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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2016/2017

Assessment Methods: Medium of Instruction:
Continuous Assessment: 40% English
Final Examination: 60%
Soft Skills:
Medium of Instruction: CS3, CT3, TS2, EM2, LL2
English
MainReferences:
Soft Skills: 1. John Brady (Editor), Alison Ebbage (Editor), Ruth
CS5, TS3, EM2 Lunn (Editor) 2011. Environmental Management in
Organizations: The IEMA Handbook Hardcover.
Main References: 2. Adrian Belcham. 2014. Manual of Environmental
1. Philip J. Cafaro, P.J. and Primack, R.B. Management Hardcover.
(2013) Environmental Ethics. Encyclopedia of 3. Walter Klöpffer (Author), Birgit Grahl (Author). 2014.
Biodiversity (Second Edition) pp 267-277. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Hardcover – 2 Apr
2. de Groot, M. (2012) Exploring the 2014.
relationship between public environmental
ethics and river flood policies in Western
Europe. Journal of Environmental SIH 3007 INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT
Management 93(1):1-9.
3. Benson, D. and Jordan, A. (2015) Waste management and waste generation. Collection and
Environmental Policy: Protection and transportation of waste. Recycling and waste reduction.
Regulation. International Encyclopedia of the Resource conservation. Wastewater treatment. Solid
Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second waste treatment technologies. Energy recovery. Physical
Edition) pp 778-783 treatment. Hazardous waste. Industrial waste.
Assessment Methods:
SIH 3005 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60%
Introduction to EIA: EIA Order (1987) and prescribed Medium of Instruction:
activities. The roles of EIA in project planning; EIA
procedures. Skoping. Environmental analysis. Introduction English
to environmental risk assessment (ERA) Soft Skills:
CS3, CT4, TS2, LS2
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Final Examination: 50% Main References:
1. Agamuthu, P & Masaru Tanaka. 2014. Municipal
Solid Waste Management in Asia and the Pacific
Medium of Instruction: Islands: Challenges and Strategic Solutions.
English Springer Singapore.
2. 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).
Integrated Solid Waste Management. Engineering
Main References: Principles and Management Issues.
1. Eccleston CH. 2011. Environmental impact
assessment : a guide to best professional practices.
CRC Press
2. Eccleston CH. and Doub JP 2012. Preparing NEPA SIH 3008 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Environmental Assessments: A User’s Guide to Best Focusing on the basic principles and strategies towards
Professional Practices. CRC Press
3. Morgan RK 2012. Environmental impact sustainable development by referring to the established
framework.
assessment: the state of the art. Impact Assessment
and Project Appraisal 30(1): 5–14 Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60%
SIH 3006 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS
Medium of Instruction:
English
Students shall be acquainted with EMS in general,
discussing and tracking its history. Discussion on ISO Soft Skills:
14001 shall be conducted in detail whereby each of the 5
principals shall be deliberated. This is to ensure that CS3, CT3, TS2, LL2, EM2
students are familiar with the Standards and able to Main References:
implement it upon graduation. The rest of course shall 1.
examine the remainder of the ISO 14000 Series without Elliott, J.A. (2013). An introduction to sustainable
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going into details but suffice to equip the students with the development. 4 Edition. New York: Routledge.
relevant knowledge on each of the subject. The series are: 2. Rogers, P.P., Jalal, K.F., Boyd, J.A. (2012). An
Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE), Introduction to Sustainable Development. UK:
Environmental Auditing (EA), Evaluation on ISO 14001 Earthscan.
series will be conducted on given cases. 3. Egelston, A.E. (2013). Sustainable development: A
history. Netherlands: Springer.
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60%

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