental Education – 1
Course code: V2BC230311T
Course Credits: 2
Pedagogy: Classrooms lecture, Case studies, Group discussion & Seminar
Course Description: The course aims to give an introduction to the environment, to highlight its
multidisciplinary nature. A detailed emphasis has been laid upon global environmental issues and
their remedial measures. The importance of biodiversity, followed by their conservation, and climate
change along with their mitigation measures have been incorporated, so as to give an in depth
understanding of the global environment issues and their modes of remediation.
Learning Objectives: The course aims to help learners to acquire conceptual knowledge of;
LO1. Information related to the major attributes of environment.
LO2. Importance of forest and wildlife, and the requirement of their protection.
Course Outcomes: On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
CO1. Develop the ability to apply multidisciplinary knowledge.
CO2. Recognize the global environmental problems.
Unit Unit Name Topics Nos. of
No. lectures
1. Introduction to ● Multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies; Scope 3
Environment and importance; the need for environmental education;
environmental ethics.
● Ecology and environment, ecosystem, components of
environment, food chains, food web and functions of
ecosystem, energy flow in an ecosystem, ecological
pyramid
● Concept and classification of biomes, biogeochemical
cycles, ecosystem preservation.
2. Global ● Environmental pollution: definition, sources, causes, 5
environmental impacts, remedial measures; air, water, soil, noise and
issues and radiation pollution
environmental ● Solid Waste Management- Control measures of urban
pollution and industrial waste, Waste segregation, E-waste,
Biomedical waste
● Pollution Case Studies: Delhi Air Pollution and public
health issues, Ganga Action Plan, Bhopal Gas Tragedy
● Stratospheric ozone depletion, El Nino, Acid rain.
● Disasters and disaster management; Special reference to
floods, earthquakes, cyclones, landslides.
3. Biodiversity ● Biodiversity: Definition, Levels of biodiversity, 3
and biogeographic zones of India, global biodiversity
Conservation hotspots, Keystone species, Values of biodiversity.
Endangered and endemic species of India, IUCN Red list
criteria and categories
● Threats to biodiversity: Habitat loss, poaching of wildlife,
Conservation of biodiversity: In-situ and Ex-situ methods
● Case Studies: Project Tiger, Deforestation in Amazon,

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St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata
Postgraduate and Research Department of Commerce

Reintroduction of Asiatic Lions in Kuno National Park,


India; reintroduction of Cheetah in India.
4. Climate ● Greenhouse effect, Global warming; Definition, scope 3
Change, its and facts of climate change, Impacts of global climate
impact and change, Climate change adaptation and mitigation
mitigation ● National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC),
National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), The Net Zero
Commitment
● UN Initiatives and International Agreements: Montreal
Protocol; UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol (COP3), Paris
Climate Summit.

SUGGESTED TEXT BOOKS/ READING MATERIALS:


1. Mitra, A. K and Chakraborty, R., Introduction to Environmental Studies, Book Syndicate, 2016.
2. Basu, M. and Xavier, S., Fundamentals of Environmental Studies, Cambridge University Press,
2016.
3. Enger, E. and Smith, B., Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships, Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Higher Education; 12th edition, 2010.
4. Carson, R. 2002. Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
5. Gadgil, M., & Guha, R. 1993. This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India Univ. of
California Press.
6. Odum, E.P., Odum, H.T. & Andrews, J. 1971. Fundamentals of Ecology. Philadelphia: Saunders.
7. Pepper, I.L., Gerba, C.P. & Brusseau, M.L. 2011. Environmental and Pollution Science. Academic
Press.
8. Agrawal, K M, Sikdar, PK and Deb, SC, A Text book of Environment, Macmillan Publication,
2002.
9. Richard T Wright, Environmental Science: Towards a Sustainable Future, Prentice-Hall Inc., 2008.

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