Department of Agri Business Management

Course Handout Semester III

[Link]. (Agri.) + MBA Integrated

1. Course Code: UGABM205

2. Course Title : Environment science
3. Faculty In-charge: Anita Bhawariya
4. Designation : Assistant Professor
5. Email : [Link]@[Link]
6. Mob. No. : 9680027547
Course Description: This interdisciplinary course explores the fundamental concepts of
environmental science and biological chemistry, emphasizing their relevance in sustainable
development. It covers the scope and importance of environmental studies, renewable natural
resources (forest, water, food, energy, and land), and key environmental cycles like carbon,
nitrogen, and water. The course delves into ecosystem dynamics including energy flow,
photosynthesis, respiration, and the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers. Students will
gain insights into human health topics such as nutrition, HIV/AIDS, and community welfare, and
understand the impact of information technology on health and the environment. Biodiversity, its
threats, and conservation strategies are discussed alongside environmental laws such as The
Environment Protection Act and The Water Act. The course concludes with a study of various types
of environmental pollution, their causes, effects, and control measures, as well as the biological
processing of industrial waste.

7. Scope and Objective : This course is meant to understand the environment, their importance,
constraints and human welfare
8. Attendance : Attendance is required in order to gain understanding to various aspects of the
course. Attendances will be monitored based on appearing in classroom. Besides, surprise
evaluation components can be held during class/tutorial
hours, for which, no make-up will be given.

COURSE OUTCOMES (CO):

CO1: The Environmental Studies major will be able to recognize the physical, chemical, and
biological components of the earth’s systems and how they function.
CO2: The Environmental Studies major will be able to critically examine all sides of environmental
issues and apply understanding from science, law, history, and policy to create informed opinions
about how to interact with the environment both personally and societally.
CO3: The Environmental Studies major will be able to understand probabilistic aspects of human
interactions with the environment.
CO4: To understand the management of the environment.
CO5: To create awareness about the Environmental pollution and its management.
[Link]. Agriculture MBA + (Agri. Business Management)

Program Outcomes (PO): After successful completion of the program, the graduate will be able to

 PO1: Apply comprehensive knowledge of agriculture, agri-business management, economics, and

basic sciences to real-world problems in agriculture and allied sectors.

 PO2: Identify, analyze, and solve agricultural and agri-business issues using both theoretical and
practical approaches.

 PO3: Communicate effectively in agricultural and business contexts and demonstrate leadership in
agri-business operations.

 PO4: Develop an entrepreneurial mindset and skills to establish and manage agribusiness
ventures.

 PO5: Promote sustainable agriculture practices and ethical behavior in agribusiness management.

 PO6: Use modern tools, IT, and data analytics effectively for decision-making in agricultural
production and business strategies.

 PO7: Engage in continuous learning to keep pace with advancements in agriculture and agri-
business management.

 PO8 : Be employment-ready for various roles in agriculture, food industries, supply chains,
banking, and rural development sectors.

Program Specific Outcomes:

After successful completion of the [Link]. Agriculture + MBA (Agri. Business Management)

Programme a student will:

PSO-1: Have a strong foundation in the core areas of Agriculture (theoretical and practical).
PSO-2: Be able to create opportunities for imparting quality education for solving agriculture
related problems.
PSO-3: Communicate and implementation the technology through training programmes for
improving the agricultural situations.
PSO-4: Have a sound knowledge of the latest technologies for ensuring the quality of outputs.
PSO-5: Play the effective role to understand the agricultural challenges and constraints in
societal and environmental contexts and disseminate the knowledge for sustainable
agriculture development through demonstration research based knowledge of the legal and
ethical.
PSO-6: Understand how all aspects of agriculture combine and are used by scientists, marketers,
producers and understand how employer characteristics and decision- making at various levels
enhance the success of an agricultural enterprise. To understand components of agri business
and economics of market.
CO PO Mapping

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12

CO1 - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 3

CO2 1 - - 3 - - 3 2 1 3 - 1

CO3 - 3 - 1 3 - - 1 - - - -

CO4 - 3 - 3 1 - - - - - - -

CO5 - - 1 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - -

CO PSO Mapping

PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4 PSO5 PSO6

CO1 - - 1 1 - -

CO2 3 - 1 1 3 -

CO3 - - - - - 1

CO4 - - - - - 3

CO5 - 3 - - - -

Name of Program: [Link]. Agri Business management Semester: III

Course Code: UGABM205
Course Name: Environmental Science
2L+0T+1P=3C

MODULE I

Scope and importance of environmental studies and biological chemistry; renewable resources:
forest, water, food, energy and land – various environmental cycles viz. carbon, nitrogen and water,
etc.
MODULE II

Energy flow in the ecosystem: concept of photosynthesis and respiration. Woman and child welfare –
food, balanced diet, vitamins and minerals etc.; HIV/AIDS – viruses and nucleic acids, modification
and propagation; role of information technology on environment and human health;
nutrition/malnutrition in communities; concept of biological processing of industrial wastes.

MODULE III

Ecology: definition and scope. Ecosystems: definition, types, concept, structure, functions,
components and food pyramids. Producers, consumers and decomposers of an ecosystem.

MODULE IV

Bio-diversity: definition, classification, threats to biodiversity and its conservation. The Environment
Protection Act, The Air Act, The Water Act, The Wildlife Protection Act and Forest Conservation
Act.

MODULE V

Environmental pollution: causes, effects and control of air, water, soil, thermal, noise and marine
pollution. Causes, effects and management of soil nuclear hazards and industrial wastes.

Practical plan
1. Estimation of chlorophyll content of fresh water /sea water ecosystem.
2. Study of transpiration and water balance in plants.
3. Estimation of ascorbic acid (vitamin c).
4. community survey of nutritional health issue.
5. Estimation of proline as stress indicator in plants.
6. Estimation of pesticide contamination in Agro-Ecosystem.
7. Determination of sound level by using sound level meter.
8. Estimation of respirable and non-respirable dust in the air by using portable dust sampler.
9. Estimation of species abundance of plants.
10. Visit to ecosystems and study of biodiversity.
11. Collection, processing and storage of effluent samples;
12. Determination of Bio-Chemical oxygen demand (BOD) in effluent sample
13. Determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in effluent sample
14. Estimation of dissolved oxygen in effluent samples
15. Determination of total dissolved solids (TDS) in effluent samples
16. Estimation of nitrate contamination in groundwater.
17. Analysis of temporary and total hardness of water sample by titration.
18. Determination of heavy metals in sewage and sludge

Suggestive Reading
Fundamentals of Environmental Sciences by Bamanayha B.R., Verma, L.N., and Verma A. Published
by Yash Publishing House, Bikaner, in 2005.

Fundamentals of Environmental Sciences by Dhaliwal G.S., Sangha G.S., and Raihan P.K. Published
by Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi, in 2000.

Fundamentals of Ecology by Odum E.P. and Barrett G.W. Published by Brooks/Cole, Akash Press,
New Delhi, in 2007.

Environmental Biology by Agrawal, K.C. Published by Agro Botanica, Bikaner, in 1999.

Modern Concepts of Ecology by Kumar, H.D. Published by Vikash Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi, in 1997.

Course Plan as per ERP:

Lecture Topic Teaching Module Reference

Number Pedagogy No. No
1 Introduction of course, vision, mission, COs, POs Verbal 0

2 Scope and importance of environmental studies and Chalk I T1

biological chemistry; renewable resources Duster
3 Renewable resources: forest, water, food, energy and Chalk I T1
land – various environmental cycles viz. carbon, Duste
nitrogen and water, etc. r
 4 Energy flow in the ecosystem: concept of photosynthesis and Chalk II T4
respiration. Woman and child welfare Duster
5 Food, balanced diet, vitamins and minerals etc.; HIV/AIDS PPT II T1
– viruses and nucleic acids, modification and propagation;

6 Role of information technology on environment and human Chalk II T2

health; nutrition/malnutrition in communities; concept of Duster
biological processing of industrial wastes.
7 Ecology: definition and scope. Ecosystems: definition, types, Chalk III T1
concept, structure, functions, components Duster

8 Food pyramids. Producers, consumers and decomposers of an Chalk III T2

ecosystem. Duster

9 Bio-diversity: definition, classification, threats to biodiversity Chalk IV T2

and its conservation. Duster
10 The Environment Protection Act, The Air Act, The Water Act, Chalk IV T1
The Wildlife Protection Act and Forest Conservation Act Duster

11 Environmental pollution: causes, effects and control of air, Chalk V T2 & T4

water, soil, Duster

12 Thermal, noise and marine pollution. Causes, effects Chalk V T2

Duster
13 Management of soil nuclear hazards and industrial wastes Chalk V T1
Duster

Weekly plan

Week Topic Field Activity Key Learnings Personal Faculty

Summary Reflection Feedback
1 Introduction of course, Attended orientation Understood the Realized the
vision, mission, COs, session, reviewed course structure importance of
and its alignment aligning
POs course objectives and personal
outcomes. with personal and objectives with
academic goals. course outcomes
for a successful
learning
experience.
2 Scope and importance Conducted a site visit Gained an Gained a deeper
of environmental studies to a local research understanding of appreciation of
the relevance of how chemistry is
and biological facility focused on central to
chemistry; renewable renewable resources. environmental environmental
resources studies and studies.
biological
chemistry.
3 Renewable resources: Observed water Learned the Reflected on the
forest, water, food, treatment facilities; importance of interconnectedne
different ss of ecosystems
energy, and land – reviewed case studies
 various environmental on land-use environmental and human
cycles (carbon, nitrogen, management. cycles and their activity.
water) impact on natural
resources.
4 Energy flow in the Participated in a Understood the Realized the
ecosystem: concept of workshop on ecosystem mechanisms of significance of
energy flow in photosynthesis
photosynthesis and energy flow, and and respiration
respiration; Women and observed women and ecosystems and for sustaining
child welfare child welfare programs. how it impacts life on Earth.
biological
systems.
5 Food, balanced diet, Attended a seminar on Gained insights Thought about
vitamins and minerals, nutrition and health; into the role of how nutrition
nutrition in health, and health are
HIV/AIDS – viruses conducted an interview interconnected
and nucleic acids, with health workers. and the biology of in communities.
modification and viruses and their
propagation modification.
6 Role of information Visited a biotechnology Learned how Realized the
technology on lab working on technology can need for
address technological
environment and human industrial waste innovation in
health; treatment; interviewed environmental solving
nutrition/malnutrition in community health issues and environmental
communities; biological workers. improve public challenges.
processing of industrial health.
wastes
7 Ecology: definition and Observed various Gained a Reflected on the
scope. Ecosystems: ecosystems in a local comprehensive importance of
understanding of understanding
definition, types, reserve; conducted a ecosystems for
concept, structure, group discussion on ecological environmental
functions, components ecosystem components. systems and their conservation.
components.
8 Food pyramids. Participated in a field Learned about Realized how
Producers, consumers, study to observe food chains and each level in a
the roles of food pyramid is
and decomposers of an various trophic levels in interdependent.
ecosystem. a forest ecosystem. producers,
consumers, and
decomposers.
9 Biodiversity: definition, Conducted a Gained Developed a
classification, threats to biodiversity assessment knowledge of the sense of
significance of responsibility for
biodiversity, and its in a protected area; protecting
conservation attended a workshop on biodiversity and biodiversity.
conservation strategies. conservation
methods.
10 The Environment Attended a lecture on Learned the key Reflected on the
Protection Act, The Air environmental environmental importance of
laws and their role legal
Act, The Water Act, The legislation; visited a site frameworks in
Wildlife Protection Act, for pollution control in protecting sustainable
and Forest Conservation measures. natural resources. environmental
Act management.
11 Environmental Conducted a survey on Understood the Felt the urgency
pollution: causes, local air and water different types of of addressing
pollution and pollution to
effects, and control of pollution; reviewed
 air, water, soil pollution pollution control strategies for their ensure a healthy
technologies. management. environment.
12 Thermal, noise, and Attended a seminar on Gained Realized the
marine pollution: pollution management, knowledge on the complex nature
causes and of pollution and
causes, effects, and focusing on industrial its far-reaching
management of soil waste and nuclear management effects on
nuclear hazards and hazards. strategies for ecosystems and
industrial wastes different types of human health.
pollution.

Assessment/Evaluation Rubrics as per (Internal=50 marks & External=50 marks).

Please note that majority of evaluation components will be held in the offline mode. You
are requested to ensure attendance at all times during the classes/evaluation components.

Environment Science Course

Name of The Course UGABM205
Code
Year II Semester III
Name of the Instructor Anita bhawariya Credits 3

Assignment Mid Term End Term

COs Description of COs BTL
Weightage Weightage Weightage
Describe the education and types of education.
(4 %)
CO1 They should know the meaning, concept and M1 M1 (2%) 10 %
Mid Term- I
definition of Extension
Answer the pre-independence and post-
independence development programs of (4 %)
CO2 M2 M2 (2%) 10 %
Extension. Mid Term- I
Understanding the concept of community (2 %)
development program and National Mid Term- I
CO3 M3 M3 (2%) 10 %
Extensionservice. Meaning concept and tiers (2 %)
of Panchayat Raj system Mid Term- II
The progress of Agriculture Development
(4 %)
CO4 program in recent years. M4 M4 (2%) 10 %
Mid Term- II
To aware regarding the women development (4 %)
CO5 programmers. M5 M5 (2%) 10 %
Mid Term- II
Course Assessment Plan: CAP

Evaluation Scheme:
 Direct Duration
Sr. Units Assessment/Evaluation
Assessment/Evaluation Marks CO Mapping of Exam
No covered Dates
Instruments
1 Assignment -1 5 I CO1 15 August 7 day
2 Assignment -2 5 II CO2 12 September -
3 Class work Quiz-1 10 I, II CO1, CO2 16 August 20 min
8 September on wards 1.5 hrs
4 Mid Term-1 20 I, II CO2, CO5
5 Assignment-3 5 III CO3 6 October -
6 Assignment-4 5 IV CO4 10 October -
7 Class work Quiz-2 10 III, IV CO3, CO4 5 October 20 min
24 November onward 1.5 hrs
8 Mid Term-2 20 III, IV CO1,CO2,
CO3, CO4
9 Assignment-5 5 V CO5 8 November -
10 End Semester Examination 50 I, II, III, IV, V CO1, CO2, CO3, 10 December 3.00 hrs
CO4, CO5 onward

1. Notices: Put up in Department notice board and check ERP for regular updates.
2. Make-up Policy: There will not be any make up exam for midterms.
However, makeup will be granted only for prior approval by Dean
FBAS, and/or genuine cases after verification of each case.

Anita Bhawariya

Department of Agriculture