15ENV300                Environment and Sustainability                   (3:0:0:3)

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 Evaluation scheme for 15ENV300 Environmental Science and

Sustainability.
(Tentative)
Marks
Evaluation Mode of test
(Weightage Marks
component (AUMS/AMPLE/Teams)
)
1 Q1 (quiz) 10M
Continuous Q2 (quiz) 10M
evaluation
40 Not yet finalized
Q3 (quiz) 10M
Q4 (quiz) 10M
2 Each student will be
submitting within 10M PDF copy
Assignment 20 subject related topic
Viva 10M MS Teams
3 Student will present
any topic of his
Presentation 10 10M MS Teams
interest for 5-10
minutes.
4 End Semester
30 MCQ 30M Not yet finalized
Exam

Detail Lecture Plan

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 Topic  Extra Material

. hours
1. 1-3 UNIT 1: Introduction Videos: She's
Slides, Notes  Alive... (7), Home (1.33)
2. 4-7 UNIT 2: Principles of Ecology Videos: Gaia_The Sacred
Slides, Notes Balance (5), Biogeochemical
Cycling (10.06)
3. 8-11 UNIT 3: Biodiversity Video: Save Our Sholas
Slides
4. 12-15 UNIT 4: Major Environmental Issues
Climate change (Slides)  : 
Videos An Inconvenient
Ozone depletion (Slides) Truth (92) read script, Sundarbans:
Pollution of air, water, land and noise (Slides)  Future Imperfect (9) Read Report, 

     Periodical 1  
 16-30 UNIT 5: Natural Resources Management  Many Faces of Madness.(20) 
Cyclical vs. Linear Resource Management  UNCCD (4.30)
(Slides) Assignment 2,
Water (Slides)
 Energy (Slides)
Land and Forests (Slides)
Food (Slides)
Waste (Slides)

       Periodical 2  
   31-34  UNIT 6: Society and Environment (Slides)  Video: Hans Rosling Why the world
population won't exceed 11
billion, Song:  Gaon Chodab
Nahi(5.30)

   35-38  UNIT 7: Economic Development and  

Environmental Management
Public, Common Goods and Cost Benefits
Analysis (Slides)
EIA & EMP (Slides)
Green Business, Ecolabelling (Slides)

   39-42  UNIT 8: Living Spaces, Sustainable Habitats  It's C negative_talk by Bhutan's

PM(18.45),
(Slides)  Assignment 3
   43-45  UNIT 9: Sustainability Philosophy and Ethics  
(Slides) Assignment 4
     
End Semester Exam