Environmental Science
Environmental Science
FIRST YEAR
Recommended References:
1. Textbook of Environmental Studies by Erach harucha, Universities Press, India, 2005.
2. Environmental Chemistry by S.E. Manahan, 8th Edition, Lewis Publishers, 2000.
3. Environmental science earth as a living planet by Arms, K., Aaunders college
publishing, 1990.
4. Environmental science an introduction by Miller.Jr., G.T..
5. Environmental science earth as a living planet by Daniel B.Botkin, E.A.K., John Wiley
and sons inc., 1998.
Recommended References:
1. Introduction: The structure and function of a living organism in this natural environment;
components and ecological inter-relationships; Origin and evolution of life; Evolution in
the plant and animal kingdom.
2. Brief account about Interactions between Environment and Organisms: Ecological
concepts-Environment, Limiting Factors, Habitat and Niche; Kinds of Organism
Interactions; Community and Ecosystem.
3. Classification: Groups of plants and their modern classification systems; Principles and
kinds of classification; detailed study of Artificial (Linnaeus), Natural (Benthum and
Hooker) and Phylogenetic (Engler and Prantle) classification; Outline of Whittaker’s
system of classification. Monera-Protista; Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Concept.
4. Taxonomy and systematic: Principles of nomenclature; author citation, principle of
priority and conserved name, Herbarium: Definition, field and herbarium techniques;
major herbaria of the world; Bangladesh National herbarium, preservation of funa
5. A brief introduction to major groups of bacteria and virus: Archaebacteria and
Eubacteria; Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria; Growth of bacteria; Mycoplasma;
Bacteriaophage and its multiplication; Economic and Ecological Importance of bacteria
and virus.
6. Fungi: General characters and classification of fungi; Salient features and life cycle of
the following genera: Synchytrium, Phytophthora, Aspergillus, Penicillium,
Helminthosporium, Saccharomyces; Economic and Ecological importance of fungi.
7. Algae: General characters and classification (upto class) of Algae: The general characters
and economic importance of the classes: (a) Cyanophyceae, (b) Chlorophyceae, (c)
Bacillariopyceae, (d) Xanthophyceae, (e) Chryosphyceae, (f) Euglenophyceae, (g)
Phaeophyceae, (h) Rhodophyceae ; Economic and Ecological importance of algae.
8. General characters, classification and biological significance of zooplankton and
phytoplankton.
9. Biological and ecological significance of higher plants and animals 10.
Economical, biological and ecological importance of bryophytes and pteridophytes.
11. General characteristics and classification of animal phyla; species concept and taxonomic
categories.
Recommended References:
1. Pelezar, M.J. Chan. E.C.S. and Krieg. N.R. 1993. Microbiology. Concepts and
Applications. McGaw-Hill Inc.
2. Alexopoulos, C.J. Mims, C.W. and Blackwell, M. 1996. Introductory Mycology (4th ed.),
John Wiley and Sons Inc. New York.
3. Ashrafuzzaman, H. 1991. A text book of plant pathology. Bangladesh Agricultural
Research Council.
4. Sharma, O.P. 1989. Text Book of Fungi. Tata McGraw-Hill publishing Company Ltd.,
New Delhi.
5. Prescott. G.W. 1984 (1st ed.). The Algae: A review, Bishen Sing Mahendra pal Singh and
Otto Koettz Science Publishers.
6. Pandev. B.P. 1986. Algae. S. Chand and Company Reprint.
7. Porter. C.L. 1969. Taxonomy of Flowering Plants Eurasia Publishing House, New
Delhi, India.
8. Jones. B.S and Luschinger, A.E. 1979. Plant Systematics McGraw Hill Book Co. New
Delhi, India.
9. Kershaw, R.D. 1983. Animal Diversity, University Tutorial Press, U.K.
10. Storer, T.I & R.L. Usinger, 1979. General Zoology, (3rd Edition), Oxford University
Press. Inc. New York.
11. Ricki Lewis. 1992. Life, WMC Brown Pub. Ltd.
12.Pandey. B.P, 1985. A text book of Botany. Angiosperms. S. Chand and Campany Ltd.
New Delhi
Paper Code 21440 Marks: 100 Credits: 4 Class Hours: 60
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Paper Title: Mathematics and Statistics for Environmental Sciences
1. Functions and their graphs for real numbers; limit and continuity; derivatives of
elementary functions; chainrule; higher derivatives; partial derivatives; total differential;
application to geometry-tangent, normals, maxima and minima, asymptotes.
2. Indefinite integral as inverse of derivatives; techniques of integration; definite integral as
limit of a sum, interpretation as areas; determination of length and area of plane curve,
beta and gamma functions.
3. Ordinary differential equations; general principles; elementary standard types; linear
equation with constant co-efficients.
4. Vector space; differentiation of vectors; gradient, divergence, curl and their physical
differences; linear dependence; base and dimension.
5. Summation of finite series (both algebraic and trigonometric).
6. Representation of data: pie chart, bar chart, histogram, and frequency
7. Distribution. Measures of central tendency: Mean, mode, median.
8. Measures of dispersion: variance, standard deviation, co-efficient of variation, mean
deviation range, quartile deviation, moments.
9. Relationship between variables: correlation analysis, regression analysis.
10. Probability: Addition of probabilities, conditional probabilities.
Recommended References:
1. Method of Statistics by M.G Mostofa Karim Press and publications, Dhaka.
2. A Study Guide to Epidaciology and Bio-statistics by Richard Morton and J. Richard
Hebel University park press.
Chemistry
1. Introduction: Laboratory protocol, code of conduct, laboratory wears, safety rules,
laboratory waste disposals, laboratory log book, acquaintance with common laboratory
glassware and apparatus, characteristics of corrosive, hazardous and flammable liquids,
primary and secondary standard substances, minimisation of parallax, operational and
personal errors, representative data, laboratory data interpretation, dimensional analysis
(factor-label method), calculation of equivalent weights of oxidizing agents, mass
percentage, theoretical and percentage yield, calculation of strengths of standard solution,
percentage of error calculation.
2. Preparation of Solutions: Preparation of normal and molar solution of common acid and
bases, preparation of normal solution of oxidizing and reducing reagents (e.g, potassium
dichromate, sodium thiosulfate, ferrous ammonium sulfate), preparation of dilute
solutions, series dilution and strengths calculation of primary standard substances.
3. Acid-Base Reaction: Standardisation of base against standardise acid, standardisation of
acid against standardise base.
4. Oxidation-Reduction Reaction: Determination of ferrous iron, ferric iron and total iron
by oxidation with standard potassium dichromate solution.
5. Determination of cation and radicals by systematic qualitative analysis (group test).
6. Determination of anionic species by systematic qualitative analysis (group test).
Earth Sciences
1. Identification of Rocks and minerals on hand specimen
1. Environmental Surveying, Topo-sheet and map reading.
2. Subsurface geologic data interpretation.
3. Field visit
Biological Science
1. Field survey on Biology for Environmental Sciences (protected areas, e.g., Eco-park).
2. Introduction to laboratory; Microscopic Technique; Preservatives, Stains and Mounting
Media.
3. Study of algae, fungi and lichen.
5. Demarcation of phytoplankton and zooplankton.
6. Study of bacterium: Staining technique.
7. Preparation of herbarium sheet and preservation of fauna.
8. Identification and characterization of Chondicthis and Osteicthis.
9. Preparation of field and laboratory note book.
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a. Rise of communalism under the colonial rule, Lahore Resolution 1940.
b. The proposal of Suhrawardi and Sarat Bose for undivided Bengal : consequences
c. The creation of Pakistan 1947 .
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a. Definition of military rules and its characteristics.
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