Ecology and Environmental science Assam University tdc Syllabus 6th sem

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SIXTH SEMESTER 

EESP-601 

Environmental Pollution and Management 

Class hours: 60 

UNIT-I

Environmental pollution-definition and types of pollution; Air pollution and its causes. depletion, global warming, greenhouse effect, acid rain, climate change. (Marks-7)

UNIT-II

Water pollution and its causes, Eutrophication; Soil pollution, Solid and hazardous waste pollution,
llution; Pesticide pollution. (Marks-7)

UNIT-III

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)-concept of ETA, methods of impact assessment,
is a management tool. (Marks-7)

UNIT-IV

Management of industrial pollution connected with petroleum, cement, coal and paper industries India: Disaster management: floods, earthquakes, cyclones, landslides, Psunami. (Marks-7)

UNIT-V 

Policies and laws pertaining pollution control: The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution), 1974; The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981; The Environment ion) Act, 1986; The major environmental movement in India-The Chipko movement, Valley movement, Appiko movement, Narmada Bachao Andolan. (Marks-7)

suggested readings: 

1. Agarwal, S.K. (1991) Pollution Ecology.Himanshu Publications, Udaipur. 
2. Santra, S.C. (2005) Environmental Science, (Second Edition). New Central Book Agency, Kolkata. 
3. Santra, S.C. (2010) Fundamentals of Ecology and Environmental Biology. New Central BookAgency, Kolkata. 
4. Rana, S. V.S. (2006) Essential of Ecology and Environmental Science, (Second Edition).Prentice Hall of India Pvt.Ltd, New Delhi. 
5. Sharma, P.D. (2009) Ecology and Environment.Rastogi Publications. 
6. Odum, E.P. and Barrett, (1W. (2005) Fundamentals of Ecology, (Fifth Edition) .Thompson. 
7. Joseph, K. an Nagendran, R. (2004) Essentials of Environmental Studies. Pearson Education. 
8. Singh, J.S., Singh, S.P. and Gupta, S.R. (2006) Ecology, Environment and Resource Conservation. Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi. 
9. De, A.K. (2006) Environmental Chemistry. New Age International Publishers Pvt.Ltd. 

SIXTH SEMESTER 

EESP - 602 

(Practical and Project Report) 

Full marks: 30 

Pass marks: 10 

UNIT: I

(Marks: 10) 

1. To prepare a checklist of plants in college campus.
2. To prepare checklist of birds in college campus.
3. Monitoring of noise pollution by using sound meter.
4. To study the vegetation of a disturbed and undisturbed site.

UNIT-II

(Project report) (Marks: 10 

Each student should be given project work related to biodiversity inventory/environmental pollution. A project report has to be submitted which will be evaluated by external and internal examiners during final exams.

Lab notebook / Internal assessment (Marks: 5)

Viva a-vole (Marks: 5)

Suggested readings: 

1. Ambasht, R.S. and Ambasht, N.K. (2006) A Text Book of Plant Ecology.CBS Publishers and Distributors. 
2. Michael, P. (1984) Ecological Methods for Field and Laboratory Investigatior. Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi. 
3. Choudhury, A. (2000) The Birds of Assam. WWF-India, North East Regional Office 
4. BNHS (2004) The Wild Animals of India. Bombay Natural History Society.