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Bca Syallabus I & II Sem

The document outlines the syllabus for various courses in the first semester of a BCA program, including Hindi Language, English Language, Fundamentals of Computer, Business Mathematics, Office Automation Package and Tools, and Quantitative Methods. Each course is divided into units covering specific topics, with recommended textbooks and references provided. Additionally, the document includes details for second semester courses on Entrepreneurship Development and Problem Solving and Programming through C.

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The document outlines the syllabus for various courses in the first semester of a BCA program, including Hindi Language, English Language, Fundamentals of Computer, Business Mathematics, Office Automation Package and Tools, and Quantitative Methods. Each course is divided into units covering specific topics, with recommended textbooks and references provided. Additionally, the document includes details for second semester courses on Entrepreneurship Development and Problem Solving and Programming through C.

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BCA

SEMESTER: FIRST COURSE CODE: HIN121

NAME OF COURSE: HINDI LANGUAGE AND MORAL VALUE-I

Unit. No. COURSE CONTENT

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

BOOKS RECOMMANDED.

REFERENCES
BCA
SEMESTER: FIRST COURSE CODE: ENG122
NAME OF COURSE: English Language-I

Unit. No. Course Content

Where the mind is without fear: Rabindranath Tagore: The Hero: RK Narayan, Trustywith
destiny: Jawaharlal Nehru; Indian weavers: Sarojini Naidu; The portrait of a lady :
1.
Khushwant Singh; The solitary Reaper: William Wordsworth

Basic language skills: Vocabulary, Synonyms, Antonyms, Word formation, Prefixes,


2.
Suffixes.

Basic language skills: Uncountable nouns, verbs, tenses, adverbs.


3.

4. Comprehension/Unseen Passage

5. Composition and Paragraph writing

REFERENCES
****
TEXT BOOKS

REFERENCE BOOKS
BCA

SEMESTER: FIRST COURSE CODE: BCA123


NAME OF COURSE: FUNDAMENTAL OF COMPUTER

Unit. No. Course Content


Computer System: Definition, Characteristics, capabilities and limitations. Types of
Computer: Analogg Digital, Micro, Mini, Mainframe & Super Computer, Generations of
Computers, Server. Smart System: Definition, characteristics and applications. Definition
1. of Embedded system, Cloud Computing, Concept of hardware, software and firmware.
Use of Computerize- Governance and various public domains and services.

Computer organization: block diagram of computer and its functional units. Input
Device:- keyboard,scanner,mouse,lightpen,barcodereader,OMR,OCR,MICR,trackball
,joystick , touchscreen camera, mic etc. -Output Devices: monitors, speakers,
printers– dot matrix printer, ink-jet printer, laser printer, 3D printers, and plotters and their
2. types. Computers memory and its types, storage device: magnetic Tapes,
Floppy Disk, Hard Disks, Compact Disc–CD-ROM, CD-RW, VCD, DVD, usb drive Blue
Ray Disc.

Programming Concept and its planning: steps in program Development,


Characteristics of a good program, and Algorithm & Flow charts with example.
PROGRAMMINGL ANGUAGE: History, Classification, Low level, Assembly,
High level language and 4GL, Advantage & Disadvantage of programming
3.
language. TYPES OF SOFTWARE: System Software, Application Software,
translators, compilers, Interpreters, Assemblers, Linkers, Libraries & utility
software.

OPERATINGSYSTEM: Introduction, Types of O.S.: Single User, Multi User,


Multiprogramming, Multi tasking, Real Time, Time sharing, Batch Processing. Distributed
Processing. File Allocation table(FAT&FAT32), NTFS, DRIVE, Files &
4. Directory, booting process detail of DOS and window, system files, window, Linux, iOS,
Android. Virus and Types of viruses, virus detection and prevention, virus on network,
antivirus Software.

WWW, Browser, Search Engine Uses of internet, Basics service of internet,


communication process: communication types, Simplex, Half Duplex, Full Duplex,
communication protocols, communication channels. Twisted, coaxial, Fiber optics, Serial.
Modulation and Demodulation, DSL, Types of Network-LAN, WAN, MAN. Topologies of
5.
LAN-Ring, BUS, Star, Mesh and Tree topologies, NIC, NOS, Bridges, Adaptors, HUB,
Routers, Routers, Repeater and Gateways.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

TEXT BOOK
 . Computers Fundamental By P. K. Sinha
REFERANCES
 Computer Today BYS.K. Basandra
 Operating System By Peterson
 Easy Approach to Computer course By G. K. Iyer
 Operating System By Siblber schantz Galvin(http;//www.onlinebu.com).
 Fundamental of Information Technology, Alex is Leon & Mathews Leon, Vikas Publishing House ,
New Delhi.
Kalkheda,RatibadMainRoadBhopal,MadhyaPradesh,India

BCA

SEMESTER: FIRST COURSE CODE: BCA124


NAME OF COURSE: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS

Unit. No. Course Content

Trigonometry: Angles & their Measurement, Values of Trigonometric Ratios and their
1. Graphical Representations, Height and Distances.

Theory of Indices, Definition & Types of Matrices, Elementary Transformation of


2. Matrices, Determinant and Matrices, Special Matrices, Inverse of a Matrix.

Frequency Distribution, Histogram, Measure of Central Tendency, Mean, Mode, Median,


3. Standard Deviation.

Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Commission & Brokerage, Discount, Profit & Loss
4.

Limits & Continuity, Limits of Functions, Infinite Limits, Limits at Infinity, Continuous
5. Function, Differentiation of 1st and 2nd Order, Integration–finite, infinite, addition,
subtraction & multiplication.

REFERENCES

TEXT BOOKS:

 Business Mathematics BYS.M.SHUKLA.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

 Fundamental of Statistics BYELHANCE&ELHANCE.

 Mathematical Statistics BYH.S.SHARMA

 Differential & Integral Calculus BYRAY & SETH

 Matrices BYRAY & SETH.


Kalkheda,RatibadMainRoadBhopal,MadhyaPradesh,India
BCA
SEMESTER: FIRST
COURSE CODE: BCA125
NAME OF COURSE: Office Automation Package and Tools

Unit. Course Content


No.
MS Window : Introduction to MS- Windows, Features of windows; Various versions of Window &
its use; Working with Windows; My Computer Accessories & Recycle bin ; Desktop , Icons and
Windows Explorer; Screen description & working style of windows : Dialog Boxes & Toolbars;
Volume Control , working with Files & Folders; simple operation like copy , delete , moving of files
and folders from one drive to another, shortcut & Audio start , Accessories, Window Setting , using
1. control panel – setting up common device using control panel , modem ,audio , network, fonts,
creating users , internet setting, startbutton & Program lists; installing and uninstalling new Hardware
& software program on your computer, maintaining user accounts , Setting up system date and time .
Office Package-Office activities and their software requirements, Database, introduction and
comparison of various office suites like MS Office, Lotus Notes, star Office, Open Office etc.

MS Word: Introduction, Feature & area of use. Working with MS Word: Ribbon tabs Home, Insert, Page
Layout, References, Mailing, Review, and View. Creating a New Document; Different page views and
Layouts: Applying various Text Enhancements: Working with –Styles, Text Attributes: paragraph and
Page formatting; Text Editing uses various features: Bullets, Numbering, Auto correct, change case,
setting, Printing & various print options. Advanced Features of MS – Word :Spell Check , Thesaurus ,
Find & Replace , Headers and Footers, Inserting – Page Numbers , Pictures, Files, Auto Text, Symbols
2. formulas etc:WorkingwithColumns,Tabs&Indents;Creation&workingwithTablesincludingconversionto
and from text; Margins & Space managementing Documents; Adding References and Graphics; Mail
Merge, Printing Envelopes & Mailing labels. Importing and exporting to and from various formats.
Working with Options in MS-Word.

.
MS Excel: Introduction Features and area of use; Working with MS Excel ; concept of Workbook
& Worksheets; Using Wizards; Various data Types ; Using different features with data, cell and
Texts ; Inserting , Removing and Resizing of columns & Rows; Working with Data & Ranges;
3. Different views of worksheets; columns freezing, Labels, Hiding, splitting etc ; Using different
features with data and text; Use of Formulas, Calculation & Function; Cell formatting including
Borders & shading; Working with different charts Types.

MS Power Points: Introduction & area of use: Working with MS power Point: Creating a New
Presentation; Working with Presentation: Using Wizards; slides & its different views; Inserting,
Deleting and copying of slide transitions, Design slides using theme, colors and special effects.
Adding special effect to slide transitions ,Working with Notes, Handouts, columns & Lists; Adding
4. Graphics, Sounds and Movies to a Slide; Working with Power Point’s objects ; Designing &
Presentation of a slide show ; Printing Presentation , Notes, hand out with print options. Working with
master slides.

MS Access: Introduction to database, Relational Database, Database Elements, Tables, Query,


Opening and closing Access Interface Window, Different tabs and icons and ribbon, creating a
5. new database in Access, save and open database, table creation, data view & design view.
Data Types , Fields Properties, fields; names, types, properties , data entry, Add record, delete
record, edit text, Sort, find /replace, filter/select ,rearrange Columns.
Kalkheda,RatibadMainRoadBhopal,MadhyaPradesh,India

REFERENCES
TEXT BOOKS:

 Learn Microsoft Office–RussellA. Shultz –BPB Publication

Reference Books:
 Create a document and apply different Editing options.

 Create Banner for your college.

 Design a Greeting Card using Word Art for different festivals.

 Create your Bio data and use page borders and shading.

 Create a document and insert header and footer, page title etc.

 Implement Mail Merge.

Experiment List
Office Automation Packages and Tools
Using MS Word

1. Create a document and apply different Editing options.


2. Create Banner for your college.
3. Design a Greeting Card using Word Art for different festivals.
4. Create your Bio data and use page borders and shading.
5. Create a document and insert header and footer, page title etc.
6. Implement Mail Merge.

Using MS Excel

1. Design your class Time Table.

2. Prepare a Mark Sheet of your class result.

3. Prepare a Salary Slip of an employee of an organization.

4. Prepare a bar chart & pie chart for analysis of Election Results.

5. Prepare a generic Bill of a Super Market.

6. Work on the following exercises on a Workbook:

a. Copy an existing Sheet b. Rename the old


Sheet C. Insert an employee Sheet to an
existing Workbook
d. Delete the renamed Sheet.
Kalkheda,RatibadMainRoadBhopal,MadhyaPradesh,India
Using MS Power Point
1. Design a presentation of your in statute using auto content wizard, design template and blank
Presentation.

2. Design a presentation illustrating insertion of pictures, Word Art and Clip Art.
3. Design a presentation, learn how to save it in different formats,
copying and opening an existing presentation.

4. Design a presentation illustrating insertion of movie, animation and sound.


5. Illustrate use of custom animation and slide transition (using different effects).
Kalkheda,RatibadMainRoadBhopal,MadhyaPradesh,India
BCA
SEMESTER: FIRST
COURSE CODE: BCA126
NAME OF COURSE: Quantitative Methods

COURSE CONTENT
Unit. No. Course Content
1 Overview to Quantitative Techniques:-Introduction to Business Mathematics, Functions of
A.P. & G.P., Matrices:-types of matrices, Inverse of a Matrix. And their Managerial
Applications, Problems & Case.

2 Ratio, Proportion, Percentage, Simple and Compound Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount.
Linear programming problems -Linear programming formulation of LPP Graphical
method of solution
3 Introduction to Statistics, Measures of Central Tendency -mean, weighted mean, median,
mode, geometric mean, Harmonic mean, Problems & Case, Measures of Dispersion -
Meaning, Definition, Range, Quartile deviation, Mean deviation, Standard deviation,
Coefficient of Variation. Problems & Case
4 Correlation and Regression Analysis (Linear), Index Numbers, Time Series Analysis and
Problems &Case.
5 Basic Probability Concepts: Theory and Distribution-Binomial, poison, normal and
Exponential, Problems & Case.

REFERENCES
TEXT BOOKS:
 Barnett, R.A., Ziegler, M., & Byleen, K.E. (2015). Finite Mathematics for
Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences (13th ed.).
Pearson, India.

Reference Books:

1. Raghavachari, M. (2017). Mathematics for Management: An Introduction. Tata McGraw


Hill, New Delhi.
2. Sharma, J.K. (2016). OR Theory and Applications (6th ed.). Trinity Press, New Delhi.
BCA
SEMESTER: Second COURSE CODE: END221
Name Of Course: Entrepreneurship Development-I

Unit. Course Content


No.
Entrepreneurship Development -Concept and Importance function of
1. Enterpriser, Goaldetermination -Problems Challenges and Solutions

Project Proposal - need and Objects – Nature of Organization –


production Management, Financial Management, Marketing
2. Management, Consumer Management

Role of Regulatory institutions, Role of development Organizations, self


3. employment oriented schemes, Various growth schemes

Financial Management for project -Financial institution and their


role, Capital estimation and arrangements, cost and price
4.
determination, accounting management

Problem of Entrepreneur-Problem relating Capital, Problem


5. relating Registration, administration problem and how to overcome
from above problems.

BOOKS RECOMMANDED

 Entrepreneurial Development by Khanka S.S.

 Think & Grow RichNapoleon Hill


 Entrepreneurship Development and Small Business Enterprises by Pearson.
BCA

SEMESTER: Second COURSE CODE: BCA222

Name Of Course: Problem Solving and Programming through C

Unit. COURSE CONTENT


No.

Use of Algorithm for problem solving. Flow charts- Symbols. Rules for making
flow chart. Program Concept of logic development, Algorithm and flowcharts as
programming aids, Characteristics of programming, Various stages in program
1. development, programming technique, Top down , Bottom up, Modular,
structured – Features , merits, demerits and their comparative study.
Cohesion & Coupling, Program Testing & Debugging & their tools.

Introduction to C language, standard features of C, Structure of a C Program.


Introduction to C compiler, Creating and compiling C Programs, DE features of
Turbo C compiler, Command line ooption to compile C programming TC.

Keywords, Identifiers, variables, constants, Scope and life of variable–locals and


2. global variable. Data type, Expressions, operators: Arithmetic, Logical,
Relation, and Conditional and Bit Wise operators. Precedence and associatively of
operators. Type Conversion, Basic input/output library functions; Single
character input/output i.e. getch(). Getchar (). putch(). Putchar(). Formatted
input/output– scanf(). And Printf() Library functions. Mathematical & Character
functions, storage classes.

Declaration statement, conditional statement: If statement, If else statement, Nesting of If


Else statement, else if ladder, The? operator ,Switch statement, iteration statements: for loops,
3. while loop, do–while loop, jump statement : break continue, goto, exit(), ARRAYS : concept of
String: Declaration, initialization, string functions.

The Need for C functions, User defined and library functions, prototype of
functions, prototype of main () function. Calling of functions, function
arguments, argument passing: call by value and call by reference, return values.
4. Nesting of functions, Recursion, Array as function argument. Command line
arguments, Storage class specified – auto, extern, static ,register.

Defining structure, Declaration of structure variable, typed f, Accessing structure


members, Nested structure, Array of structure, Structure Assignment, Structure as
5. function argument, Functions that return structure, uses of structure, Union.

Pointers- Fundamentals, Pointers Declarations, passing pointers to the functions,


pointers and one dimensional array, dynamics memory allocation, operations on
pointers, arrays of pointers. Concept of debugging. Finding errors in the
programs. Error codes and their meanings. Various debugging option in Turbo C
compiler. (Debug and option Menu of the TCC IDE)

File Handling- Defining , opening & closing a file , function for processing and
creation offices – Reading , Writing , Accessing(tell() & Seeking (seek()). Access
modes read, write and append.

Suggested List of Practical


1. Write a program to print digits of entered number in reverse order.
2. Write a program to print sum of two matrices.

3. Write a program to print subtraction of two matrices.

4. Write a program to print multiplication of two matrices.


5. Write a program to demonstrate concept of structure.

6. Write a program for finding the root of a Quadratic Equation.


7. Write a program for generating Mark sheet.
8. Write a programmed for finding the sum of given matrices of order mxn
9. Write a programme for finding the multiplication of given matrices of order mxn
10. Write a program to generate even/odd seriesfrom1 to 100.

REFERENCES
****
TEXT BOOKS

1. “Programming in C”, by E. Balaguruswamy, TMH Publication.


REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Schaums Outline Series by Gottfried(http://www.Onlinebu.com)

2. The C programming Language By Brain W.Kernig hamand Dennis M Ritchie.

3. Y.Kanetkar, Let us C’’ by Y Kanetkar, BPB Publication.

4. ‘’C The Complete Reference”, H.Schidt, Tata Mc Graw Hill.

5. Problem solving and program design with “C” By Elliot Koffman.


BCA
SEMESTER: Second COURSE CODE: BCA223
Name of Course: English Language and Communication

Unit No. Course Content


Grammar: Part of Speech, Determiners, Tenses, Sentences: Simple, Compound and Complex, Voice
1. Active and Passive, Narration. Common Errors.

Lexis: Use of Dictionary and Thesaurus, Vocabulary: Word formation, Synonyms, Antonyms, word
with similar and dissimilar meanings, Homophony, Prefixes and Suffixes, phrases:Noun phrase, verb
2.
Phrase, adjective phrase, adverb phrase and prepositional phrase.

Communication and Language Skills: Importance of communication, Elements of communication,


Skills of communication-listening, reading, writing and speaking. Verb a land Non Verbal
Communication, Comprehension, paragraph writing-its methods and types
3. , precise Writing, summary Writing, Note Making and Note –Taking, Writing minutes and memos.
Importance of feedback and reporting business/ corporate environment.Business Etiquette and
mannerisms.

Oral Business Communication: The Oral Channel and Its Use in Business Transaction
,Principles of effective communication , Preparing For A Speech – Informal andFormal speech ,
Writing A speech On A Given Topic Or For An Occasion Writing theChairman’ s speech.
Preparing for Interviews, Group Discussion and conferences. Reports And Proposals: Classification,
4.
Importance of reports, Preparing to Write A Report, Feature of Effective Reports, Types Of Business
Reports, Reports of Committees, Sample Reports, Preparing a Proposal. Business Correspondences –
Offer, Enquiry, Quotation, Order, Execution, Claim, Complaint and Adjustments.

Written Business Communication: Importance, Concept, Advantages and Disadvantage of written


Business communication. Need of Business letters, Layout/Structure of A Business Letter, Kinds of
Business Letter, and Kinds of Business letters. Essential of an effective business letter, Enquiries,
Replies, Orders, Credit and Reference letters. Supply letters, Dunning letters, Sales letters, and
Circular letters. Drafting Official letters – rules to be observed for drafting Official letters-Rules to be
5.
observed for drafting of official letters, writing application for jobs. Preparing CV for job. Modern
Forms of Communication - Fax, Email, Video Conferencing, International Communication, Adapting
to Global business.

BOOKS RECOMMANDED.
1. Wren and Martin high school grammar, S. Chand Publications.

2. Essential Grammar in Use–Raymond Murphy

3. Practical English Usage–Michael Swan.

4. Business Communication–Rai & Rai, Himalay a publication.

5. Speaking and writing for Effective Business Communication, Francis Sunder raj, Mac
millan India Ltd.
BCA
SEMESTER: Second COURSE CODE: BCA224
Name of Course: Digital Computer Organization

Unit. COURSE CONTENT


No.

Data Representation: Number System: Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal,


Conversions from one base to another, Binary Arithmetic, Unsigned
binary number, signed magnitude number, Fixed- point and Floating
1.
point representation f-numbers , BCD Codes, ASCII code, EBCDIC,
Unicode, excess- code andgraycode,2’scomplementarithmetic.

Binary Logic: Boolean algebra, Boolean Theorems, Boolean Functions and


Truth Tables, Canonical and Standard forms of Boolean functions,
Simplification of Boolean Functions, SOP and POS form, Karnaugh Maps.
Digital Logic gates: Basic Gates - AND, OR, NOT, Universal Gates -
2. NAND, NOR, Other Gates XOR, XNOR, NAND, NOR, Multilevel NAND
and NOR circuits. Combinational Circuits: Half-Adder, Full-Adder,
Subtract, Encoders, Decoders, Multiplexers, De-multiplexers, Sequential
Circuits: Flip-flops-RS, D, JK, T &Master-Slave-flip-flops, Registers,
Counters.

Memory: Memory cells - SRAM and DRAM cells, Primary memory-


RAM, ROM, PROM,EPROM, PLA (programmable logic array),
Secondary memory and its types ,Internal Organization of a memory chip,
Organization of a memory unit, Concept of cache memory, Organization
3.
and levels of cache memory, Concept of virtual memory, memory
accessing methods: serial and random access. Hardware support from
Memory management.

Bus, word length, processing speed, microprocessor, General architecture


of CPU, Instruction format, Instruction set: data transfer instructions, Data
manipulation instructions, program control instructions. Von Neumann
model. Types of CPU organization: Accumulator
4.
based,stackbasedandgeneralbasedmachine,Addressingmodes.Basicintroduc
tiontoCISC/RISC
Datatransfermodes:Serial,Parallel,Ethernet,USB,Wi-Fi,Bluetooth;Datatransferscheme
(1) Programmed data transfer- Synchronous, Asynchronous and
5. Interrupt driven data transfer scheme, (2) Direct memory access
datatransfer.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

S.NO. NAME OF EXPERIMENTS


1. To design the circuit of half adder
2. To design the circuit of full adder.
3. To design the circuit of half subtractor.
4. To design the circuit of full subtractor.
5. To design an 8×1 Multiplexer.
6. To design a 4 bit combinational shifter.
7. To design a BCD adder.
8. To design a 4-bit adder subtractor
****

TEXT BOOKS
 M.Morris Mano, Digital Logic and Computer Design, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. W.Stallings,"ComputerOrganizationandArchitecture-DesigningforPerformance
2. AndrewS. Tanenbaum, Structured Computer Organization, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
3. J.P.Haye," Computer Architecture and Organization", McGraw-Hill,
4. Computer Fundamentals and Architecture by B.Ram
BCA
SEMESTER: Second COURSE CODE: BCA225

Name of Course: Accounting and Financial Management

Unit. COURSE CONTENT


No.
Purpose of accounting and Uses of Accounting Information, the basic Financial
Accounts, Types of Accounts, Rules of Entries of transaction, Journal cash book-types,
formats of cashbook, Balancing of cash book, Subsidiary books – Purchase sales
1.
and Purchase return and Sales return, ledger, posting of entries, Double entry book-
keeping.

Trial Balance, Rectification of errors, Adjustment entries, Depreciation and Inflation,


Valuation of assets and Depreciation methods: straight line method, Diminishing balance
2.
method, sinking fund method, Insurance method and an unity method.

Preparation of financial account: Trading account, profit and loss account, and Balance
3. sheet.

Finance function and its objectives, tools for financial analysis, capitalization, over
Capitalization analyzesis, under capitalization.
4.
Ratio analysis, funds flow analysis, cash flow analysis, meaning interpretation of ratio,
5. classification of rratio.

TEXT BOOKS
 Dr. S. P. Gupta, management accounting.

REFERENCE BOOKS
I.M. Pandey, Financial management.
Financial management by khan and Jain.
Management accounting by shashik Gupta.
Financial account by SM Shukla.
Financial decision making by van Horne and James C.
Financial management and policy by V.K.BHALLA.
BCA
SEMESTER: Second COURSE CODE: EVS222
Name Of Course: Environment Studies

Unit. Course Content


No.
Introduction to Energy Science: Introduction to energy systems and resources;
Introduction to Energy, sustainability & the environment; Overview of energy
systems, sources, transformations, efficiency, and storage; Fossil fuels (coal, oil,
oil-bearing shale and sands, coal gasification) - past, present & future, Remedies &
1.
alternatives for fossil fuels - biomass, wind, solar, nuclear, wave, tidal and
hydrogen; Sustainability and environmental trade-offs of different energy systems;
possibilities for energy storage or regeneration (Ex. Pumped storage hydro power
projects, superconductor-based energy storages, high efficiency batteries)
Ecosystems : Concept of an ecosystem; Structure and function of an ecosystem;
Producers, consumers and decomposers; Energy flow in the ecosystem;
Ecological succession; Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids;
2. Introduction, types, characteristic features, structure and function of the
following ecosystem (a.)Forest ecosystem (b) Grassland ecosystem (c) Desert
ecosystem (d) Aquatic ecosystems (ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, oceans,
estuaries)

Biodiversity and its conservation : Introduction – Definition: genetic, species


and ecosystem diversity; Bio- geographical classification of India; Value of
biodiversity: consumptive use, productive use, social, ethical, aesthetic and option
3. values; Biodiversity at global, National and local levels; India as a mega-diversity
nation; Hot-sports of biodiversity; Threats to biodiversity: habitat loss, poaching
of wildlife, man-wildlife conflicts; Endangered and endemic species of India;
Conservation of biodiversity: In-situ and Ex-situ conservation of biodiversity.
Environmental Pollution : Definition, Cause, effects and control measures
of Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Marine pollution, Noise
pollution, Thermal pollution, Nuclear hazards; Solid waste Management:
4.
Causes, effects and control measures of urban and industrial wastes; Role of
an individual in prevention of pollution; Pollution case studies; Disaster
management: floods, earthquake, cyclone and landslides.
Social Issues and the Environment: From Unsustainable to Sustainable
development; Urban problems related to energy; Water conservation, rain water
harvesting, watershed management; Resettlement and rehabilitation of people;
its problems and concerns. Case Studies
5. Environmental ethics: Issues and possible solutions. Climate change, global
warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear accidents and holocaust. Case
Studies Wasteland reclamation; Consumerism and waste products; Environment
Protection Act; Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act; Water
(Prevention and control of Pollution) Act; Wildlife Protection Act; Forest
Conservation Act; Issues involved in enforcement of environmental legislation;
Public awareness.

BOOKS RECOMMANDED

1. Brunner R.C., 1989, Hazardous Waste Incineration, McGraw Hill Inc.


2. Clark R.S., Marine Pollution, Clanderson Press Oxford (TB).
3. Cunningham, W.P. Cooper, T.H. Gorhani, E & Hepworth, M.T. 2001, Environmental Encyclopedia,
Jaico Publ. House, Mumabai,
4. De A.K., Environmental Chemistry, Wiley Eastern Ltd.
5. Trivedi R.K., Handbook of Environmental Laws, Rules Guidelines, Compliances and Standards’, Vol I
and II, Enviro Media(R)

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