ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: EESD 504 COURSE PLAN 2011
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Program: M.Ed EESD
Course Code: EESD 504
Nature of the Course: Theory and Practical
Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Instructor: Professor Amulya Ratna Tuladhar
Date: Spring Semester 2011
Course Description and Objectives
The syllabus of EESD 504 Environmental Management has been designed for students of the Masters of Education Program in Environmental Education and Sustainable Development of Kathmandu University. Having had courses in the Fundamentals of Ecology; Environment and Sustainable Development; Global Change; and Humans and Environment, these students will now be exposed to theoretical, practical and policy tools for solving and managing some of the key environmental problems.
The selection of environmental problems and management approaches is focused on using Nepal as the key case study and Bangladesh where possible. Since Nepal’s and Bangladesh’s environmental problems and management are primarily still rural and natural resource based with over 70% of the people still in villages, the course structure reflects due emphasis on this sector over urban environmental issues. Emerging environmental management issues relating to global climate change and national adaptation plans as well dimensions of environmental governance from community participation of marginal groups will be also be covered. The course will end with a review of overall Environmental Management Theory and Tools that can be useful for Nepal and Bangladesh
Course Content
The following environmental issues will be covered:
1. Population Challenge
2. Forest Cover and Biodiversity Loss or Change
3. Land Degradation and Floodwater damage
4. Global Climate Change and Response
5. Urban Environmental Pollution and Management
6. Environmental Governance Issues and Solutions
7. Environmental Management Theory and Tools
For each of these issues, the lecture template will discuss the major problems and management solutions attempted at the global scale and in particular Nepal or Bangladesh scale. Students will be exposed to both the macroscale overview of problems and the science and human dimensions involved as well as microscale specificities of actual solutions attempted and their relative successes in the country case study. Throughout the student teacher interaction, emphasis will be on synthesizing the need to approach the issues from multiple theoretical and practical angles that challenge students from academic backgrounds of sciences, business, education and humanities.
In addition to the Theory lectures, there will be 3 practical hands-on exercises. They are:
1. Field visit to an Urban Pollution management by Technological Approach such as the Guheswori Sewage Treatment Plant or a Landfill site.
2. Field visit to a Natural Resource management site such as the Godavari ICIMOD Demonstration Site of Usable Mountain Environmental Conservation Techniques
3. Computer Lab Analysis using Space Age Technologies of Google Earth to understand Global Climate Change Effects on Glacier Lakes and Protected Areas of Nepal and Flood damage in Nepal and Bangladesh.
Grading Policy
Students will be graded as follows:
Internal Evaluation: 50% of your final grade as follows:
1. One Term Paper worth 25%: 10 % for presentation; 15% for paper.
2. Practical Participation in Real Life Examples of Environmental Management in the Field and Labs. PARTICIPATION = 5 % EACH OR 15 % TOTAL.
3. CLASS ROOM ATTENDANCE AND ACTIVE ASSIGNMENTS FOR 19 CLASSES = 10%
External Evaluation: 50% of your final grade in Final End of Term Written Exam.
Teaching Resources
1. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMPEDIUM
This will be a detailed list of all the readings materials that are assigned as MUST READ as well as RECOMMENDED READINGS for those who want to delve further into a given issue for their Term Projects or later reference. This COMPEDIUM will also give a list of INTERNET RESOURCES in terms of helpful web sites or downloaded documents which students might want to read.
2. MUST READ ASSIGNMENTS will be given to students each day. Generally they will cover an introductory article and a state of the art critique of environmental management of the issue discussed. The Final Examination will be based on these readings and class lecture notes.
3. CLASS PARTICIPATION. Students are expected to be present in ALL CLASSES, Seminars, AND FIELD TRIPS and LAB WORK. Marks are explicitly awarded for FIELD AND LAB PARTICIPATION. Students who are unable to participate should contact the Professor for alternate work to be graded.
4. RECOMMENDED READINGS. These readings may be in hard prints available in the COMPEDIUM or soft copies, given in class as digital files and folders of documents, internet sites. Students are expected to make copies, read them at least once to know what is covered in each one so they know where to look for information for their Term Papers or Examination or future reference.
Lesson Plan
Day Date Environment Problem Environmental Management Teaching Tools
Student Participation
1. Feb 22, 2011 Population Population Control Lectures, A/V presentation, Readings,
Theory Paper on DTM of Nepal
Lecture, Readings
2. Mar 1, 2011 Forest Degradation Community Forestry
3. Mar 8, 2011 Biodiversity Loss Biodiversity
Conservation Lecture, A/V, Readings, Lecture,
Readings,
4. Mar 15, 2011 Land Degradation:
Soil Erosion and Fertility Loss Soil Fertility Conservation,
Policy Reform,
Rigorous Research
5. Mar 22, 2011 Floods. Flood Control, Hazard management
6. Mar 29, 2011 FIELD TRIP TO GODAVARI ICIMOD RESEARCH STATION
7. April 5, 2011 EDUCATIONAL FILM: THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH ON GLOBAL WARM.
8. April 12, 2011 Global Climate Change Effects GLOF management,
Carbon Trade for Biogas, Community Forests Lecture., A/V, Readings
9. April 19, 2011 COMPUTER LAB: GOOGLE EARTH OF GLOFS AND PROTECT. AREAS
10. April 26, 2011 FIELD VISIT GUHESWORI SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
11. May 3, 2011 Air and Noise Pollution Technical and Policy Tools Lecture, A/V, Readings
12. May 10,2011 Water/Solid Waste Pollution Technical and policy tools Lecture, A/V, Readings
13. May 17, 2011 Environmental Governance I Public Policy
14. May 24, 2011 Environmental Governance II Community Participation
Environment Management Theory/Tools I Environment Management in Nepal Lecture, A/V, Readings
15. May 31, 2011 DAY 14 LECTURES CONTINUED
16. June 7, 2011 SEMINAR INDIVIDUAL presentation on Term paper: 15 min presentation, 5 min Q/A, 5 min Laptop load, 7 presentation per day (3 hours), for 3 days
17. JUNE 14, 2011
18. JUNE 21, 2011
19. June 28 FINAL WRITTEN EXAM REVIEW
P.S. For details of references, course content, please see the Compendium for Environmental Management.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
A COMPENDIUM OF READINGS FOR:
Program: Med in Environmental Education and Sustainable Development
Course Code: EESD 504
Nature of the Course: Theory and Practical
Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Instructor: Professor Amulya Ratna Tuladhar
Date: Spring 2011
