Environmental Studies: Science and Engineering

Instructors: Virendra Sethi, Munish Chandel, S. Karmakar

Course name:Environmental Studies: Science and Engineering

Course code:ES 200

Course type:Theory (Core)

Credits:3

Pre-requisites-None

Course content:
Classes of Air pollutants, their dispersion, wind rose, Atmospheric stability, pollution control measures for particulate pollutants, pollution control measures for gaseous pollutants, Radiation balance, Municipal Waste management, biomedical waste management, Multidisciplinary nature of environmental problems, Utilization of natural resources and environment degradation, indicators of environmental pollution, ecosystems, biodiversity and conservation, environment and human health

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Lectures:
Lectures were given using slides.

Assignments,exams and grading:
There were 3 modules: 
1.Air Quality: 2 assignments (14%)
2.Waste management: 1 assignment (10%)
3.Multidisciplinary nature of environmental problems: 1 assignment (10 %)
No quizzes.
There was one exam at the end which carried the remaining weightage .

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