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environmental measures and also land use for habitats Final Examination: 60%
and biodiversity.
Medium of Instruction:
Assessment Methods: English
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60% Soft Skills:
CS3, CT3, TS2, EM2, LL2
Medium of Instruction:
English MainReferences:
1. John Brady (Editor), Alison Ebbage (Editor), Ruth
Soft Skills: Lunn (Editor) 2011. Environmental Management in
CS5, TS3, EM2 Organizations: The IEMA Handbook Hardcover.
2. Adrian Belcham. 2014. Manual of Environmental
Main References: Management Hardcover.
1. Philip J. Cafaro, P.J. and Primack, R.B. 3. Walter Klöpffer (Author), Birgit Grahl (Author). 2014.
(2013) Environmental Ethics. Encyclopedia of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Hardcover – 2 Apr
Biodiversity (Second Edition) pp 267-277. 2014.
2. de Groot, M. (2012) Exploring the
relationship between public environmental
ethics and river flood policies in Western SIH 3007 INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT
Europe. Journal of Environmental
Management 93(1):1-9. Waste management and waste generation. Collection and
3. Benson, D. and Jordan, A. (2015) transportation of waste. Recycling and waste reduction.
Environmental Policy: Protection and Resource conservation. Wastewater treatment. Solid
Regulation. International Encyclopedia of the waste treatment technologies. Energy recovery. Physical
Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second treatment. Hazardous waste. Industrial waste.
Edition) pp 778-783
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40%
SIH 3005 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Final Examination: 60%

Introduction to EIA: EIA Order (1987) and prescribed
activities. The roles of EIA in project planning; EIA Medium of Instruction:
English
procedures. Skoping. Environmental analysis. Introduction
to environmental risk assessment (ERA) Soft Skills:
CS3, CT4, TS2, LS2
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 50% Main References:
Final Examination: 50% 1. Agamuthu, P & Masaru Tanaka. 2014. Municipal
Solid Waste Management in Asia and the Pacific
Medium of Instruction: Islands: Challenges and Strategic Solutions.
English
2. Springer Singapore.
Agamuthu, P. Solid Waste: Principles and
Soft Skills: Management. University of Malaya Press (2001).
CS3 , CT3, TS2, KK1, EM2, LS2 3. Tchobanoglous, G., Theisen, H. and Vigil, S. (1993).
Main References: Integrated Solid Waste Management. Engineering
1. Eccleston CH. 2011. Environmental impact
assessment : a guide to best professional practices. Principles and Management Issues.
CRC Press
2. Eccleston CH. and Doub JP 2012. Preparing NEPA SIH 3008 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Environmental Assessments: A User’s Guide to Best
Professional Practices. CRC Press
3. Morgan RK 2012. Environmental impact Focusing on the basic principles and strategies towards
sustainable development by referring to the established
assessment: the state of the art. Impact Assessment framework.
and Project Appraisal 30(1): 5–14
Assessment Methods:

SIH 3006 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Continuous Assessment: 40%
SYSTEMS Final Examination: 60%

Medium of Instruction:
Students shall be acquainted with EMS in general, English
discussing and tracking its history. Discussion on ISO
14001 shall be conducted in detail whereby each of the 5 Soft Skills:
principals shall be deliberated. This is to ensure that CS3, CT3, TS2, LL2, EM2
students are familiar with the Standards and able to
implement it upon graduation. The rest of course shall Main References:
examine the remainder of the ISO 14000 Series without
going into details but suffice to equip the students with the 1. Elliott, J.A. (2013). An introduction to sustainable
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relevant knowledge on each of the subject. The series are: development. 4 Edition. New York: Routledge.
Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE), 2. Rogers, P.P., Jalal, K.F., Boyd, J.A. (2012). An
Environmental Auditing (EA), Evaluation on ISO 14001 Introduction to Sustainable Development. UK:
series will be conducted on given cases. Earthscan.
3. Egelston, A.E. (2013). Sustainable development: A
Assessment Methods: history. Netherlands: Springer.
Continuous Assessment: 40%

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