Tribhuvan University Institute of Science and Technology(IoST) Structure of 4 Year-B.Sc. Environmental Science Curricula Coordinator 4-Year B.Sc. Curricula Lecturer, Environmental Science, TU-PMC Tribhuvan University(TU), Nepal

Course Structure: 4-Year B.Sc. Environmental Science Curricula Year: B.Sc. First Year Subject Offered Nature of Courses Marks Allocated Total Marks Env.+(PMC or CBZ any two) Theory and Practical 100T+50P 300T+150P Scientific Communication Theory 50T 50 Year: B.Sc. 2nd Year Subject Offered Nature of Courses Marks Allocated Total Marks Env. + (PMC or CBZ any two) Theory and practical 100 T+50 P 300T+150P Applied Statistics Theory 50 T 50 Year: B.Sc. Third Year Subject Offered Nature of Courses Marks Allocated Total Marks Env. + (PMC or CBZ any one) Theory and practical (100+50)x2 300 Research Methodology Theory 100 Elective Paper(Any two : One from each combination ) 50+50

Year: B.Sc. 4th Year Subject Offered Nature of Courses Marks Allocated Total Marks Core courses: any one subjects from third year(one major/two paper) Theory and practical (100+50)×2 300 Computational Courses Theory /Lab 50 Project work : field and/or Lab Work or Applied science(leading to core subject) Research work and presentation 100 Interdisciplinary Course Theory Year Total Marks Total lecturer Hrs IV 500 900(If Paper) or 1050(If Project)

Course Code Course Title Nature F. M. Lec. Hrs Env. 401 Bio-Diversity Conservation and Management Theory 100 150 Env. 402 Practical 50 Env 403 Pollution Control and Environment Governance Env 404 Pollution Control and Environment Governance Env 405 Urbanization and Sustainable Development Applied Science Env 406 Project work Field and/or Lab work (Optional) 300 Env 407 Climate Change and Ecosystem Management Interdisciplinary 75 Com 408 Computational Courses

Eligibility and Criteria for Admission For admission in B.Sc. environmental science course, the candidates having 10+2 with second division in science stream or equivalent are eligible to apply. The applicant must appear and pass entrance examination conducted by TU-IOST. The admission will be on merit basis.

Medium of Instruction English Duration of the Program Bachelor degree in environmental science is completed in four academic years Evaluation Students must obtain pass marks in all theory and practical subjects separately in order to award the degree. The Institute of Science and Technology will conduct the final examination at the end of the academic year. The exam duration is of three hour for theory and six hour for practical examination. The students should work an equivalent of 300 lecturer hours to complete a 100 marks project or field work. Furthermore, a student having passed four year study will be graded as follows

Grading/Evaluation (4-Year Average) Distinction: 75% and above First division: 60% and above Second division: 45% and above Third division: 35% and above

Nature of Combination SN Groups Subject Combinations in Four Year B.Sc. Environmental Science 1st Yr 2nd Yr 3rd Yr 4th Yr Remarks 1 Phy. Gr. EPM/ESM/EPS EP/EM/,ES/EM/EP/ES =EP/EM/ES E/P/M /S One major specialization in B.Sc. 4th year 2 Bio. Gr. ECZ/ECB/EBZ EC/EZ, EC/EB, EB/EZ =EC/EZ/EB E/C/Z/B

Nature of Courses B.Sc. 1st Year- Introductory in Nature B.Sc. 2nd Year -Fundamental in Nature B.Sc. 3rd Year-Advanced in Nature B.Sc. 4th Year- Applied in Nature

M.Sc. = Research………!!! Research Applied Advance Fundamental Introductory Fundamental Advance Applied Research

Summary of Courses SN Year Total Full Marks Total Lec. hrs 1 B.Sc. 1st 500 975 2 B.Sc. 2nd 3 B.Sc. 3rd 900 4 B.Sc.4th 900 (If Paper) or 1050 (If Project) Total 2000 3750 or 3900 If Project

Elective Subjects (B. Sc. 3rd Year) SN Major Subject Elective Subject 1 Physics Space Science Applied Mathematics 2 Chemistry Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry 3 Botany Medicinal and Aromatic plant Biogeography and Evolution 4 Environmental Science Introduction of Environment Engineering Environment Assessment and Project Management 5 Zoology Bioinformatics Natural Resource Management 6 Mathematics Descriptive Math Numerical Mathematics 7 Statistics Operational Research Eco-statistics 8 Microbiology Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Quality Management 9 Meteorology Mountain Meteorology Micrometeorology 10 Geology Geomorphology Geohazard and climate change

Specificities of Courses SN Disciplines Lecturer hrs Percentage (%) 1 Physical Science 270 36 2 Biological Science 300 40 3 Chemical Science 70 9.33 4 Social Science (Society/Culture/Climate//Governance) 110 14.66 Total 750 100

Orientation of Courses Conservation Pollution

Specialty: If Practices Well………….? Scientific Communication-1st Year Applied Statistics-2nd Year Research Methodology-3rd Year Computational Courses -4th Year Research Work-4th Year

Scientific Communication Units I: Selected readings from the text “Learning English”: Astronomy, Information Technology, Health and Medicine, Environment   Unit II: Selected theme and essays from the text “Improve your Writing”: Man-Bertrand Russell, The sentence, “The world of Science and Technology”, The paragraph, Gods in the Godless Universe-Bertrand Russell, Pollution and Superpollution-Gorden rattray, Science and Survival-Barry commoner, Man and Nature-J.Bronowoski, Man and His Environment-Robert Arvill, “Man and Nature”) Unit III: Writing (Ref: Technical Communication) Students must practice on Writing scientific articles for science magazines and daily newspaper Developing a scientific proposal Writing (essential components of) Research paper for journals. Report Writing Oral(e.g. PowerPoint) presentation in a group Citation of references 25 lecturer together with practice hours are assigned for each units

Computational Course Introduction to Computer Operating System Data Communication and Computer Network Internet and Internet Services Data Representation Multimedia Computer Security Geographical Information System & Remote Sensing Laboratory Work Note: The evaluation of this course will be taken through final written examination. However, during the classes teachers are required to use computer interface through multimedia. Students should practice it in the computer.

Acknowledge to Their Praiseworthy Support Curriculum Development Center, TU Institute of Science and Technology(IoST)-TU Environment Science Subject Committee Prof. Dr. Kedar Rijal and CDES Family Prof. Dr. Madan Koirala Lecturer, Ramesh Raj Pant MoSTE and other line agencies of Nepal Government University Grant Commission(UGC), Nepal KU, PU, IoF, IoE and other associated departments SDRMA Project, PPCR-ADB, WWF-Nepal TU-Constituents and affiliated colleges and Faculties

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