Bachelor in Environmental Science at Kathmandu University, Bachelor in Environmental Science Colleges in Nepal

Bachelor In Environmental Science

Affiliated to: Kathmandu University

About Course

Course Title : Bachelor In Environmental Science
Category/Level : Bachelors
Course Duration (months) : 48 months
Cost Range (NPR) : NA
Affiliated to : Kathmandu University

Course Description:

The Bachelor of Environmental Science is a 4 year duration program comprising 8 semesters. The program provides a strong foundation of one year for basic science subjects and 3 year for Environmental subjects. The department lays strong emphasis on facilitating learning-by-doing. A strong modular course structure is followed. Each course is given an adequate practical component. At each level, environmental projects, practical and fields work are carefully planned. Students do assignments and projects in all the four years with varying degree of complexity. Students will have an opportunity to tap their genuine potential and promote themselves in developing the learning skills for achieving the goal, attaining total educational behavioral change. The main teaching tools are lectures, oral presentation, class discussions, field visits and case studies. Students will be motivated for group discussions, project presentation, seminar and workshop organization, research conduction, dissertation writing, and presentation.

Admission info

To be eligible for applying to the program, one must meet the following criteria:

Must have passed 12 years (10+2) of formal education.
Must have passed Higher Secondary Level Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) or Physics, Chemistry and Biology (PCB) with an average grade of 45%.
Must appear in the entrance examination and selection interview.

The entrance examination and interview is highly competitive and the successful candidates in both are eligible to get admission.

Admission Procedure
Notification for admission to all undergraduate programs offered by the school under the department is published in major dailies and is in the website: www.ku.edu.np in the month of June/July seeking applications from eligible candidates. Collection of applications is followed by an entrance examination designed to test applicants' command over mathematics, physics, Chemistry and biology. Candidates qualifying in the entrance examination are called for an interview. The interview is aimed at testing individual's aptitude in the field in which one is seeking admission and is taken by the relevant department.

Application Checklist
Applicants are required to submit the following documents with the application.

Attested copy of Mark sheets of Secondary and Higher Secondary education
Official document showing the average grades in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics OR Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
Character certificates issued by the school last attended.
Attested copy of citizenship.

Syllabus

The course-work comprises basic science courses, interdisciplinary courses, core environmental sciences courses, specialization courses, and practical oriented courses. The total credit-hours are 146. The percentage division of credithour among the various courses is as:-

First Year

Semester - I

Course Code	Title	Credits
MATH 111	Calculus and Algebra	4
PHYS 111	Mechanics and Optics	2
PHYS 103	Physics Lab work	1
CHEM 101	General Chemistry	3
BIOL 102	General Biology	2
COMP 101	Computer Foundation	2
ENGG 101	Engg. Project Preparation	2
EDRG 101	Engineering Drawing I	2
ENGT 101	Communication Skills I	2
	Total Credit Hours	20

Semester - II

Course Code	Title	Credits
MATH 102	Statistics and Probability	3
PHYS 112	Electricity and Magnetism	3
COMP 102	Computer Programming	3
ENGG 102	Engineering Project	3
EDRG 102	Engineering Drawing II	2
ENGT 102	Communication Skills II	2
CHEM 102	Inorganic Chemistry	2
ENVS 101	Introd. to Environmental Science	3
	Total Credit Hours	20

Second Year
Semester - I

Course Code	Title	Credits
ENVS 211	Ecological Principles	3
CHEM 208	Quantitative Analysis I	2
ENVS 201	Environmental chemistry	2
CHEM 207	Organic Chemistry	2
ENVS 205	Practical and project - I	2
ENVS 207	Natural resource Mgmt.	3
MATH 206	Applied Statistics	3
CHEM 210	Quantitative Analysis I	1
	Total Credit Hours	19

Semester - II

Course Code	Title	Credits
BIOL 207	Microbiology	3
CHEM 209	Quantitative Analysis II	2
ENVS 212	Biodiversity & Taxonomy	3
ENVS 206	Environmental Physics	2
ENVS 204	Environmental Pollution	3
ENVS 213	Human Ecology and Sociology	3
ENVS 210	Practical and Project II	2
CHEM 211	Quantitative analysis Practical II	1
	Total Credit Hours	17

Third Year
Semester - I

Course Code	Title	Credits
ENVS 313	Energy and Environment	3
ENVS 332	Environmental Geology & Geomorphology	1
INAN 301	Instrumental analysis	3
INAN 302	Instrumental analysis lab	1
ENVS 333	Climatology & Meteorology	3
ENVS 31*	Electives	2
ENVS 304	Practical and Project III	2
	Total Credit Hours	21

Semester - II

Course Code	Title	Credits
ENVS 331	Environmental Policy, law & sustainable development planning	3
ENVS 306	GIS and Remote Sensing	3
ENVS 334	Applied soil Science & Land Mgmt.	3
ENVS 335	Hydrology and Water Resources	3
ENVS 303	Environmental economics	2
ENVS 32*	Electives	3
ENVS 309	Practical and Project IV	2
	Total Credit Hours	19

Electives should be chosen from one of the two specialization groups. Same group should be followed for choosing the electives in the subsequent semesters.
a. Pollution and waste management
Semester I:
ENVS 311 Pollution monitoring and control
ENVS 322Toxicology and Eco-toxicology
ENVS 323 Environmental Management
Semester II:
ENVS 305 Pests and Pesticides
ENVS 336 Environmental health (public & occupational)
ENVS 337 Environmental hazards and Disasters Mgmt
b. Resource conservation and management
Semester I:
ENVS 301 Ecosystems of the World
ENVS 319 Biogeography
ENVS 323 Environmental Management
ENVS 329 Ecology of Agriculture & forest crops
Semester II:
ENVS 321 Applied entomology
ENVS 328 Conservation biology
ENVS 337 Environmental hazards and Disasters Mgmt
ENVS 338 Bioengineering
ENVS 339 Rangeland Resource Management

Fourth Year
Semester - I

Course Code	Title	Credits
ENVS 401	Environmental Biotechnology	2
ENVS 402	Environmental Impact Assessment	3
ENVS 418	Forest silvics and management	3
ENVS 4**	Electives	3
ENVS 4**	Electives	3
ENVS 405	Practical & project V	2
	Total Credit Hours	16

Semester - II

Course Code	Title	Credits
ENVS 4**	Electives	3
ENVS 4**	Electives	3
MGTS 402	Entrepreneurship development	3
ENVS 421	Project Work	6
	Total Credit Hours	15

a. Pollution and waste management
Semester I:
ENVS 404 Environmental System Modeling
ENVS 411 Waste Management I (Municipal)
ENVS 412 Water Quality Assessment
ENVS 413 Urbanization, Industrialization & Environment
Semester II
ENVS 431 Waste Management II (Toxic/Hazardous)
ENVS 432 Water and Wastewater management
ENVS 433 Air & Noise pollution monitoring & control
ENVS 434 Soil pollution monitoring and control
b. Resource conservation and management

Semester I:
ENVS 404 Environmental System Modeling
ENVS 415 Aquatic Ecology
ENVS 422 Landscape science
Semester II:
ENVS 416 Nature reserve and wildlife management
ENVS 423 Glacier environment
ENVS 435 Watershed management
ENVS 437 Ethno-biology
ENVS 438 Behavioral Science and Sociobiology