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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE BSc.

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GO UNIVERSITY Ghana/Global 2016/17/18/19

BSc (Hons) Environmental science Degree Course - 3 Years

Syllabus ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE BSc Hons

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences (including ecology, biology, physics, chemistry, zoology, mineralogy, oceanology, limnology, soil science, geology, atmospheric science, and geodesy) to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. Environmental science emerged from the fields of natural history and medicine during the Enlightenment. Today it provides an integrated, quantitative, and interdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental systems.

Related areas of study include environmental studies and environmental engineering. Environmental studies incorporates more of the social sciences for understanding human relationships, perceptions and policies towards the environment. Environmental engineering focuses on design and technology for improving environmental quality in every aspect.

Environmental scientists work on subjects like the understanding of earth processes, evaluating alternative energy systems, pollution control and mitigation, natural resource management, and the effects of global climate change. Environmental issues almost always include an interaction of physical, chemical, and biological processes. Environmental scientists bring a systems approach to the analysis of environmental problems. Key elements of an effective environmental scientist include the ability to relate space, and time relationships as well as quantitative analysis.

Environmental science came alive as a substantive, active field of scientific investigation in the 1960s and 1970s driven by (a) the need for a multi-disciplinary approach to analyze complex environmental problems, (b) the arrival of substantive environmental laws requiring specific environmental protocols of investigation and (c) the growing public awareness of a need for action in addressing environmental problems. Events that spurred this development included the publication of Rachel Carson's landmark environmental book Silent Spring[3] along with major environmental issues becoming very public, such as the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, and the Cuyahoga River of Cleveland, Ohio, "catching fire" (also in 1969), and helped increase the visibility of environmental issues and create this new field of study.

Year 1

Semester 1

Foreign Business Language
Open Elective Courses
Outdoor Activity Based Courses… Pollution causes & solution in your immediate country environment.

Concept of Sustainable Development [Human Social Sciences & Management Courses]
Social & Environmental Issues [Human Social Sciences & Management Courses]
Wildlife Conservation [Domain Elective Courses]
Wildlife Forensics and Crime Control [Domain Elective Courses]

Semester 2

Environmental Geoscience [Core Courses]
Environmental Physics [Core Courses]
Introduction to Communication Skills [Communication Skills]
Individual Society and Nation [Behavioral Science]
Disaster and Its Management [Allied Courses]
Global warming and Climate Change [Allied Courses]
Foreign Business Language
Open Elective Courses
Outdoor Activity Based Courses
Fundamental concepts in Rural Sociology, rural society, rural organisation, rural people and culture, elements in the structure of culture, nature and importance of social institutions - with particular reference to the rural agricultural and environment system, and the sociological implications in extension work.

Year 2

Semester 3

Foreign Business Language
Open Elective Courses/
Computer science, software computer & environment
Outdoor Activity Based Courses

Semester 4

Energy Management [Core Courses]
Environmental Laws & Acts [Core Courses]
Environmental Pollution [Core Courses]
Environmental Toxicological Studies [Core Courses]
Professional Communication for Recruitment and Employability [Communication Skills]
Values and Ethics for Personal and Professional Development [Behavioral Science]
Foreign Business Language
Open Elective Courses
Outdoor Activity Based Courses
Water rivers & sea management & pollution

Year 3

Semester 5

Principles of EIA [Core Courses]
Waste Management [Core Courses]
Receptive and Expressive Communication Skills [Communication Skills]
Group Dynamics and Team Building [Behavioral Science]
Foreign Business Language
Open Elective Courses
Outdoor Activity Based Courses
Environmental Pollution
Pollution: origin and type of pollutants – polluters and micro pollutants (chemicals, thermal energy, radioactivity and noise). Transport, distribution and transformations of pollutants. Effects of pollutants: toxicity, bio-accumulation, eutrophication, bio-magnification, metal-microbial interactions. Examples of global problems with water, air and soil pollution such as acid rain, greenhouse effect and gases, destruction of rain forests, damage to the ozone layer. Legislation. Pollution control: prevention and curative measures.

Introduction to Climatology (

Selected processes in the atmosphere, of the world's major climates and the interaction between them and various life forms. Climatic elements and control factors affecting temperature, atmospheric pressure, precipitation processes; Composition of air, the structure of the atmosphere and its heat processes; formation of rainfall and drop; Tropical meteorology and the study of synoptic charts; Processes of soil formation; the soil profile; Soils of Ghana; Classification of plant communities; Energy flow in the ecosystem; the hydrological, nitrogen and carbon cycles and the role of climate in the biotic complex/ecosystem

Semester 6

Eco-restoration, Tourism & Development [Specialisation Elective Courses]
Industrial Chemistry [Specialisation Elective Courses]
Remote Sensing and GIS Application to Environmental Studies [Specialisation Elective Courses]
Environmental Management Strategies [Core Courses]
Social Communication [Communication Skills]
Stress and Coping Strategies [Behavioural Science]
Foreign Business Language
Open Elective Courses
Outdoor Activity Based Courses