B.Sc. Environmental Science (Discontinued from 2025)
B.Sc. (Environmental Science) program under NEP guidelines
Introduction to the Program:
The four-year B.Sc. Environmental Science program, aligned with the NEP 2020 guidelines, offers a multidisciplinary curriculum that provides a robust foundation in ecological interactions, sustainable resource management, climate change, environmental pollution control, and nature-based solutions.
In the final year, students can choose between two specialized pathways:
- With Research: Engage in a research project addressing real-world environmental issues.
- Without Non-Research: Focus on advanced coursework and practical skills tailored for careers in environmental sectors.
With an emphasis on ESG frameworks, sustainability, and climate resilience, the program prepares graduates for careers in international organizations, NGOs, research institutions, government agencies, and private industries. Career opportunities include roles such as pollution control analyst, climate change consultant, ESG and sustainability analyst, and positions in UPSC Indian Forest Services (IFS), State Forest Services, and pollution control boards.
The curriculum incorporates hands-on fieldwork, industry internships, seminars, and specialized courses to foster critical thinking and problem-solving skills. This program empowers graduates to contribute meaningfully to environmental management, policy-making, conservation, and higher studies, enabling them to lead impactful change in the global fight for sustainability.
- Programme Educational Objectives (PEO):
- PEO1 The graduates will establish themselves as successful global professionals by solving real-life problems using scientific knowledge and analytical skills gained in the field of Applied Sciences.
- PEO2 The graduates will provide cost-effective eco-friendly sustainable solutions for the societal problem through the interdisciplinary research, innovation and entrepreneurship.
- PEO3 The graduates will become employable with required skills for different sectors as a result of industry-academia collaboration.
- PEO4 The graduates will practice moral values, professional ethics and social responsibilities while performing their duties to provide solutions to global problems.
- Programme Outcomes (POs):
- PO1: Critical Thinking: Take informed actions after identifying the assumptions that frame our thinking and actions, checking out the degree to which these assumptions are accurate and valid, and looking at our ideas and decisions (intellectual, organizational, and personal) from different perspectives.
- PO2: Effective Communication: Speak, read, write and listen clearly in person and through electronic media in English and in one Indian language, and make meaning of the world by connecting people, ideas, books, media and technology.
- PO3: Social Interaction Elicit views of others, mediate disagreements and help reach conclusions in group settings.
- PO4: Effective Citizenship: Demonstrate empathetic social concern and equity centred national development, and the ability to act with an informed awareness of issues and participate in civic life through volunteering.
- PO5: Ethics: Recognize different value systems including your own, understand the moral dimensions of your decisions, and accept responsibility for them.
- PO6: Environment and Sustainability: Understand the issues of environmental contexts and sustainable development.
- PO7: Self-directed and Life-long Learning: Acquire the ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context socio-technological changes.
- PSO1: Understand the nature and concept of Data Science and develop the skill to think critically on abstract concepts of Data Science.
- PSO2: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern data science specific tools to solve real-life problem in various fields.
- PSO3: Develop data centric predictive and decision making expert system using AI & ML.
