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    DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY

    National University of Modern Languages,


    Islamabad

    COURSE OUTLINE/SYLLABUS

    Program BS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE

    Course Title Environmental Issues and Management

    Course Code GG-516

    Credit Hours 03

    Instructor’s Name DR Shafiq Qurban

    Instructor’s Email [email protected]

    1. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

    This course is designed to understand issues of environment

    2. COURSE OBJECTIVES:

    1. To understand environment and issues related to it.


    2. To understand the processes involved in environmental management.
    3. To learn the basic concepts of environmental audit, risk management and Environment
    Management System

    3. LEARNING OUTCOMES:

    By the end of this course, students should have a good understanding of:
    a. The big picture of challenges facing environmental management and sustainability,
    and ways of seeing these challenges
    b. The main aspects of environmental governance and management
    c. How to improve environmental outcomes, including through behavior change.

    4. INSTRUCTIONS/CRITERIA/GUIDELINES:

     Grading criteria
    1) Quality of submitted assignments in terms of content and knowledge;
    2) Originality of substance and ideas, research design, and innovative solutions;
    3) Coherent organization of content;
    4) Scholarship (citations and references where appropriate); Avoid Plagiarism!
    5) Integrity and research ethics;
    6) Demonstrated level of interest.
    All assignments and material must be turned in on the dates assigned. Please plan
    accordingly!

    5. COURSE STRUCTURE:

    Items Breakdown Marks


    Activity %
    Internal Evaluation Class Participation 5
    20
    Assignments 10
    Presentations 5
    Mid Term Exams 30
    Final Term Exams 50
    Total Marks of Course 100

    6. COURSE MATERIAL AND READING:

    Course Material and Readings


    Sr. Title Author
    No.
    Text Books
    1 Environmental Economics and Natural Resource David A. Anderson
    Management (3rd ed.)
    2 Environmental Impact Assessments Canter McGraw-Hill (latest
    edition)
    2 Environmental Sciences: Towards a Sustainable Wright Boorse
    Future

    7. COURSE CONTENT/ SYLLABUS BREAKUP:


    Week Lecture No. Topic
    1 1 Environment and Environmental Issues
    2 Country Profile
    2 3 Concepts of Sustainable Development,
    4 Introduction to Environmental Economics
    3 5 Environmental Public Policy and Cost Benefit Analysis
    6 Pollution Charges
    4 7 Cleaner Production
    8 Market & Resources
    5 9 Coase Theorem
    10 Market Failures
    6 11 -do-
    12 Role of Government
    7 13 EPA & Environmental Legislation
    14 Impact Environmental Assessment & Components
    8 15 Screening
    16 Revision
    9 17 Scoping
    18 Baseline Study
    10 19 Mitigation
    20 Monitoring
    11 21 Environmental Organizations, Legislations & NEQs
    22 Environmental Management Plan (Municipal Services, etc)
    12 23 Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
    24 Risk Analysis
    13 25 Environmental Auditing
    26 Approaching Environmental Issues
    14 27 The Rise of Environmental Politics and the Environmental
    Movement
    28 Geo information Technology and the Environment
    15 29 Global Climate Change
    30 Case Study (Nexus Approach of Security (Food, Water,
    Energy)
    16 31 Revision & Presentations
    32 Revision & Presentations

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