The course is designed to enable students understand and appreciate the beauty of the
environment in which they live. As a result, they become conscious in protecting it from
degradation through disposal. The topics include social responsibility, environmental
ethical considerations, preservation and sustainability, water and sanitation, ecological
principles, human population, resources, Environment and Technology, environmental
quality and pollution, Waste product management /treatment, legal and administrative
framework for EIA/EA, stakeholder and public participation in EIA/EA; environmental
economics; environmental management systems standard and practices ;environmental
information systems for EIA/EA; EIA methods ; environmental auditing; strategic
environmental assessment; EIA/EA report writing; EIA/EA project report; review
and decision making process; environmental management plan; EIA/EA project
management; Social Impact Assessment (SIA); industrial ecology; occupational health &
safety management; mainstreaming EIA/EA in organizations; multilateral environmental
agreements and EIA; EIA case studies.