Specialization:

Graduation Degree in Botany, Zoology, Life Sciences, Physics, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biotechnology or any equivalent subject with a minimum of 50% marks is required in the qualifying degree.

Objectives:

• Students will integrate knowledge from multiple disciplines representing physical and life sciences perspectives and social and cultural perspectives on humans’ interactions with their ecosystem.
• Students will contribute to and facilitate interdisciplinary research and problem solving, through independent and collaborative work.
• Students will use quantitative and qualitative research tools and techniques to analyze, implement, envision, assess, and report sustainability efforts.

Program Educational Objectives:

• To produce skilled experts with a background of Environmental Science employable for positions in the fields like education, industry and government and non-government organizations.
• To impart knowledge on human environment interaction and provide knowledge on issues related to development and environment.
• To impart technical/analytical methodologies for environmental analysis.
• To provide technical methodologies (EIA/EA/Safety management) for sustainable development.
• To prepare our graduates to become effective scientific communicators in multidisciplinary teams providing technical leadership to engage with the challenging environmental problems of local, national, and global nature.

Program Outcomes:

After completing the major in Environmental Studies, students will be able to:

• Articulate the interconnected and interdisciplinary nature of environmental studies.
• Demonstrate an integrative approach to environmental issues with a focus on sustainability.
• Use critical thinking, problem-solving, and the methodological approaches of the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities in environmental problem solving.
• Communicate complex environmental information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Understand and evaluate the global scale of environmental problems.
• Reflect critically on their roles, responsibilities, and identities as citizens, consumers and environmental actors in a complex, interconnected world.