Syllabus for M. Sc.

in Environmental Science and Technology SYLLABUS

Two Years Master of Science Degree in Environmental Science and Technology (EST)

Session: 2013-2014 (Academic Year: 2013-14, 2014-15)

Faculty of Applied Science and Technology

Department of Environmental Science and Technology) Jessore Science and Technology University Jessore-7408, Bangladesh

Syllabus for M. Sc. in Environmental Science and Technology

Credits Outline for

Master of Science Degree In

Environmental Science and Technology

Jessore Science and Technology University

With effect from 2013-2014 Academic Session

Department of Environmental Science and Technology) Jessore Science and Technology University

Jessore-7408, Bangladesh

Syllabus for M. Sc. in Environmental Science and Technology

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Syllabus for M.Sc. in Environmental Science and Technology

FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER

Course No EST 5101 EST 5103 EST 5105 EST 5102 EST 5104 EST 5107 EST 5109 EST 5111 EST 5113 Course Title Major courses Advanced Environmental Chemistry Climate Change Science Environmental Analysis Credit 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 15

Sessional
Advanced Environmental Chemistry Sessional Climate Change Science Sessional Optional course ( Any two of them) Natural Resource Management Water Resource System Analysis Environmental Risk Management Applied Environmental Microbiology Total

FIRST YEAR SECOND SEMESTER

Course No EST 5201 EST 5203 EST 5205 EST 5202 EST 5206 Course Title Major courses Air Pollution Control and Management Advanced Waste Management Advanced Waste Water Treatment Credit 3 3 3 1 1

Sessional
Air Pollution Control and Management Sessional Advanced Waste and waste water Treatment Sessional Optional course ( any two of them) Ecological Engineering Industrial Ecology Water and Hygiene Health Integrated Coastal Zone Management Total

EST 5207 EST 5209 EST 5211 EST 5213

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SECOND YEAR FIRST SEMESTER

Course No EST 5300 Course Title Thesis work Total Credit 6 6

Syllabus for M. Sc. in Environmental Science and Technology FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER _______________________________________________ 3 FIRST YEAR SECOND SEMESTER _____________________________________________ 3 SECOND YEAR FIRST SEMESTER _____________________________________________ 4

FIRST YEAR: FIRST SEMESTER _______________________________________________ 6 EST 5101: Advanced Environmental Chemistry _________________________________ 6 EST 5102: Advanced Environmental Chemistry Sessional ________________________ 6 EST 5103: Climate change Science ___________________________________________ 7 EST 5104: Climate change Science Sessional ___________________________________ 7 EST 5105: Environmental Analysis ___________________________________________ 8 EST 5107: Natural Resource Management ____________________________________ 9 EST 5109: Water Resource System Analysis __________________________________ 10 EST 5111: Environmental Risk Management _________________________________ 11 EST 5113: Applied Environmental Microbiology _______________________________ 12 FIRST YEAR: SECOND SEMESTER ___________________________________________ 13 EST 5201: Air Pollution and Control _________________________________________ 13 EST 5202: Air Pollution and Control Sessional ________________________________ 13 EST 5203: Advanced Waste Management ___________________________________ 14 EST 5205: Advance water and wastewater treatment __________________________ 15 EST 5206: Advance water and wastewater treatment Sessional __________________ 15 EST 5207: Ecological engineering __________________________________________ 16 EST 5209: Industrial Ecology ______________________________________________ 17 EST 5211: Water supply, sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) _______________________ 18 EST 5213: Integrated Coastal Zone Management _____________________________ 19 SECOND YEAR: FIRST SEMESTER ___________________________________________ 20 EST 5300: Thesis work ___________________________________________________ 20

Syllabus for M. Sc. in Environmental Science and Technology

FIRST YEAR: FIRST SEMESTER

EST 5101: Advanced Environmental Chemistry

Course Number: EST 1101 Course Title: Advanced Environmental Chemistry Credit: 3 [3 hours per week for a period of 13 (3X13 hours) weeks] 1. Basic concept : physical, equilibrium, organic, colloidal and nuclear chemistry; Mass balance; sorption; Ion Exchange; Redox Chemistry 2. Equilibrium Partitioning Between Gaseous, Liquid, and Solid Phases : Partitioning: Molecular Interactions and Thermodynamics ,Vapor Pressure ,activity Coefficient and Solubility in Water ;Organic Liquid-Water Partitioning, Organic Acids and Bases: Acidity Constant and Partitioning Behavior, 3. Sorption: General Introduction and Sorption Processes Involving Organic Matter, Partitioning to Living Media, Bioaccumulation and Baseline Toxicity; Sorption Processes Involving Inorganic Surfaces, green chemistry. 4. Transformation Processes : Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Transformation Reactions ,Chemical Transformations - Hydrolysis and Reactions Involving Other Nucleophilic Species- Redox Reactions, Direct Photolysis,Indirect Photolysis ,Biological Transformations 5. Modeling Tools: Transport and Reaction -Transport by Random Motion - Transport Through Boundaries, -Air-Water Exchange -box model, Models in Space and Time , 6. Environmental analytical chemistry: spectrometry, GC-MS, LC/MS/MS, ICP/MS 7. Analysis of emerging pollutants: Environmental Systems and Case Studies : pond, lake, river, groundwater.

Recommended References: Rene P. Schwarzenbach Philip M. Gschwend Dieter M. Imboden (2003) environmental organic chemistry

EST 5102: Advanced Environmental Chemistry Sessional

Credit: 01 Course content will be supplied during the class.

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EST 5103: Climate change Science

Course Number: EST 5103 Course Title: Climate Change Science Credit: 3 [3 hours per week for a period of 13 (3X13 hours) weeks] 1. Introduction to Climate Change Science / The climate System : The Climate System; Natural climate variations, Human induced climate variations, observing anthropogenic climate change 2. Direct observations of Climate Change :Temperature in the instrumental record for land and oceans; Temperature of the past 1000 years; little ice age and Medieval warm period; changing in precipitation and related variable; changing the atmospheric / oceanic circulation; changing in Extreme Weather and Climate Events; 3. Natural and anthropogenic drivers of Climate Change: Concept of Radiative forcing; Are human activities responsible for this climate change? Greenhouse Gases; Radiative Forcing of Factors Affected by Human Activities; Radiative Forcing from Natural Changes 4. Climate models: Introduction and overview of climate modelling; How Are Models Constructed; Simulating Climatic Change; Advances in Modelling; Some important models 5. Global Climate Projections: Emissions scenarios; Projections of Radiative Forcing; How is the climate going to change further in the future? Factors contributing to sea level change 6. Impacts of future climate changes: Impacts on systems and sectors e.g. ecosystem, food, coast, industry, settlement and society, water and health; Ocean acidification; Extreme events 7. Controlling climate change: Mitigation and Adaptation: Mitigation options on different sectors; Effectiveness Analysis of Mitigation Measures; Adaptation and Adaptive Capacity, Adaptation Characteristics and Processes, Future Adaptations, Community based adaptation 8. Climate Change in the context of Bangladesh :Climatic Situation, Climate Change Projections and scenarios, Vulnerability to different hazards; Physical Impacts and Sectoral analysis, Mitigation strategies, Adaptation measures and practices in various sectors 9. International Climate Change agreement: Why are international agreements needed? The Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol: lessons learned; Climate Change Convention; Kyoto Protocol; Are countries meeting their emission reduction obligations? Clean Development Mechanism; Institutional infrastructure; new agreements beyond; After Copenhagen and Cancun

References 1. Edward Bryant 1997. Climate Process and Change by, Cambridge University Press,. 2. Ahmed, A. U., (2006) Bangladesh: Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability - a Synthesis. 3. MoEF (2008) Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2008, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. xvi + 68 pp. 4. IPCC, 1997 4 An Introduction to Simple Climate Models used in the IPCC Second Assessment Report

EST 5104: Climate change Science Sessional

Credit: 01 Course content will be supplied during the class.

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EST 5105: Environmental Analysis

Course Number: EST 5105 Course Title: Environmental Analysis Credit: 3 [3 hours per week for a period of 13 (3X13 hours) weeks] Ecological resources; cultural heritage, socio-economic profile; functional analysis of ecosystem: functions and services, drivers of change; stakeholder analysis; problem analysis; objective analysis; option analysis; ecosystem valuation; environmental management system; case studies.

References:
Barbier, E. B., Acreman, M. & Knowler, D (1997). Economic Valuation of Wetlands: A guide for policy makers and planners. Ramsar Convention Bureau, Gland, Switzerland Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005). Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis. Island Press, Washington, DC.

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EST 5107: Natural Resource Management

Course Number: EST 5105 Course Title: Natural Resource Management Credit: 2 [2 hours per week for a period of 13 (2X13 hours) weeks] 1. Introduction of NRM: Definition; scope and goal of natural resource management and its relation to environmental sciences; types of Resources (renewable, Potentially-renewable and nonrenewable resources); Resources e.g. Land, Water, forest, minerals, agriculture, wild life and energy resources; Status of resources and their proper management 2. Conservation of natural resources : a brief history of resources conservation, basic reason of the depletion of natural resources and their conservation; traditional approaches and tools in Natural resource management 3. Water resources and its management: Importance and properties of water, sources and worldwide supply and national consumption, water supply problems, watershed management practice, water management practice, effects of watershed management 4. Timber Management and Forest management Agro forestry: Silvi culture treatment, timber management, harvesting of timber, Forest and its ecological significance; forest disease and its control; deforestation and its cause; forest management; social forestry, classification of agro forestry, overview of agro forestry benefits and limitations 5. Agriculture and Food resources: Food supply; population growth and world food problems; human nutrition, world agriculture system; Increasing crop yield; Sustainable agriculture; food security Ecological background of fish management; population management practice, habitat management practice; 6. Plants and wildlife resources: Ecological background of wildlife management, Wildlife and its necessities; causes of declining wildlife; steps of wildlife management, population management practice, habitat management practice 7. Mineral resources: Abundances and formation of mineral resources, location, mining and processing of mineral resources, population, technology and resources, Key resources in Bangladesh; hard rock and coal mining 8. Integrated NRM and research :Importance of alternatives, estimation of natural resources, benefits and costs, decision making, The role of researcher, the research continuum, meeting peoples need, tools of research

Recommended References:
Natural Resources Management Practices: A Primer by Peter F. Folliott MSU Chowdhury 1993. Importance of Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Development: Bangladesh Context, BARC, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh P.S. Shulka and P.S. Chandal Plant Ecology and Soil Science by S Chand & Company, New Delhi, India Owen O S, Chiras D D and Reganold J P 1998. Natural resources conservation-management for a sustainable future, 7th Ed. Prentice Hall, New Jersey

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EST 5109: Water Resource System Analysis

Course Number: EST 5109 Course Title: Water Resource System Analysis Credit: 2 [2 hours per week for a period of 13 (2X13 hours) weeks] 1. Introduction: Introduction; Availability of Water on Earth and Water Use; Water Resources Systems: Basic Concepts; System Definition and Properties; Hydrologic Systems and Modeling Approaches; Conflict Issues in Water Resources Planning and Management 2. Decision Making: Optimization and Conflict Resolution; Single-Criterion Optimization; MultipleCriteria Optimization; Group Decision Making; Conflict Resolution; Special Methodology; 3. Water Resources Economic: Benefits and Costs; MoneyTime Relationship; Economic Analysis of Multiple Alternatives; Economic Evaluation of Projects Using the BenefitCost Ratio Method 4. Time Series Analysis: Stochastic Processes; Hydrologic Time Series Modeling: Basic Steps; Data Preparation; Methods of Parameter Estimation; Goodness of Fit Tests; Data Generation and Forecasting 5. River Basin Modeling: Watershed: Definition and Characteristics: Watershed Geomorphology; Soil Characteristics; Data Requirements; Objectives; Management Tools; Conflict Issues in River Systems; Problems 6. Groundwater Management: Characteristics of Groundwater Systems; Hydraulic Properties of Soils and Groundwater; Groundwater Flow Equations; Groundwater Modeling 7. Water Quality Management: Principles of Water Quality Systems Analysis; Surface Water Quality Management 8. Water Demand Analysis and Management: Water Use and Demand: Basic Definitions; Water Demand Forecasting for Regional and National Planning; Water Supply Issues; Flow Measurement Equipment; Municipal Water Demand; Municipal Water Demand Estimation and Forecasting; Elements of Urban Water Distribution Networks; Municipal Water Demand Management Measures; Agricultural Water Demand; Irrigation Methods; Drainage and Salinity Control; Agricultural Water Demand Management; Industrial Water Demand Management; Environmental Water Demands; Water Reuse; Treatment Options for Wastewater Reuse

References:
Mohammad Karamouz; Ferenc Szidarovszky and Banafsheh Zahraie, 2003. Water resources systems analysis, lewis publishers, crc press llc, 2000 n.w. Corporate blvd., boca raton, florida 33431

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EST 5111: Environmental Risk Management

Course Number: EST 5111 Course Title: Environmental Risk Management Credit: 2[2 hours per week for a period of 13 (2X13 hours) weeks] 1. Hazards and risk :Awareness of hazards; hazards and risk; what are environmental hazards; a typology of hazard and disaster; from hazard to disaster 2. A framework for environmental risk assessment and management: An overall framework; Key stages in each tier of environmental risk assessment; Options appraisal 3. The social aspects of risk: Why consider the social dimensions of risk? Risk perceptions; Trust and credibility; Equity; Responses to risk and the role of the media; Risk communication; Stakeholder participation 4. Problem formulation: Introduction; Defining the intention; Justifying an intention; Setting the boundaries; The controlling factors; Developing a conceptual model 5. Risk screening, prioritisation, Quantification and dealing with uncertainty: Why screen and prioritise? Key criteria for risk screening; Methods for risk screening and prioritising; Prioritising effort; Types of quantification; Dealing with uncertainty 6. Evaluating the significance of a risk and decision making: Risk estimation as a basis for risk management decisions; Factors influencing the significance of a risk; other significant factors; Tradeoff analysis: methods for decision-making; which technique? Iteration; Risk communication and decision-making 7. Monitoring : What to monitor; designing the monitoring programme; interpreting and dealing with monitoring data 8. Quantitative risk assessment: toxic chemicals : Risk; Hazard identification; exposure assessment; toxicity assessment; risk characterization; ecological risk assessment; A case study

Reference Keith Smith 1998 Environmental Hazards Assessing risk and reducing disaster 2 nd edition, Routledge London and New York ( Chapter-1) Defra, 1995. Guidelines for Environmental Risk Assessment and Management, Available at: http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/risk/eramguide/index. htm

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EST 5113: Applied Environmental Microbiology

Course Number: EST 5113 Course Title: Applied and environmental Microbiology Credit: 2 [2 hours per week for a period of 13 (2X13 hours) weeks]

1. Review of basic microbiological concepts: microorganisms, bacterial growth; microbial environments: aquatic, air, soil and extreme environment; detection and identification: sampling, sample preparation, microscopic technique, cultural methods, physiological methods, immunological methods, nucleic acid-based methods; 2. Microbial communication, activities, and interactions with environment and nutrient cycling; remediation of organic and metal pollutants; Water and foodborne pathogens; wastewater treatment and disinfection, urban microbiology; microbial risk assessment

Reference
R.M. Maier, I.L. Pepper, C.P. Gerba. 2009. Environmental Microbiology. Academic Press.

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FIRST YEAR: SECOND SEMESTER

EST 5201: Air Pollution and Control

Course Number: EST 5201 Course Title: Air Pollution and Control Credit: 3 [3 hours per week for a period of 13 (3X13 hours) weeks] 1. overview of Air pollution: history of air pollution, natural versus polluted atmosphere; scale of air pollution problem; air quality, sources of air pollution; atmospheric chemistry; meteorology of air pollution: the physics of the atmosphere, transport and dispersion of air pollutants; air pollution modeling and prediction 2. The engineering control of air pollution: engineering control concept, control devices and systems: Fabric Filtration , Cyclones ,Electrostatic Precipitation , Wet and Dry Scrubbing ,Condensation ,Flare Process , Thermal Oxidation ,Catalytic Oxidation ,Gas-Phase Activated Carbon Adsorption , Gas-Phase Biofiltration , Emerging Air Pollution Control Technologies ; control of stationary sources; control of mobile sources; source sampling, measurement and monitoring of air pollution.

Reference
Boubel, R. W., Fox, D. L., Turner, D. B., and Stern, A. C.(2008) Fundamentals of Air Pollution, 4th ed., Academic Press, San Diego, USA. Lawrence K. Wang, Norman C. Pereira, Yung-Tse Hung, (2004) Air Pollution Control Engineering ,Human Press, New Jersey, USA

EST 5202: Air Pollution and Control Sessional

Credit: 01 Course content will be supplied during the class.

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EST 5203: Advanced Waste Management

Course Number: EST 5103 Course Title: Advanced Waste Management Credit: 3 [3 hours per week for a period of 13 (3X13 hours) weeks] 1. Basic concepts of waste management, Issues in waste management, Integrated waste management, Framework for decision making. 2. Municipal solid waste management and planning programmes. Collection of solid waste, management of collection systems, collection system economics. 3. Methods and technologies in solid waste management-Source reduction: Quantity and Toxicity, Recycling, Composting of municipal solid wastes. 4. Hazardous waste management, Hospital waste management, Industrial waste management, Management of other special wastes-construction and demolition, nuclear waste, computer and other electronic waste. 5. Waste-to-energy combustion- incineration, ash management, emission control. 6. Landfilling. Financing and life-cycle costing of solid waste management system. Solid waste management and the community. 7. Environmental perspectives of waste management.

References:
Techobanoglous, G., Kreith, F.(2002) HandBook of Solid Wsate Management, 2nd ed., McGRAWHILLCompanies, Inc. Bhatia, S.C. (2007) Solid and Hazardous Waste Management,

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EST 5205: Advance water and wastewater treatment

Course Number: EST 5205 Course Title: Advance water and wastewater treatment Credit: 3 [3 hours per week for a period of 13 (3X13 hours) weeks]

Drinking Water standards, Regulations, and Goals ; Health and Aesthetic Aspects of Drinking Water ; Chemical Principles, Source Water composition, and Watershed Protection; Hydraulic characteristics of Water Treatment Reactors and Their Effects on Treatment Efficiency; Overview of Water Treatment Processes ;Coagulation, Flocculation,Sedimentation and Filtration ;Adsorption ; Ion exchange; Chlorine disinfection; membrane technologies; Ultraviolet Light Processes ; Ozonation and Advance oxidation processes (AOPs); Formation and control of Disinfection by-Products ; Natural Treatment systems ; Water Reuse for Drinking Water Augmentation ; Water Treatment Plant Residuals Management Wastewater Engineering: An Overview; Constituents in Wastewater; Physical Unit Operations; Chemical Unit Processes; Fundamentals of Biological Treatment; Suspended Growth Biological Treatment Processes; Attached Growth and Combined Biological Treatment Processes; membrane technologies; Ultraviolet Light Processes ; Ozonation and Advance oxidation processes (AOPs); Disinfection Processes; Water Reuse; Treatment, Reuse, and Disposal of Solids and Biosolids Issues Related to Treatment-Plant Performance

References:
Water Quality & Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking Water, Sixth Edition, James k. Edzwald, Editor Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse, Fourth Edition Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., George Tchobanoglous, Franklin Burton, H. David Stensel

EST 5206: Advance water and wastewater treatment Sessional

Credit: 01 Course content will be supplied during the class.

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EST 5207: Ecological engineering

Course Number: EST 5207 Course Title: Ecological engineering Credit: 2 [2 hours per week for a period of 13 (2X13 hours) weeks] 1. Introduction to Ecological Engineering; Definitions and Classification of Ecological Engineering ; Ecological Design Principles ; Ecological engineering as a tool for restoration of degraded ecosystems; Ecology of Disturbed Ecosystems: disturbance and its impact on the structure and functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; 2. Concepts and strategies of restoration : Biological and biotechnological tools of restoration ; Restoration of biological diversity: Acceleration of ecological succession, reintroduction of biota Degradation and restoration of Forests ecosystems ;Stream and River Restoration ;Lake and Reservoir Restoration : Wetland Creation and Restoration; Treatment Wetlands; Restoration of wastelands and degraded soils: Restoration of contaminated soils and soil fertility, mine spoil restoration

Reference
Mitsch, W.J. and S.E. Jorgenson. 2004. Ecological Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration. John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey. Patrick C. Kangas. 2004. Ecological Engineering: Principles and Practice. Lewis Publishers.

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EST 5209: Industrial Ecology

Course Number: EST 5209 Course Title: Industrial Ecology Credit: 2 [2 hours per week for a period of 13 (2X13 hours) weeks]

1. introduction of industrial ecology ;Introduction and history; towards definition; goals of

industrial ecology, relationship with sustainable development 2. Sustainability: Concepts and Metrics: Classical and other definition; elements of sustainability; Sustainability Hierarchy; Capital Substitutability: 3. The concept of Industrial ecology :Industrial ecosystem and its major components; industrial metabolism; levels of materials utilization, three key attributes: energy, materials, diversity; life cycles; designing environment; overview of an integrated industrial ecosystem 4. Industrial Ecology Tools and Concepts: Strategies for Environmental Impact Reduction: Life Cycle Assessment (Definition; LCA: Methodology; Advantages; Limitations); Materials Flow Analysis (applications; objectives; generic procedure); Life Cycle Design & Design for Environment. 5. Energy and Industrial Ecology: Minerals in the geo-sphere, extraction and mining, metal resources and industrial ecology; the energy problem and world energy source; extending resources through the practice of industrial ecology 6. Industrial Ecology for waste minimization, utilization, and treatment: Waste reduction and minimization; recycling; physical and chemical methods; thermal treatment; land treatment; ultimate disposal; in-situ treatment 7. industrial symbiosis and its applications : Journal study: Industrial ecology in the strategic sustainable development model: strategic applications of industrial ecology and Industrial Ecology and regional planning

Reference Graedel, T.E., and Allenby, B.R., (2010), Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering , Prentice Hall. Stanley E. Manahan. 2000 Environmental Science and Technology. 7th edition Lewis Publishers, NewYork. Others will be added later.

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EST 5211: Water supply, sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Course Number: EST 5211 Course Title: Water supply, sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Credit: 2 [2 hours per week for a period of 13 (2X13 hours) weeks] 1. Water Supply: Present situation of water supply in developing countries; objectives and basic elements of water supply system; Social approaches to water supply: History of water supply: public and private ownership; water requirements; population prediction and water demand assessment; planning of water supply systems - sources, abstraction, transmission, treatment and distribution; quality of water supply 2. Sanitation: Present situation of sanitation in developing countries; Importance of sanitary facilities, Factors affecting sanitary facilities ; urban and rural sanitation; low-cost sanitation technologies; elements of a conventional waterborne sewerage system - collection, transportation, treatment and disposal; planning of sanitation systems. Excreta treatment and management 3. Global burden of disease related to Water/Sanitation/Hygiene: Hygiene education - Children education - Public Education ; Quantitative microbial risk assessment;Water epidemiology; Hygiene and sanitation promotion; gender and WASH ;Communication for Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Programmes ;Monitoring and Evaluation for WASH Programmes; Emergency coordination and response.

Reference
It will be added later

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EST 5213: Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Course Number: EST 5213 Course Title: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Credit: 3 [3 hours per week for a period of 13 (3X13 hours) weeks] Understanding the Coastal Environment, Unique nature of coastal areas, A brief history of Coastal Management and Planning, Coastal Management Issues-Population growth, Coastal use, Impacts of human use, Administrative issues.Concepts of Coastal Planning and Management, Placing an emphasis on Integration, The Coastal planning and Management Framework, Major Coastal Management and Planning Techniques-Adminstratives, Social, Technical. Management of Coastal Resources- water resource, biodiversity, aquatic ecosystem. Risk Assesssment of Coastal Environment. Creative Coastal Development: Building Sustainably along the Coast- Environmentally Sensitive Coastal Development, Conservation Communities in the Coastal Zone, Ecological Site Design, Building Ecologically but Profitably, Green Buildings in the Coastal Zone, New Urbanism in the Coastal Zone, Strategies for Promoting Creative Coastal Development. Future Directions in Coastal Management.

References: Kay, R. and Alder, J. (1999) Coastal Planning and Management, Spon press, London and New York. Beatley, T., Brower, D. J.and Schwab, A.K.(2002) An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management 2nd ed., Island Press, Washington-Covelo- London.

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SECOND YEAR: FIRST SEMESTER

EST 5300: Thesis work

Credit: 6 1. Students have to choose their thesis field with corresponding supervisor. 2. They have to make up a time plan and a work plan 3. They have to deliver the time and work plan to the supervisor 4. They have to submit a report with literature study/search for facts; Planning the experimental work/method description and Experimental work/ theoretical studies and analysis of results and data 5. They have to deposit their report to the supervisor; after approved they will submit the draft of the report. 6. They have to present their report. 7. Finally they will print their report minimum 4 copies each: i. seminar library copy ii. Central library copy iii. Supervisor copy if they have co-supervisor, one more additional copy iv. Student copy

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