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STATE EDUCATION POLICY (SEP) -2024-25

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

(COMPULSORY COURSE/ CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES)

SYLLABUS

I SEMESTER - B.Com, BBA, BCA

II SEMESTER – BA, BS.c, BSW

SUBMITTED TO

RAICHUR UNIVERSITY RAICHUR- 584133


COMPULSORY COURSE
(ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES)

Content of AECC – Environmental Studies

Unit1: Environmental Studies: Introduction, Scope and importance; Concept of


sustainability.
Ecosystem: Structure and function of ecosystem; Energy flow in an ecosystem:
food chains, food webs and ecological succession. Case studies of the following
ecosystems:
a) Forest ecosystem,
b) Grassland ecosystem,
c) Desert ecosystem,
d) Aquatic ecosystems (ponds, streams, lakes, rivers,
oceans, estuaries)
Ecosystem and biodiversity services: Ecological, economic, social,
aesthetic and informational value.
Natural Resources:
Unit2: Land resources and land-use change; Land degradation, Soil erosion, and
desertification.
Deforestation: Causes and impacts mainly due to Mining and Dam construction.
Water: Use and over-exploitation of surface and ground water, conflicts over water
(International and Inter-state).
Energy resources: Renewable energy sources- Solar, Wind, Geothermal,
Hydropower. Non-renewable energy sources- Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas and
Nuclear energy.
Use of alternate energy sources.
Biodiversity and Conservation:
Levels of biological diversity: Genetic, species and ecosystem diversity.
Biogeography zones of India, Biodiversity Hot spots, Mega-biodiversity of India,
Endangered and Endemic species of India. In-situ and Ex-situ conservation of
biodiversity.
Threats to biodiversity: Habitat loss, Poaching of wildlife and Biological
invasions.

Unit3: Environmental Pollution and Policies:


Environmental pollution: types, causes, effects and control; Air, water, soil,
noise, light and radioactive pollution. Global warming and climate change, Ozone
layer depletion, Acid rain. Nuclear hazards and human health risks. Solid waste
management. Control measures of urban and industrial waste. Pollution case
studies.
Environmental Policies: Environment Protection Act; Air Prevention and Control
of Pollution) Act; Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act; Wildlife
Protection Act; Forest Conservation Act.
International agreements: Montreal and Kyoto protocols and Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD).

Unit4: Human Communities and the Environment: Human population and its
impacts onenvironment, human health and welfare, hazards of Tobacco- smoked
and Smokeless products like Cigar and Gutka, resettlement and rehabilitation.
Disaster management: floods, earthquakes,cyclones, landslides and forest fires.
Environmental movements: Chipko movement, Ladakh’s climatic movement and
Climate action strike in India.
Environmental ethics: Role of humans in environmental conservation, Importance
of CNG in sustainable transportation.

Field work
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5. Gleeson, B. and Low, N. (eds.) (1999). Global Ethics and Environment, London,
Routledge.
6. Groom, Martha J., Gary K. Meffe, and Carl Ronald Carroll. (2006). Principles of
Conservation Biology. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates.
7. McCully, P. (1996). Rivers no more: the environmental effects of dams (pp. 29-64).
Zed Books.
8. McNeill, John R. (2000). Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of
the Twentieth Century.
9. Nandini, N., Sunitha N., & Sucharita Tandon. (2019). A text book on Environmental
Studies (AECC). Sapna Book House, Bengaluru.
10. Odum, E.P., Odum, H.T. & Andrews, J. (1971). Fundamentals of Ecology.
Philadelphia: Saunders.
11. Pepper, I.L, Gerba, C.P. & Brusseau, M.L. (2011). Environmental and Pollution
Science. Academic Press.
12. Rajit Sengupta and Kiran Pandey. (2021). State of India’s Environment 2021: In
Figures. Centre Science and Environment.
13. Raven, P.H., Hassenzahl, D.M. & Berg, L.R. (2012). Environment. 8th Edition. John
Wiley & Sons.
14. Rosencranz, A., Divan, S., & Noble, M. L. (2001). Environmental law and policy in
India.
15. Sengupta, R. (2003). Ecology and economics: An approach to sustainable
development. OUP.
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Conservation. S. Chand Publishing, New Delhi.
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