1st Year
SES 101 Introductory Soil Science– I:
Concepts of soils: Pedology and Edaphology; Foundation of Pedology; Soil as a heterogenous and three
dimensional component of the landscape; Spatial variability of soils in relation to landscape.
Basic terminologies used in Pedology: Soil Series, Soil Family, Soil Phases, Soil Type, Mapping unit,
Taxonomic unit, Soil Association, Soil Consociation, Soil Complex, Landscape, Land type, Land form,
Soil colour, Profile, Horizon, Layer, Control section, Soil sequence, Pedon, Polypedon, Soil monolith,
etc.
Volume composition of soils.
Evolution and composition of the earth.
Rocks: Their formation, nature and classification
Minerals: Their formation, characteristics and classification; Silicate structure.
Weathering of rocks and minerals: Physical and Biogeochemical weathering process; Weathering
sequences and results.
Typical soil profile: Master horizons and their formation; Importance of soil profile study; Soil solum
and Regolith.
Fundamental processes of soil formation: Humification, Littering, Eluviation, Illuviation, Calcification,
Decalcification, Podzolization, Laterization, Gleization, Ferrugination, Ferrolysis, Salinization,
Desalinization, Alkalization, Dealkalization, Pedoturbation, Lessivage etc.
Factors of soil formation
Physical nature of the soil separates: Particle size distribution, soil textural classes; Soil Structure:
classification and importance; Soil water: Forces of retention and classification; Soil moisture constants,
Soil air: composition and importance; Soil color: fundamental ideas and importance, Munsell’s color
chart. Soil temperature – importance and distribution.
Books recommended:
The Nature and Properties of Soils – N.C. Brady and R.R. Weil
Pedology: Concepts and Applications – J. Sehgal
Soil Genesis and Classification – S.W. Buol, F.D. Hole, and R.J. McCracken
Fundamentals of Soil Science- Millar
Fundamental of soil Science-Foth
Fundamental of Soils- Gerrard
Soil Science basic Concept- Kolay
Handbook of Soil Science- Sumner
Textbook of Soil Science – Biswas and Mukherjee
The Soil Resource: Origin and Behavior –H. Jenny
World Soils – EM Bridges
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SES 102 Introductory Environmental Science-I:
Basic concepts of environmental science, Major components of Environment.
The human population as an environmental problem, Growth of different societies and their impacts on
the environment, Population control.
Biogeochemical cycles, Human interference on these cycles.
Biosphere: Ecology, Ecosystems, and Ecological community, Flow of matter and energy through
ecosystems, Biodiversity.
Lithosphere: Agriculture and environment, Soil fertility and soil erosion, Making soils sustainable,
Global effects of Agriculture, Urbanization, Waste management.
Atmosphere: The evolution, composition, and structure of the atmosphere, atmospheric circulation,
Climate change and global warming.
Hydrosphere: Water pollution and treatment.
Precipitation process and subsequent events, erosion, run-off, and infiltration.
Introduction to the physical environment of the subcontinent – physiographic divisions, mountains,
glaciers, waterfall, rivers and river basins such as the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna, the Indus, the
southern river basins, lakes.
Books recommended:
Environmental Science – Earth as a living Planet – Daniel B. Botkin and Edward A. Keller
Environmental Science and technology – S.E. Manahan
Basics of Environmental Science – Michael Allaby
Environmental Engineering- peavey
Environment and Ecology- Sinha
Environmental Studies- Tripathy
Environmental Chemistry- S. E Manahan
Environmental Science – Working with the Earth – G. Tyler Miller, Jr
Soils and Environmental Quality – Gary M. Pierzynski, J. Thomas Sims, and Grorge F. Vance
SES 103 Introductory Soil Science – II:
Soil Chemistry – An introduction to the course; Importance; Interrelationship; relationship with other
branches of Soil Science, Water, and Atmospheric studies.
Fundamental chemical, physical and biochemical processes in relation to the study of soil, water and
atmospheric sciences.
Chemical aspect of three phases of soil – interrelationship among the three phases of soil and the
importance of the phases of soil in relation to plant growth; Chemical nature and properties of soil
components; Essential elements for plant growth.
Soil organic matter- sources and chemical constituents of soil organic matter. Organic compounds carbohydrates, protein, amino acids, nucleic acid, amino sugars, lignin, lipids, pectin, chitin, hormones,
and enzymes.
Soil air- chemical composition and variations of gaseous components. Impact of gaseous components on
soil properties and environmental pollution.
Soil solution – Structure and properties of water molecule; Chemical nature of ions; composition and
concentration of soil solution; importance.
Sol pH – pH scale; classification of soil on the basis of pH values; Buffer solution and buffering.
Soil organisms: Scope of Microbiology in relation to the study of soil, water, and atmospheric science.
Soil Biota: Morphology, function, and importance.
Soil as a source of energy and nutrients to the biota. Nutritional division; Temperature and oxygen
requirements; Cultivation of microorganisms.
Books recommended:
The Nature and Properties of Soil – N.C. Brady and R.R. Weil
Handbook of Soil Science- Sumner
Soil Condition and Plant Growth- Russell
Principles of Soil Chemistry – K.M.Tan
Soil Chemistry – Bohn
Introduction to Soil Microbiology- Martin Alexander
Soil Ecology – Ken Killham
Microbiology – M.J.Pelczar Jr, E.C. S. Chan and N.R. Kreig
Soil and Water Chemistry – M.E. Essington
A Text Book of Soil Science –Daji
Introduction to Plant Physiology – Noggle and Fritz
SES 104 Introductory Environmental Science-II:
Environmental science and Technology: Environmental Science, Water, Air, and Atmosphere.
Chemistry and Environment: Introduction, atoms, molecules, chemical bonds, and compounds.
Anthrosphere and the Environment: Introduction, technology and engineering, manufacturing, Human
impact and environmental pollution.
Aquatic chemistry: Aquatic life, life in the ocean, freshwater life, Metals and calcium in the water.
Water pollution: Nature and type of pollution, pollutants, heavy metal, Metalloids, organic and inorganic
species.
Chemistry of the atmosphere: The composition of the atmosphere, the evolution of the atmosphere,
the constancy of atmospheric composition, pollution of the atmosphere, greenhouse gases.
Chemistry of hydrosphere: The composition of seawater, the composition of terrestrial water, gain and
a loss in the ocean, the balance of dissolved matter in seawater, the history and evolution of the ocean, the
composition of the atmospheric water.
Environmental biochemistry: Introduction, major bio-molecules (Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and
enzymes).
Soil and Environmental Quality: Introduction, Environmental degradation, parameters and stanndards
of soil, Water and Air Quality.
Environmental management: Wildlife conservation, natural resources and reserve, pest control,
restoration ecology, world conservation strategies.
Chemical analysis of water, wastewater, air and gas
Books recommended:
Environmental Science and Technology by S.E. Manahan
Environmental Science – Earth as a living Planet – Daniel B. Botkin and Edward A. Keller
Environmental Engineering- peavey
Environment and Ecology- Sinha
Soils and Environmental Quality – Gary M. Pierzynski, J. Thomas Sims and Grorge F. Vance
Environmental Chemistry – S.E. Manahan
Basics of Environmental Science – Michael Allaby
Chemistry for Environmental Engineering- Sawyer
BOT 001 Diversities in the Plant Kingdom and Plant Physiology:
Diversities in Plant kingdom:
1. What is diversity? Plants through geological history; Plants of the past and present.
2. Classification systems of Plant Kingdom.
3. Major characteristic features of the major Plant Divisions.
4. Morphology, ecology, distribution, adaptation and methods of reproduction of the
following plant groups:
(a) Prokaryotes, (b) Algae, (c) Fungi and Lichens, (d) Bryophytes, (e) Pteridophytes,
(f) Gymnosperms, (g) Angiosperms with typical examples from each group.
5. Phytoplankton and benthic algae (freshwater to manure) and their importance.
6. Importance of the microbes (biological and industrial)
7. Plants and environments: Plant diversity in relation to environmental factors, e.g., light,
temperature, water, habitats, atmospheric gases, seasonal changes and natural catastrophe.
8. Plant Pathology: Definition of disease in plants; causes of plant diseases; how do plant
pathogens cause disease in plants; kinds and amount of losses owing to plant diseases;
Koch’s postulates and use of koch’s postulates in the diagnosis of plant diseases; plant
disease control through cultural and chemical methods; study of some common plant
diseases caused by plant viruses (Tobacco mosaic disease), bacteria (Bacterial blight of
rice) and fungi (Late blight of potato, Powdery mildew of cucurbits, Stem rust of wheat).
Plant Physiology Marks:
1. Mineral nutrition of plants: Role and deficiency, symptoms of essential elements.
2. Photosynthesis: (a) The light reaction phase – transformation of light energy into chemical
energy in plastids (b) The chemical reaction phase; Different kinds of chemical reactions:
C3, C4 and CAM pathways (c) The importance of photosynthesis for the existence of the
biological world.
3. Respiration: Mechanism of aerobic and anaerobic respiration, Glycolysis, Kreb’s Cycle and
electron Transport System (with structural formula and enzymes involved), Fermentation,
4. Nitrogen Metabolism: (a) The nitrogen fixation – the physical and biological nitrogen
fixation, (b) The nitrogen cycle
5. Plant growth regulating substances: Classification, examples and physiological effects;
importance of’ growth regulators in the growth and development of plants and plant parts.
6. Physiology of flowering: (a) Photoperiodism: role of phytochrome, light and dark periods
(b) Vernalization: role of low temperature with special reference to winter Wheat.
Books recommended:
Introductory Botany- Pandey
Biology- Reven
Plant physiology- Devlin
Plant Biodiversity and taxonomy- Sing
Plant geography- Schimper
Plant Ecology-shukla
Plant Ecology- Das
Biodiversity- Kumar
Microbiology and plant pathology- sharma
Concepts of soils: Pedology and Edaphology; Foundation of Pedology; Soil as a heterogenous and three
dimensional component of the landscape; Spatial variability of soils in relation to landscape.
Basic terminologies used in Pedology: Soil Series, Soil Family, Soil Phases, Soil Type, Mapping unit,
Taxonomic unit, Soil Association, Soil Consociation, Soil Complex, Landscape, Land type, Land form,
Soil colour, Profile, Horizon, Layer, Control section, Soil sequence, Pedon, Polypedon, Soil monolith,
etc.
Volume composition of soils.
Evolution and composition of the earth.
Rocks: Their formation, nature and classification
Minerals: Their formation, characteristics and classification; Silicate structure.
Weathering of rocks and minerals: Physical and Biogeochemical weathering process; Weathering
sequences and results.
Typical soil profile: Master horizons and their formation; Importance of soil profile study; Soil solum
and Regolith.
Fundamental processes of soil formation: Humification, Littering, Eluviation, Illuviation, Calcification,
Decalcification, Podzolization, Laterization, Gleization, Ferrugination, Ferrolysis, Salinization,
Desalinization, Alkalization, Dealkalization, Pedoturbation, Lessivage etc.
Factors of soil formation
Physical nature of the soil separates: Particle size distribution, soil textural classes; Soil Structure:
classification and importance; Soil water: Forces of retention and classification; Soil moisture constants,
Soil air: composition and importance; Soil color: fundamental ideas and importance, Munsell’s color
chart. Soil temperature – importance and distribution.
Books recommended:
The Nature and Properties of Soils – N.C. Brady and R.R. Weil
Pedology: Concepts and Applications – J. Sehgal
Soil Genesis and Classification – S.W. Buol, F.D. Hole, and R.J. McCracken
Fundamentals of Soil Science- Millar
Fundamental of soil Science-Foth
Fundamental of Soils- Gerrard
Soil Science basic Concept- Kolay
Handbook of Soil Science- Sumner
Textbook of Soil Science – Biswas and Mukherjee
The Soil Resource: Origin and Behavior –H. Jenny
World Soils – EM Bridges
📷📷📷ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Md_Nayem_Hasan_Munna📷📷📷
SES 102 Introductory Environmental Science-I:
Basic concepts of environmental science, Major components of Environment.
The human population as an environmental problem, Growth of different societies and their impacts on
the environment, Population control.
Biogeochemical cycles, Human interference on these cycles.
Biosphere: Ecology, Ecosystems, and Ecological community, Flow of matter and energy through
ecosystems, Biodiversity.
Lithosphere: Agriculture and environment, Soil fertility and soil erosion, Making soils sustainable,
Global effects of Agriculture, Urbanization, Waste management.
Atmosphere: The evolution, composition, and structure of the atmosphere, atmospheric circulation,
Climate change and global warming.
Hydrosphere: Water pollution and treatment.
Precipitation process and subsequent events, erosion, run-off, and infiltration.
Introduction to the physical environment of the subcontinent – physiographic divisions, mountains,
glaciers, waterfall, rivers and river basins such as the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna, the Indus, the
southern river basins, lakes.
Books recommended:
Environmental Science – Earth as a living Planet – Daniel B. Botkin and Edward A. Keller
Environmental Science and technology – S.E. Manahan
Basics of Environmental Science – Michael Allaby
Environmental Engineering- peavey
Environment and Ecology- Sinha
Environmental Studies- Tripathy
Environmental Chemistry- S. E Manahan
Environmental Science – Working with the Earth – G. Tyler Miller, Jr
Soils and Environmental Quality – Gary M. Pierzynski, J. Thomas Sims, and Grorge F. Vance
SES 103 Introductory Soil Science – II:
Soil Chemistry – An introduction to the course; Importance; Interrelationship; relationship with other
branches of Soil Science, Water, and Atmospheric studies.
Fundamental chemical, physical and biochemical processes in relation to the study of soil, water and
atmospheric sciences.
Chemical aspect of three phases of soil – interrelationship among the three phases of soil and the
importance of the phases of soil in relation to plant growth; Chemical nature and properties of soil
components; Essential elements for plant growth.
Soil organic matter- sources and chemical constituents of soil organic matter. Organic compounds carbohydrates, protein, amino acids, nucleic acid, amino sugars, lignin, lipids, pectin, chitin, hormones,
and enzymes.
Soil air- chemical composition and variations of gaseous components. Impact of gaseous components on
soil properties and environmental pollution.
Soil solution – Structure and properties of water molecule; Chemical nature of ions; composition and
concentration of soil solution; importance.
Sol pH – pH scale; classification of soil on the basis of pH values; Buffer solution and buffering.
Soil organisms: Scope of Microbiology in relation to the study of soil, water, and atmospheric science.
Soil Biota: Morphology, function, and importance.
Soil as a source of energy and nutrients to the biota. Nutritional division; Temperature and oxygen
requirements; Cultivation of microorganisms.
Books recommended:
The Nature and Properties of Soil – N.C. Brady and R.R. Weil
Handbook of Soil Science- Sumner
Soil Condition and Plant Growth- Russell
Principles of Soil Chemistry – K.M.Tan
Soil Chemistry – Bohn
Introduction to Soil Microbiology- Martin Alexander
Soil Ecology – Ken Killham
Microbiology – M.J.Pelczar Jr, E.C. S. Chan and N.R. Kreig
Soil and Water Chemistry – M.E. Essington
A Text Book of Soil Science –Daji
Introduction to Plant Physiology – Noggle and Fritz
SES 104 Introductory Environmental Science-II:
Environmental science and Technology: Environmental Science, Water, Air, and Atmosphere.
Chemistry and Environment: Introduction, atoms, molecules, chemical bonds, and compounds.
Anthrosphere and the Environment: Introduction, technology and engineering, manufacturing, Human
impact and environmental pollution.
Aquatic chemistry: Aquatic life, life in the ocean, freshwater life, Metals and calcium in the water.
Water pollution: Nature and type of pollution, pollutants, heavy metal, Metalloids, organic and inorganic
species.
Chemistry of the atmosphere: The composition of the atmosphere, the evolution of the atmosphere,
the constancy of atmospheric composition, pollution of the atmosphere, greenhouse gases.
Chemistry of hydrosphere: The composition of seawater, the composition of terrestrial water, gain and
a loss in the ocean, the balance of dissolved matter in seawater, the history and evolution of the ocean, the
composition of the atmospheric water.
Environmental biochemistry: Introduction, major bio-molecules (Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and
enzymes).
Soil and Environmental Quality: Introduction, Environmental degradation, parameters and stanndards
of soil, Water and Air Quality.
Environmental management: Wildlife conservation, natural resources and reserve, pest control,
restoration ecology, world conservation strategies.
Chemical analysis of water, wastewater, air and gas
Books recommended:
Environmental Science and Technology by S.E. Manahan
Environmental Science – Earth as a living Planet – Daniel B. Botkin and Edward A. Keller
Environmental Engineering- peavey
Environment and Ecology- Sinha
Soils and Environmental Quality – Gary M. Pierzynski, J. Thomas Sims and Grorge F. Vance
Environmental Chemistry – S.E. Manahan
Basics of Environmental Science – Michael Allaby
Chemistry for Environmental Engineering- Sawyer
BOT 001 Diversities in the Plant Kingdom and Plant Physiology:
Diversities in Plant kingdom:
1. What is diversity? Plants through geological history; Plants of the past and present.
2. Classification systems of Plant Kingdom.
3. Major characteristic features of the major Plant Divisions.
4. Morphology, ecology, distribution, adaptation and methods of reproduction of the
following plant groups:
(a) Prokaryotes, (b) Algae, (c) Fungi and Lichens, (d) Bryophytes, (e) Pteridophytes,
(f) Gymnosperms, (g) Angiosperms with typical examples from each group.
5. Phytoplankton and benthic algae (freshwater to manure) and their importance.
6. Importance of the microbes (biological and industrial)
7. Plants and environments: Plant diversity in relation to environmental factors, e.g., light,
temperature, water, habitats, atmospheric gases, seasonal changes and natural catastrophe.
8. Plant Pathology: Definition of disease in plants; causes of plant diseases; how do plant
pathogens cause disease in plants; kinds and amount of losses owing to plant diseases;
Koch’s postulates and use of koch’s postulates in the diagnosis of plant diseases; plant
disease control through cultural and chemical methods; study of some common plant
diseases caused by plant viruses (Tobacco mosaic disease), bacteria (Bacterial blight of
rice) and fungi (Late blight of potato, Powdery mildew of cucurbits, Stem rust of wheat).
Plant Physiology Marks:
1. Mineral nutrition of plants: Role and deficiency, symptoms of essential elements.
2. Photosynthesis: (a) The light reaction phase – transformation of light energy into chemical
energy in plastids (b) The chemical reaction phase; Different kinds of chemical reactions:
C3, C4 and CAM pathways (c) The importance of photosynthesis for the existence of the
biological world.
3. Respiration: Mechanism of aerobic and anaerobic respiration, Glycolysis, Kreb’s Cycle and
electron Transport System (with structural formula and enzymes involved), Fermentation,
4. Nitrogen Metabolism: (a) The nitrogen fixation – the physical and biological nitrogen
fixation, (b) The nitrogen cycle
5. Plant growth regulating substances: Classification, examples and physiological effects;
importance of’ growth regulators in the growth and development of plants and plant parts.
6. Physiology of flowering: (a) Photoperiodism: role of phytochrome, light and dark periods
(b) Vernalization: role of low temperature with special reference to winter Wheat.
Books recommended:
Introductory Botany- Pandey
Biology- Reven
Plant physiology- Devlin
Plant Biodiversity and taxonomy- Sing
Plant geography- Schimper
Plant Ecology-shukla
Plant Ecology- Das
Biodiversity- Kumar
Microbiology and plant pathology- sharma