Faculty of Science Department of Botany - PowerPoint Presentation

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Faculty of Science

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Department of Botany

Open Course offered to students of other Department

SEMESTER II

Course Subject Points Credits Hrs./Wk.

BOOCT2.1 Plants in human welfare 100 4 4

EVALUATION SCHEME - THEORY Internal Assessment (20) + Term End Examination (80)

TEE: 80 points

Theoretical course

BOOCT2.1

Plants in human welfare

TEE points: 80 Classes/ Semester: 80

1. Know your plants

(12)

2. Exploitation of microbes

(8)

3. Mushrooms – their uses and cultivation

(8)

4. Environmental clean-up by plants

(8)

5. Stress in plants

(8)

6. Genetically modified crops

(

8)

7. Exploitation of plant resources

(

8)

8. Conservation of plants

(

8)

9. Plants in forensic science

(8)

10. Intellectual Property Rights

(4)

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2

nd

Semester Programme in Physiology

January to June (Even semester)

Detail of courses and components

400 Marks

16 credits

------------------------------------------------------

Course-201 (100 Marks: Credit = 4)

(Open Elective)

Lectures = 60

For Inter Departmental students

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Course-201: Fundamentals in Physiology (60)

 I. General Physiology

Concept of Homeostasis

Ionic Equilibrium and Resting Membrane Potentials, Action Potentials

Nerve Impulse Conduction, Mechanism of Synaptic Transmission

Introduction to Membrane Receptors, Second Messengers, and Cell signaling

Ageing and Apoptosis

Elementary idea of Muscle and Nerve

Concept of human body clock.

 

II. Respiratory Physiology

Physiology of Breathing

Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport

Gas exchange at lungs and tissues

Regulation of Respiration and Pulmonary Function Test.

 

III. Hematology

Concept of Circulating Body Fluids

Leukocytes : Ultra structure and Functions

Thrombocyte

(Platelet) and

Hemostasis

Erythrocyte (RBC)

Blood Types and Transfusion

Basic concept of immunity

 

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VII. Endocrine and reproductive Physiology

General principles of endocrine physiology.

Endocrine glands and their functions.

Sex determination.

Structure and Function of male and female reproductive organ.

Infertility concept of Test Tube baby.

Family Planning to control population.

 

IX. Renal Physiology

 

Overview of renal function

Formation of Urine

Role of kidney in fluid and mineral homeostasis.

Renal function test and renal disorders.

 

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IV. Cardiovascular Physiology

Anatomy of Heart

Cardiac Pacemaker and Special

Junctional

Tissue

Cardiac Cycle

ECG

Cardiac Diseases

Cardiovascular Regulatory Mechanisms

Special Circulations

V. Gastrointestinal Physiology

Anatomy of GI system

Motor and

secretory

function

HCl

secretion and Gastric ulcer

Digestion and absorption of food staff, minerals and water

Entero

-hepatic circulation, Liver and gall bladder diseases

Basic concept of human nutrition, Protein and energy Malnutrition

 

VI.

Nervous System

Central, Autonomic and Peripheral Nervous System

Basic Structure and function of Brain and Spinal Cord

Memory and Intelligence, Memory related disorders- Alzheimer disease

Language functions- aphasia

Hunger and Satiety

Sleep and EEG

Body temp Regulation

Emotion

Control of body posture

Special sense organ : Structure and Functions.

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Department of Ecological Studies

Faculty of Science

University of Kalyani, Kalyani- 741235, West Bengal

Syllabus

for

Open Choice Paper

on

Basic Environmental Management

(Full Marks: 100)

Credit:4

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Basic Environmental Management

 

Environment

: Basic concepts on environment and its spheres: atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere,

anthroposphere

; environmental worldviews; Green movements

Ecology

: Ecosystem: Components and kinds; food chain and food web; energy flow; ecosystem services; biogeochemical cycles; productivity; carrying capacity

Environmental Pollution

: Causes/sources, impacts and control of (a) Air pollution,

(b) Water Pollution, (c) Soil Pollution, (d) Noise Pollution, (e) Radiation Pollution

Energy Resource Management:

Renewable and nonrenewable resources; Conventional and non-conventional and renewable energy resources; fossil fuels, solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, ocean energy (OTEC), geo-thermal energy; biomass energy, bio-fuel; nuclear energy; Strategies for energy conservation and management

Natural Resource Management: C

onservation and management of freshwater resources; integrated water resource management; rainwater harvesting; watershed management; environmental issues of lakes, dams and reservoirs; river linking and its impacts; integrated coastal zone management (ICZM); Management and control of soil degradation and soil erosion; integrated strategies for soil conservation and regeneration; strategies for wetland conservation and management

Bio-resource Management:

Biodiversity – Concept, values, and conservation and management strategies; Peoples Biodiversity Register (PBR); Forest management (including agro-forestry, social forestry, Joint Forest Management); wildlife conservation (both in situ and ex situ) and management

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Waste Management:

Concept of waste, types, Management of Solid Wastes & hazardous wastes; management of e-wastes; management of biomedical wastes; composting and

vermi

-composting; wastewater treatment

Environmental Management and its Tools

: Basic concepts and approaches of environmental management; perspectives and priorities of environmental management in India; Environmental Management Systems (EMS); ISO systems and certification procedure; Pollution prevention; environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)- principles, characteristics, steps; methods; environmental audits; green accounting and reporting; life cycle analysis (LCA), benefit cost analysis (BCA); green tax and green subsidy; Basic ideas on eco-labeling, ecological footprint and emission trading (carbon trading)

Environment Related Acts and Rules:

The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981; The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974; The Biodiversity Diversity Act, 2002; Conventions on Biodiversity (CBD, 1992); Biological Diversity Rules, 2004; Forest (conservation) Act, 1980; Wildlife Protection Act, 1972; Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000; Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989; Bio-medical Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998; Basel Convention for trans-boundary movement of hazardous wastes; EIA guidelines -1994, notification of the Government of India, 2006; United Nations Frame Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

 

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SEMESTER-II

Paper – V: [OPEN COURSE] (Total Credit - 4, Total Marks – 100)

Group – A: Earth and Society

(Marks - 50: Internal Evaluation – 10, Semester-end Examination - 40)

Ecological system of the earth- atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere;

endogenetic

forces- interior of the earth and surface configuration;

exogenetic

forces and resultant landforms fluvial and arid landforms; concept of land and land use; land capability classification, carrying

capacity of land; measuring land surface-concept of scale and map, procedures of land survey

and map making using tape and

theodolite

;

Concept of society and space, material and social space, social structure and social processes,

cultural realms, cultural diffusion; rural and urban settlements and its classification; Human

Development Index; sustainable development

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Group – B: Geography of Resources and Hazards

(Marks - 50: Internal Evaluation – 10, Semester-end Examination - 40)

Concept and classification of resources, conventional and non-conventional resources,

distribution of energy resources (coal and mineral oil), crisis, conservation and management of

resource; major economic activities- primary, secondary and tertiary activities;

Concept of hazards and disasters; physical hazards: tropical cyclone, flood, land slide with

reference to West Bengal; social hazards: poverty and crime; management of hazards and

disasters

Mode of Internal Evaluation:

For Group A – Class test

For Group B – Individual term paper on any hazard in West Bengal

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C. B. C. S. Syllabus for Chemistry

 

CHEM O-23 (Chemistry: Concept and Applications)

 

Unit

1: Thermodynamics and Chemical Kinetics

Basic chemical thermodynamics: system and environment, intensive and extensive variables, state of a system, state functions, internal energy, entropy, free energy, reversible, irreversible, adiabatic, isothermal processes, three laws of thermodynamics.

Basic chemical kinetics: concept of rates and rate constants of chemical reactions,

zeroth

order, 1

st

 order and 2

nd

 order chemical reactions, determination of rate constant (elementary idea only).

Unit 2: Essentials of Inorganic chemistry

Werner`s theory, Coordination compounds: geometries, VB, CFT and MO to understand simple metal-

ligand

bonding; Isomerism, Spin-only magnetic moment of d and f block elements, Colors and d-d transitions; Classification of metal ions present in various biological systems. Toxic metal ions and their effects,

chelation

therapy, Pt and Au complexes as drugs (examples only), metal dependent diseases; Theories of catalysis: Principles and applications of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, various actions of promoters/poisons and inhibitors, catalysis by metal ions in industrial and biological processes.

  

 

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Unit 3: Bioorganic chemistry

Structure, stereochemistry and utility of natural and unnatural compounds, carbohydrates, biopolymers, nucleic acids, amino acids, peptides, drug molecules.

Unit 4:

Exploring Chemical Analysis

Sampling, general protocols, classification and overview on some selected analytical techniques. Principle and instrumental features of

spectrophotometry

,

thermogravimetry

and

voltammetry

. Applications of various analytical techniques in different fields such as biology,

pharamaceuticals

, agriculture and environment.

Unit 5: Characterization and analytical tools in chemistry

Concept of surface tension, viscosity, conductivity in chemical systems, Infrared, UV-Vis, Atomic absorption and emission, Electrochemistry.

 

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Course

Name of the Course

Marks

Credits

Hrs/Wk

Total Lecture periods

MB 2.4.4

Microbes and sustainable Development

100

4

4

60

Content & No. of

Classes

1. Definition

and concepts of sustainable development, issues in Sustainable Development, Strategic Planning for Sustainable Development.

3

2. Microbes

and its suitability in sustainable development: Brief account bacterial cell structure, metabolic diversity, different niche occupancy

43. Concept of antisepsis, disinfection and sterilization 34. Modern approach of bacterial classification 35. Microbial Growth characteristics, strategies of cell division, stress response 36. Genetic recombination in bacteria, transformation, conjugation, transduction and sex-duction. 57. Signal transduction in bacteria, regulation of signaling pathways, bacterial and plant two-component systems, bacterial chemotaxis and quorum sensing. 88. Host parasite interaction Recognition and entry processes of different pathogens like bacteria, viruses into animal and plant host cells, alteration of host cell behavior by pathogens, virus-induced cell transformation, pathogen-induced diseases in animals and plants. 109. Microbial production: Microbial fermentation and production of small and macro molecules. 610. Microbes in environmental management: Bioremediation and phytoremediation, Biosensors 311. Microbes in healthcare: antibiotics and drug developments 312. Microbes in agriculture: crop improvement and protection 313. Microbes in food processing 314. Microbes in bio-hydrometallurgy and fuel industry 3

Department of Microbiology

Open Course offered to the students of other Departments.

Maximum capacity: 25

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DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY &

BIOTECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI

[CBCS based Open

Choice Course

Content]

[Academic Session 2017-2018 onward]

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Name of the Course: Fundamentals of Biotechnology 4 credits (100 marks)

1. a) Conventional Plant Breeding & Plant

Cell,Tissue

Culture,a

brief idea of Plant culture

medium,Callus

and Cell culture; Protoplast culture and fusion, Anther and pollen culture,

Morphogenesis,

Somaclonal

variation,

Micropropagation

, Role of plant tissue culture in

conservation of

germplasm

b) Genetic Engineering of Plants: Basic techniques of genetic transformation:

Agrobacterium

mediated and direct nuclear transformation; Development of biotic and

abiotic stress tolerant plants; Modification of plant nutritional content; Modification of food plant taste and appearance; Terminator gene technology2. Basic concepts in fermentation techniques, upstream and downstream processes in bioprocessing including basic ideas in bioreactors.3. Basic techniques of DNA manipulation (Restriction and Modification enzymes, Vectors, Promoters, Cloning, PCR, Site-directed mutagenesis, Gene tagging with epitopes, Heterologous gene expression.4. Sequencing strategies; Techniques of gene expression analysis; Gene silencing strategies; Protein-DNA and protein-protein interaction analyses.

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Choice-based Course offered by the department

to the students of other departments

‘Methods in Cellular and Molecular Biology’

Credit – 4 Marks - 100

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Construction of libraries (genomic,

cDNA

, subtraction), Selection of a clone from library

(screening by nucleic acid hybridization,

immunoscreening

, two -hybrid screening), DNA

sequencing (manual & automated), RFLP, Genetic fingerprinting, Gel retardation & DNA

footprinting

, PCR (reaction conditions,

thermostable

DNA polymerases, characteristics

of primers, cloning of PCR products, RT-PCR, real-time PCR, clinical diagnosis, RAPD), In

vitro mutagenesis, protein engineering, Production of proteins from cloned genes

(expression vectors, problems in

E.coli

, GST-MBP-His tagging for protein purification),

Genetic mapping (SNPs, VNTRs, microsatellites), Microarray technique to study global

gene expression, Gene Knock-out technique, Antisense & RNA

interferece

, briefoverview of Protein array techniques.Recommended Books:1. Biochemistry L. Stryer2. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry D. L. Nelson & M.M. Cox3. Biophysical Chemistry D. Freifelder4. Biochemistry D. Das5. Organic Spectroscopy W. Kemp6. Physical Biochemistry D. Freifelder7. Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy C.N. Banwell8. Biological Spectroscopy I.D. Cambell & R.A. Durk9. Introduction to the Spectroscopy of Biological Polymers D.W. Jones10. Gene Cloning T.A. Brown11. Molecular Biology: Genes to proteins B. E. Tropp

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Department of Zoology

Open Choice in CBCS system

2018

ZOP 201:Optional paper: Applied Zoology

Points100

WildlifeandCons

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Point 50 Lectur

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Concept of w

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ife and its conservation

Categ

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ofwild

life.Wild life and wild life habitat in India: Wild lifewealth of IndiaWild life management: Distribution, status ,habitat utilizationpattern, threatsand survival of – Royal Bengal Tiger,Rhinoceros, OliveRidley turtlesNational and International efforts for conservation: CITES, IUCN, CBD, Protected area concept.5012Ecological principles and applicationPoint30LecturesConcept of habitat and nicheEcological principles.Community ecology: nature of communities; levels of species diversity and its measurementsBiogeographical zones of indiaEnvironmental management: solid waste management with vermicomposting;Bioremediation; Bioreactors in Environment monitoring. Organic farmingInsect pollinators in agriculture55555586Current knowledge on pisciculturePoint 10Integrated fish farming

Induced breeding

5

5

Medical Zoology

Point 10

Genetics of Neurological Diseases;Pharmacogenetics and application 

Preliminary knowledge on zoonotic diseases

Immunodiagnostics: Basic of immunology and its application

5

5

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OPEN COURSE OFFERED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS W.E.F. 2017-18

 

2STAT2.0(Open)

 

Basics

of Probability and Statistics (Marks 100, Credit 4)

Descriptive Statistics

: Collection, tabulation and diagrammatic representation of data; Frequency distribution, graphical representation of a frequency distribution, histogram, frequency polygon,

ogives

; Common measures of central tendency and dispersion, coefficient of variation.

Bivariate

frequency distribution, scatter diagram, simple correlation and regression.

Probability

: Random Experiments, Sample space, Events, classical definition of probability, Theorem of Total probability, Conditional probability, Statistical independence of events, product rule for probability, related problems.

Random variables, expectation and variance of random variables, moments and moment generating function,

Chebyshev

inequality.

Binomial, Poisson and Normal distributions, related problems.

Statistical Inference

: Population and sample; parameter and statistic, sampling distribution of a statistic, basic concepts of estimation – unbiasedness and consistency, notion of uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimator, standard error.Basic concepts of tests of significance, tests for means of normal distribution, Student’s t, Fisher’s t and paired t tests, testing equality of means of several normal populations, least significant difference; χ2 tests for independence in contingency tables.ANOVA for one-way and two-way classified data.  

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Physics

Unit

– 10: Applied physics

Full Marks: 100 Credit Points:4

 

Module-I

Basic Physics:

Newtonian mechanics:

Vectors; Newton’s laws of motion; Force and acceleration; Work, Energy, Power; Newton’s laws of Gravitation; Projectiles; Friction; Circular motion; Moment of Inertia.

Ray optics

: Reflection and Refraction at a plane boundary; Refractive index; Snell’s law; Fermat’s principle; Image formation by reflection at a spherical boundary; Concave and Convex mirrors; Lenses.

Wave Optics:

Interference, Diffraction, polarization

Elements of electricity and magnetism:

Electric field and potential, Gauss law,

Biot-Savart

law, Ampere Circuital law, Maxwell’s equation, Electromagnetic wave

Modern physics and relativity

: Structure of atoms and nucleus, Radioactivity, Fission, Fusion, Superconductivity, Special theory of relativity.

Module-II Applied Quantum Mechanics:Basics: Schrödinger equation, Measurements, Expectation values, Stationary states, Approximation methods: Variational principle, Time independent and Time dependent perturbation theory; WKB approximation. . Some elementary examples: Free electrons in one dimension, - states in benzene; free electrons in three dimensions.Quantum slabs, wires and dots; quantum wells. The hydrogen atom problem.

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Molecules

:

The molecule: LCAO or tight binding states; bonding and anti-bonding state

Molecular

orbitals

; Polar bonds; Non-orthogonal and overlap repulsion.

The physics of , and ; cohesion; -bonds; hybrids and - bonds.

Module - III

Data and error analysis:

The presentation of physical quantities with their inaccuracies (measuring errors and uncertainties), Classification and propagation of errors.

Probability distributions:

Binomial distribution; Poisson distribution; Gaussian or Normal distribution;

Lorentzian

distribution; the central limit theorem.

 

Processing of experimental data:

Distribution function of a data series; the average and the mean squared deviation of a data series; estimates for mean and variance; c

2

Test of a distribution; handling data with unequal weights.

 Fitting functions to data: Dependent and independent variables, method of least squares, fitting to a polynomial, minimizing c2 for Goodness of Fit, Linear-Correlation Coefficient.Numerical Methods: Polynomial Interpolation, Numerical Differentiation and Integration, Roots of Nonlinear Equations. Module - IVAnalytical techniques and their applications:Characterization Techniques in Materials Science: Optical microscopy, electron microscopy, Spectrophotometry, Raman spectroscopy,Atomic force microscopy (AFM) X ray Diffraction. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.

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Atomic and Nuclear analytical methods:

X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Particle-Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE), Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy, Neutron Activation Analysis, Accelerator Mass Spectrometry.

Biological effects of radiation

: Physical and chemical damage; dose, dose rate;

damageof

tissue levels, Radiation shielding and its safety, Nuclear Medicine; Radiation therapy.

Medical imaging physics

: X-rays, fluoroscopy, angiography, and computed tomography, ultrasound (including lithotripsy), MRI and positron emission tomography (PET).

Medical optics

: Pulse

oximetry

, Endoscopy, Laser medicine

Bio technology

: Biomaterials and artificial organs: Drug delivery and control release.

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UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI

Faculty of Science

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

 

MATCB

2.1

Choice Based Paper

Mathematics

 

Evaluation

Categories:SEE

: Semester End Examination;

IA

: Internal Assessment

Course Name

Subject-Wise Marks

Total Marks

MATCB 2.1: History of Mathematics + Operations Research 100 + Linear Algebra + Dynamical Systems (SEE: 20+20+20+20; IA: 5+5+5+5)MATCB 2.1(Detail Syllabus)Marks : 100History of Mathematics.Objectives, Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics, Greek mathematics, Pythagoras, Euclid and the elements of geometry, Archimedes, Apollonius, Development of Trigonometry, Development of Algebra, Development of Analytic Geometry, Development of Calculus, Development of Selected Topics of Modern Mathematics, Modern geometries, Modern algebra, Methods of real analysis. (20) 

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Operations

Research.

Formulation

of linear programming

models.Graphical

solution

.

(2)

Basic solution (BS) and Basic Feasible Solution (BFS), Degenerate and non-degenerate BFS, Convex set, convex hull, convex polyhedron, extreme points, hyper

plane.Standard

form of

LPP.Simplex

method.Charnes

’ Big – M method.

(8)

Transportation

and assignment problems.

(4)

Components of a network. Shortest Path Method: Dijkstra’s Algorithm, Floyd’s Algorithm. A brief introduction to PERT and CPM, Components of PERT/CPM Network and precedence relationships, Critical path analysis. (6)Linear Algebra. Matrix: definition, order, symmetric and skew symmetric matrices, determinant of a matrix, elementary properties of determinants, inverse of a matrix, normal form of a matrix, rank of a matrix, elementary concept of a vector space, linear dependence and independence of vectors, basis of a vector space, row space, column space, solution of system of linear equations, Cramar’s rule, Eigen values and Eigen vectors of matrices, Cayley Hamilton Theorem, Diagonalization of matrices. (20)Dynamical Systems.Linearization of dynamical systems: Two, three and higher dimension. Population growth.Lotka-Volterra system. (5)Stability: Asymptotic stability (Hartman’s theorem), Global stability (Liapunov’s second method). Limit set, attractors, periodic orbits, limit cycles. Bendixon criterion, Dulac criterion, Poincare-Bendixon Theorem.Floquet’s theorem. (10)

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Stability and

bifurcation:

Routh

-Hurwitz criterion for nonlinear systems. Saddle-Node,

transcritical

and pitchfork

bifurcations.Hopf

- bifurcation.

(

5)

 

References

:

D.M. Burton, The History of Mathematics,

Allyn

and Bacon, 5th edition

Carl B. Boyer and  

Uta

C.

Merzbach, A History of Mathematics  3rd Edition .Florian Cajori , A History of Mathematics (Paperback).J.H. Eves, An Introduction to the History of Mathematics, Saunders, 1990.Clifford A. Pickover , The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics (Sterling Milestones)Paperback  –February 7, 2012.Jacqueline Stedall, The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction 1st Edition.Dirk J. Struik , A Concise History of Mathematics: Fourth Revised Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics)  4th Edition.H.A. Taha, Operations ResearchJ.G. Chakraborty and P.R. Ghosh. Linear Programming and Game TheoryP.K. Gupta and D.S. Hira, Operations ResearchI. N. Herstein: Topics in Algebra.K. Hoffman and R. Kunze: Linear Algebra.B.C. Chatterjee: Linear Algebra.D. W. Jordan and P. Smith (1998): Nonlinear Ordinary Equations- An Introduction to Dynamical Systems (Third Edition), Oxford Univ. Press. L. Perko (1991): Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Springer Verlag. F. Verhulust (1996): Nonlinear Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Springer.V. I. Arnold : Dynamical Systems V-Bifurcation Theory and Catastrophy Theory. Mark Kot (2001): Elements of Mathematical Ecology, Cambridge Univ. Press.

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DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

 

UniversityofKalyani

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYLLABUS

FOR

PROPOSEDSEMESTERSYSTEMOFM.Sc.COURSE

IN

ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE FROMTHESESSION2017-2018

 

 

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SEMESTER–II

 

Paper V: CBCS

 

Course 201

 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES

 

Totalno.oflectures:15

FullMarks

– (5+20)

 

Resources: Renewable & non-renewable, Resource consumption, Sustainable Development, Resource management and conservation.

Forest resources: Use and over exploitation, Mining, dams and their effects on forests and tribal people. Deforestation and

afforestation

- Case studies.

Surface water, Ground water, Water conservation, Watershed management: Problems and concern, Rain water harvesting.

Land resources: land degradation, man induced landslides, soil erosion and desertification.

Wet land conservation and Wasteland management.

Biodiversity- Endemic species, Biodiversity Hot-spot, Threats to biodiversity, Conservation of biodiversity. Renewable and non-renewable energy sources and energy management. References:1. Reading in resource management and conservation – I. burton and K. W. Kates, 1985, Chicago, University of Chicago Press. 2. Groundwater – Herman Bower.  

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Course 202

 

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

 

Totalno.oflectures:15

FullMarks

– (5+20)

 

Atmospheric segments, Air pollution, Indoor Pollution, Automobile Pollution, Emission standard. Air pollution control strategies.

Water pollution, Drinking and effluent Standards, Waste water treatment, Solid & hazardous waste management.

Soil pollution and its control strategies.

Noise pollution and its control strategies.

Radiation pollution, Nuclear accidents - Case studies.

Clean and advanced technologies for pollution abatement.

 

 

References:

1. Environmental Science, Cunningham, TMH

De, A. K., “Environmental Chemistry”, New Age International.

Masters, G. M., “Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science”, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.S. C. Bhatia, Solid & Hazardous Waste Management, Atlantic Publishers.

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Course 203

 

ENVIRONMENTAL

ISSUES

 

Totalno.oflectures:15

FullMarks

– (5+20)

 

Photochemical smog and acid rain; Depletion of Ozone layer-Causes and consequences, El-

nino

, Global warming and green house emission, Climate change and carbon mitigation.

Human population and Environment.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental Audit, Environmental Management System (EMS), Environmental laws and Protection acts of India. Environmental Movements, Conventions, Protocols.

 

References

:

1. Environmental Science, Cunningham, TMH.

2.

A.K.De, Environmental Chemistry, New Age International.3. Environmental Management, N.K.Oberoi. Course 204 DEMONSTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNIQUES Totalno.oflectures:15 FullMarks– (5+20) Air quality monitoring.Water quality monitoring.Satellite imagery and toposheet interpretation.Solar radiation monitoring.