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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA, SURATHAKAL<br />

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MANDATORY LEARNING COURSES (MLC)<br />

MLC1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (2-0-0) 2<br />

Definition, scope and importance <strong>of</strong> Environmental Studies, Need for public awareness. Natural<br />

Resources Renewable and Non-renewable Resources. Natural resources and associated problems.<br />

Concept <strong>of</strong> an ecosystem: Structure and function <strong>of</strong> an ecosystem, Producers, consumers and<br />

decomposers, Energy flow in the ecosystem, Ecological succession, Food chains and ecological pyramids,<br />

Biodiversity and Its Conservation, Environmental Pollution: Definition, Causes, effects and control<br />

measures. Pollution case studies. Disaster management, Social Issues and the Environment,<br />

Environmental ethics, Climate change, global warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear<br />

accidents and holocaust. Wasteland reclamation, Consumerism and waste products, Acts related to<br />

Environment Protection, Isues involved in enforcement <strong>of</strong> environmental legislation, Human Population<br />

and the Environment, Field work equal to 5 lecture hours.<br />

R. Rajagopalan, Environmental Studies, Oxford IBH Pub.<br />

Benny Joseph, Environmental Studies, McGraw Hill Pub.<br />

Erach Bharucha, Text Book for Environmental Studies, Pub., UGC.<br />

Masters, Gilbert M. Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Sciences, Prentice Hall India.<br />

MLC2 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND HUMAN VALUES (1-0-0) 1<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essional ethics: Aim <strong>of</strong> Engineering, Responsibilities <strong>of</strong> Engineers, Rights <strong>of</strong> Engineers, Impediments<br />

to responsibilities, Honesty, Integrity, Reliability, Risk, Safety and Liability, Global issues.<br />

Personal ethics: Value <strong>of</strong> self, others and society, Compliance with law, Social norms, Service to<br />

community, Corruption, Indian and Western culture, Simple living and high thinking, Science and<br />

Spirituality.<br />

Charles E. Harris et al., Engineering Ethics.<br />

N. N. Das, Ethical Considerations.<br />

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