IIS University - International College for Girls - ICG Courses

Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management (PGDEM)

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Duration: 2 Years

Eligibility: Graduation

Course Structure

Course Code	Course Title
Semester - I
PES 151	Understanding The Environment
PES 152	Environmental Pollution and Control
PES 153	Natural Resources and Management
PES 154	Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing
PES 155	Practical
Semester - II
PES 251	Biodiversity And Wildlife
PES 252	Environmental Management
PES 253	Remote Sensing and GIS
PES 254	Project Submission
PES 255	Practical

 

Course Syllabus

Semester - I

PES 151: Understanding The Environment

Unit I: Basic concepts in environmental science

• Definition
• Scope
• Importance
• Multidisciplinary nature
• Components of environment: Hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere

Unit II: Ecological concepts

• Ecosystem: Definition, Concept , types, charateristics and structure
• Functions of an ecosystem: Nutrient cycling (basic concept), energy flow and homeostasis
• Food chain and food web
• Trophic levels and ecological pyramids
• Biotic interactions

Unit III: Laws of Ecology

• Leibig’s law of minimum
• Shelford’s law of tolerance
• Blackman’s law of limiting factor

Unit IV: Habitat ecology

• Types of ecosystems- Natural, modified and artificial
• Aquatic-Fresh water, marine and estuarine
• Terrestrial ecosystem-Forest and desert
• Deep sea adaptations

Unit V: Desert Ecosystem

• Characteristics of a desert ecosystem
• Types of deserts- hot and cold deserts
• Floral and faunal diversity and adaptations
• Desertification with special reference to Thar desert

 

PES 152: Environmental Pollution and Control

Unit I: Air Pollution

• Atmospheric composition and stratification
• Air quality standards
• Classification of air pollutants
• Meteorological parameters influencing air pollution
• Atmospheric stability and Inversion
• Plume behavior.
• Control of air pollution by equipment
  • Scrubbers
  • Electrostatic precipitators
  • Filters
• Air pollution(control and prevention ) Act 1981

Unit II: Water Pollution

• Water quality standards.
• Sources of water pollution
• Effects of water pollution
• Water borne diseases
• Ganga Action Plan.
• Waste water treatment(Primary, secondary and tertiary)
• Water pollution(control and prevention ) Act 1974

Unit III: Soil Pollution

• Chemical nature and composition of soil
• Types and sources of soil pollution
• Soil pollution control
• Land degradation with special reference to soil erosion.

Unit IV: Noise Pollution

• Basic concept and definition
• Sources of noise pollution
• Noise exposure levels and standards
• Impacts of noise on human health.
• Control measures for noise pollution

Unit V: Radioactive and Thermal Pollution

• Sources, types and effects of radiation(Ionizing and non ionizing)
• Radioactive Pollution
• Management and disposal of radioactive waste
• Control of radioactive pollution.
• Thermal Pollution: sources and effects on ecosystem.

 

PES 153: Natural Resources and Management

Unit I: Introduction to Natural Resources

• Definition of Natural Resources
• Characteristics of Natural Resources
• Classification of Natural Resources (Renewable and Nonrenewable)

Unit II: Water resource management

• Hydrological cycle
• Traditional methods of water conservation with reference to Rajasthan
• Watershed management
• Rain water harvesting

Unit III: Soil Resources

• Introduction to soil resources
• Soil classification
• Land degradation (soil erosion, desertification, land slide)
• Methods of soil conservation

Unit IV: Mineral Resources

• • Definition of Mineral Resources
• • Types of Mineral Resources (Metallic, Non-metallic and Mineral Fuels)
• • Mineral Resources in Rajasthan
• • Conservation of Mineral Resources
• • Environmental impact of mining

Unit V: Energy resources management

• • Conventional energy resources: fossil fuels-coal, oil and natural gas Hydroelectric power, nuclear energy
• • Non-conventional energy resources;, Ocean thermal energy conversion, wind, tidal, geothermal energy, biomass, solar energy
• • Biofuels- Biodiesel, Biogas

 

PES 154: Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing

UnitI: Introduction to EIA

• Concept of Sustainable Development- From Stockholm to Rio to Johannesburg.
• The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development.
• Agenda 21: An Overview, World Summit on Sustainable Development.
• EIA and sustainable development
• Need for EIA

Unit II: Process and methods of EIA

• Major Steps of EIA process
  • Screening
  • Scoping
  • Baseline information
  • Identification
  • Prediction
  • Evaluation
• Methods used in EIA
  • Adhoc approach
  • Overlay method
  • Questionnaire method
  • Checklist method

Unit III: Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement 08

• Major components of EIS including socio economic components
• Writing an EIS

Unit IV: Environmental Auditing

• Objectives of Environmental auditing
• Importance of Environmental auditing
• Steps of EA (outline)

Unit V: Case studies

• Thermal power plants
• Dams
• Cement industries
• Infra structure

 

PES 155: Practical

• Acquaintance With Laboratory Equipments And Preparation Of A Practical Record
  • pH Meter
  • Flame photometer
  • Spectrophotometer
  • Secchi Disc
  • BOD Incubator
  • COD analysis unit
  • Respirable dust sampler
  • AAS
• Water Analysis
  • Quantitative Estimation of the following parameters in the given water sample:
  • Acidity
  • Alkalinity
  • B.O.D
  • C.O.D
  • Conductivity
  • Chlorine (Residual)
  • Total Solids
  • Total Suspended Solids
  • Total Dissolved Solids
  • pH
  • Free Carbon Dioxide
  • Nitrate
  • Phosphate
• Field Work and Report Submission
  • Visit to a local area to document environmental assets: river/forest/grassland/hill/mountain
  • Visit to a local polluted site-Urban/Rural/Industrial/Agricultural
  • Study of simple ecosystems-pond, river, hill slopes, etc.
• Green File Preparation
  • Preparation of a green file/scrap book comprising of articles/photographs/stories on latest environmental issues.
• EIA Exercises
  • Preparation of EIA report according to the given case study
  • Prediction of Impacts using Matrix method
• Preparation Of A Record Comprising Of The Following Topics
  • Mineral resources in India
  • Major Soil types of India
  • Deserts of India
  • Deserts of the World
  • Forests of India
  • Major Biomes of the World

 

Semester - II

PES 251: Biodiversity And Wildlife

Unit I: Introduction to Biodiversity

• Definition and concept of Biodiversity
• Types of Biodiversity : Genetic, species and ecosystem diversity
• Importance of Biodiversity
• Hotspots of Biodiversity; hotspots of India

Unit II: Biodiversity Conservation

• Causes of loss of Biodiversity
• Extinction of species; IUCN categories for species
• Conservation methods and strategies-in situ (National parks, Sanctuaries, Biosphere reserves) and ex situ (Botanical gardens, Zoos, Gene banks) methods
• Role of biotechnology in biodiversity conservation

Unit III: Introduction to Wildlife

• Wildlife resources
• Wildlife of Rajasthan
• Wildlife habitat- Ecozones of India
• Causes for wildlife depletion

Unit IV: Wildlife Conservation in India

• Important projects for the conservation of wildlife in India
  • Project Tiger
  • Operation Rhino
  • Gir Lion Project
  • Crocodile breeding project
• National and International organizations involved in Wildlife protection (WWF, IUCN, BNHS,IBWL, CITES)
• Concept of Red Data Book

Unit V: Legal implementation towards Wildlife and Biodiversity

• Man and Biosphere programme
• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
• Wildlife Protection Act,1972 and Amendment 1991
• The Biological Diversity Act 2002

 

PES 252: Environmental Management

Unit I: Disaster management

• Introduction
• Types of disaster
  • Natural -Drought and famines, Floods, Earthquake
  • Anthropogenic- Desertification, Land degradation, Deforestation

Unit II: Case Studies

• Tsunami in Southern Asia
• Bhopal Gas tragedy
• Chernobyl Nuclear accident

Unit III: Waste management

• Characteristics of Solid Waste
• Sources and types of solid wastes
• Composition of municipal solid wastes
• Collection system
• Transport means and methods

Unit IV: Techniques of solid waste management

• Source reduction
• Recycling
• Recovery
• Disposal of solid wastes-Plasma gasification sanitary land filling, composting and incineration
• Vermicomposting
• Bioremediation and Phytoremediation

Unit V: Environmental Management Systems

• Environmental management systems- Benefits, principles and elements of successful environmental management
• Key aspects of the international standard ISO 14001.
• Auditing of EMS,
• Environmental Labeling.

 

PES 253: Remote Sensing and GIS

Unit I: Introduction To Remote Sensing And Aerial Photointerpretation

• Introduction
• Development of aerial photography
• Fundamental principles of aerial photography
• Types of aerial photographs, types of films
• Stereoscopic vision and its conditions
• Different viewing instruments
• Scale of aerial photographs

Unit II: Principles Of Satellite Based Remote Sensing

• Development of remote sensing
• Fundamental principles of remote sensing-electromagnetic radiation
• EM spectrum
• Atmospheric windows
• Interaction with earth materials
• Microwave sensors
• Meteorological satellites

Unit III: Interpretation of Data Products

• Data products- Photographic and digital data
• False colour composites
• Elements of interpretation of satellite imagery
• Spectral signatures,
• Ground truth
• Visual analysis of remotely sensed data,.

Unit IV: Applications Of Remote Sensing

• Surface water pollution monitoring,
• Location of ground water rich zones
• Forest management
• Preparation of land use/ studies
• Geological studies(tectonics, mineral exploration)

Unit V: Introduction To Digital Image Processing and Geographical Information System (GIS)

Principles of digital image processing- Image enhancement

• Introduction to GIS- Functional elements (components) of GIS
• Applications of GIS.

 

PES 254: Project Submission

Each student is required to undergo a specialized training before the commencement of the second semester. Thereafter she has to prepare an extensive report under the guidance of any one of the faculty members. The training shall last for a period of 30-45 days in a recognized institute/ a well-reputed industry/ any renowned environmental laboratory/NGO. At the end of the second semester each student shall have to submit a project report for the partial fulfillment of the award of the Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Science and Management (PGDESM). The student shall have to give a power point presentation for the work done for semester end evaluation.

 

PES 255: Practical

• Soil Analysis
  • Organic Carbon
  • pH
  • Heavy Metals
  • Specific Gravity
  • True Density and Porosity
  • Identification of Texture of the given soil sample of a degraded land.
  • Estimation of Moisture Content in the given soil sample.
  • Estimation of Water Holding Capacity in the given soil sample
• Vegetation Dynamics
  • Determination of Leaf Area Index (LAI)
  • Determination of percent leaf injury
  • Determination of Chlorophyll Content of leaves from polluted and non-polluted area.
  • Estimation of Dust Retention Capacity of the leaf samples.
  • Study of Diversity Indices of plant/organisms.
  • Least Size of Quadrate for community study.
  • Determination of Frequency, Density and Abundance of various plant species in a community.
• Remote Sensing
  • Interpretation of Satellite imagery for
    • Identification of Water Resources
    • Urban Planning (Preparation of Land use and Land Cover Maps)
    • Classification and identification of Vegetation Cover
    • Preliminary interpretation of Geology
  • Study of Geomorphology through imagery
    • Preparation of Geomorphological map
    • Drainage analysis: Identification of types of Drainage and stream characteristics
    • Identification of Neotectonic faults
  • Studies of suitable areas for Watershed Management
• Preparation Of A Record Comprising Of The Following Topics
  • Hotspots of Biodiversity in the World
  • Protected Areas of India
  • Vanishing Wildlife of the World
  • Important Indian Institutes of Environmental Education
  • Important Environmental Organizations (National and International)
  • Major disasters of the World
  • Major disasters of India