EE (Diploma Civil Engineering 5th)

1. Definition, Scope and Importance of Environmental Education (02 hrs)

2. Basics of ecology, biodiversity, eco system and sustainable development (03 hrs)

3. Sources of pollution - natural and manmade, causes, effects and control measures of

pollution (air, water, noise, soil, radioactive and nuclear) and their units of

measurement (12 hrs)

4. Solid waste management – Causes, effects and control measures of urban and

industrial waste (06 hrs)

5. Mining and deforestation – Causes, effects and control measures (04 hrs)

6. Environmental Legislation - Water (prevention and control of pollution) Act 1974,

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 and Environmental Protection

Act 1986, Role and Function of State Pollution Control Board, Environmental

Impact Assessment (EIA) ( 10 hrs)

7. Role of Non-conventional Energy Resources (Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Bio

Energy, Hydro Energy) (04 hrs)

8. Current Issues in Environmental Pollution – Global Warming, Green House Effect,

Depletion of Ozone Layer, Recycling of Material, Environmental Ethics, Rain

Water Harvesting, Maintenance of Groundwater, Acid Rain, Carbon Credits.

(07 hrs)