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M.A. Previous Environmental Education syllabus
Basic concepts: Definition, scope and significance of Ecology; concept of biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere; components of atmosphere; concept of habitat and ecological niche.
Factors affecting environment: Abiotic factors- light (intensity, quality and duration), temperature, humidity, topography, edaphic factors; Biotic factors – microorganisms, plants, man and other animals.
Laws of limiting functions; Shelford’s Law of tolerance and Leibig’s Law of minimum.
Autoecology and synecology: Concept, distribution and regeneration of species.
Ecosystem: Concept, kinds of ecosystem, components, properties and functions; ecological energetics and energy flow – food chain, food web, trophic structure; concept of productivity – primary, secondary, gross and net.
Biogeochemical cycles: Concept, reservoir pool, exchangeable pool, hydrological cycle, gaseous cycles and sedimentary cycles, effect of pollution on biogeochemical cycles.
Development and evolution of ecosystem: Succession – definition, causes and types (hydrosere, lithosere): primary and secondary succession; concept of climax.
Biomes concept; major biomes of the world: forest, deserts and grasslands of India.

PAPER II
POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
Note: Eight questions will be set in all. Candidates will have to attempt four questions.
Population and its characteristics: Concept of population, population density and indices of relative abundance, basic concepts regarding rates, natality, mortality, life tables; population age distribution, population dispersion, intrinsic rate of natural increase and concept of carrying capacity, growth forms, population fluctuations and cyclic oscillations.

Human population: National and International concern; world population structure and problems associated with it; Indian efforts to contain the growing population.
Population regulation: Density independent and density dependent factors in population control.
Biological invasion: Concepts, reasons, dimensions and consequences; invasion of plants and animals in India and its impact on environment; population dispersal.
Population interactions: Neutralism; positive interactions – commensalism, protocooperation, mutualism and symbiosis; negative interactions – competition, predation, parasitism, antibios and allelopathy; importance of negative interactions.
Community ecology: Biocommunity concept of community characteristics; concept of ecological dominance, species composition.
Species diversity in communities.
Weed ecology: Concept, impact of weeds in agroecosystem, forest, grassland and urban ecosystems; intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting weed population density and spread; menace of Parthenium in India.
Concept of ecotypes, exotones and edge effect.

PAPER III ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND SOURCES OF ENERGY
Note: Eight questions will be set in all. Candidates will have to attempt four questions.
Air: Evolution of air composition; different layers of the atmosphere and their characteristics; natural components of the air and their resources – biological geochemical and atmospheric.
Pollution: What, where and why; types of pollution – air, water, land, noise and marine; principal pollutants – primary and secondary pollutants; classical smog, emission from automobiles, photochemical smog, cost of pollution; pollution management techniques.
Air Pollution: Sources of pollutants, principal pollutants, aerosols; urban air pollution, its effect on the health of man – sensitive areas, epidemiological evidences, effects of CO2, O3, PAN, Benzene and metals.
Water pollution: Major kinds of water uses – domestic, agricultural, instream and industrial; pollutants; tolerance limits; water treatments; possible control measures; effect of water pollution on health.
Other pollutions: Soil pollution, noise pollution, electronic pollution, indoor pollution, marine pollution; biological pollutants, biosocial pollutants, plastic and other chemical pollutants – their effects on man.

Solid waste management: Primary waste products – solid waste, toxic – biological and hospital wastes: methods of waste disposal – landfills, incineration, source reduction and recycling.
Toxic chemicals hazards: Toxic chemicals – sources of (air, water, food and consumer products); movement of toxics through air, water and soil, their ecological effects; toxic metals, petrochemicals, pesticides and radiations, bio-toxins.
Sources of energy: Renewable energy, non-renewable sources and techniques of energy conservation; Management and conservation of natural energy resources; priority requirements of conservation at national and international level.
Ecological Impact Assessment: Concept and significance; methods of assessment.

PAPER IV MAJOR NATIONAL AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Note: Eight questions will be set in all. Candidates will have to attempt four questions.
Protection of environment: International concerns and efforts for environmental protection; role of United Nations; Stockholm summit; priority issues; Rio summit; Earth day; Environment day; ecoterrorism.
Ozone depletion: Ozone as friend and foe; phenomenon, reasons and possible effects on plants, animals and man; measures to check depletion of ozone layer.
Global warming and climate change: Reasons, possible effects and measures to combat the problem.
Biodiversity: Concept, types and significance of biodiversity: conservation strategies; preservation of genetic diversity; global concerns and efforts; national resources conservation policy.
Forests: Major forest biomes of the world. Significance of the tropical forests; forest conservation – Indian efforts.
Wildlife: Distribution in India; enlistment of various zones and their characteristics; current practices in conservation of wildlife; ecosystem approach, species based approach, in situ and ex situ conservation of threatened animal and plant species; wildlife damage: problems and management; electric fences and chemical immobilization.
Protected area network: Concept, categories and management objectives; present status of national systems; scenario of protected areas in India; theory and practice of biosphere reserves, national parks and sanctuaries.
Special projects for endangered species: Project tiger, Project gir lion, Project elephant, Project hangul and Project crocodile.

Environmental laws: Indian and international laws.
Environmental education: Need, problems and solutions at national and international levels, environmental ethics.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED
1. Concepts of ecology 3rd Ed. : Edward J. Kormondy,

Prentice – Hall of India Pvt. Ltd. N. Delhi – 1991.
2. Ecology and field biology 4th Ed. : Robert – Ledo Smith

Hooper – Collins Publishers Inc. N. Y. 10022,1990.
3. Ecology and Environment : P.D. Sharma, 1997

Rastogi Publications.
4. Fundamental of Ecology : E.P. Odum,

W.B. Saunders and Toppan Co. Ltd. Tokyo, Japan.
5. Animal Ecology : S.P. Singh,

Rastogi Publications, 1997.
6. Environmental Science : D. Botkin and E. Keller,

John Wiley, 1995.
7. Applied Ecology : Newman E.I. 2nd Ed.

Blachwell Publ. 1994.
8. Fundamentals of Ecology by M.C. Dash,

Tata McGraw – Hill Publication Company Limited, New Delhi.
M.A. Final Environmental Education syllabus
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