The Department of Environmental Science offers Bachelor of Science in Land and Water Resource Management (both Major and Minor). The major focuses on the study of physical, chemical, and biological processes that shape the Earth and the other planets. The interdisciplinary programme introduces students to both the Science of the Earth and its living and nonliving systems.

Programme Objectives

Provides students a general understanding of the breadth and multi-disciplinary nature of environmental science.
Nurture students’ ability to engage in lifelong learning process and prepare them for higher studies and meaningful career.
Produces citizens who are aware of societal and ethical issues and responsibilities in the practice of environmental science.

Upon successful completion, students will be able to –

understand the natural environment, its processes and interconnections, and their relationships with the human system.
characterize and critically analyze human-environment relationship and cross-cutting environmental issues by applying and integrating facts, concepts, and methods from an multi-disciplinary range of sources.
design, implement and present independent research that is consistent with the highest standards and practices of research in the field of environmental science.
demonstrate robust, scientifically sound and practical skills to find sustainable alternatives and formulate action plans to manage problems impacting on the Earth.
demonstrate an awareness and knowledge of the intrinsic values of ecological processes and communities.

Courses

Admission Eligibility

Combined GPA of 7 in SSC and HSC.
O'Level in minimum 5 subjects with a GPA 2.50 and A'Level in 2 subjects with a minimum GPA 2.00
International Baccalaureate or U. S. High School Diploma
Other 12 years equivalent degree (must have the equivalence certificate from Ministry of Education)
Engineering Students must have Math and Physics in their H.S.C. with at least B grade.
Students applying for Microbiology and Biochemistry must have Biology in their SSC or O-Level with at least B grade.
Environmental Science students who have taken Chemistry/Physics in S.S.C. or O'Level will get preference.

Admission Period

There are three academic semesters namely, Autumn, Spring and Summer.

The admission procedure for Autumn (the beginning of the academic year) starts within the first week of July and ends with the commencement of classes in the first week of September.
The admission procedure for Spring starts within the first week of November and ends with the commencement of classes in the second week of January.
The admission procedure for Summer takes place in the second week of March and ends with the commencement of classes in the second week of May.

Special Considerations: Exemption from Admission Test

Minimum SAT-1 score of 1000 and
Minimum TOEFL score of 550 (paper based) or 213 (computer based) or 80 (internet based) or
IELTS score of 5.5

Full Tuition waiver to student with:

GPA 5.00 in both SSC and HSC (Excluding 4 th subject)
5 A’s in O-level and 1 A in A-level.
Top 5% scorers in Admission test will get 100% Scholarship

Financial Assistance:

Discount on Tuition fee, based on performance in IUB and Financial need.
Campus job & other Financial Assistance

COURSE LIST

ENV 101 Introduction to Environmental Science

Human activity is the major force shaping the natural world today. In this current era of Anthropocene, the major challenges for the humankind are environmental in nature. Unprecedented emission of carbon dioxide, economic growth, urbanization since Industrial Revolution in 1760 have left the world at a stage where climate change is the defining issue of the 21st century. In light of this, Environmental Science course embraces a wide variety of topics from different areas of study. The course is specifically designed for students from different and diverse backgrounds who wish to learn about the physical and biological processes that shape our environment. Our biosphere consists of both living and nonliving elements as well as interactions among them. In this course, students get the scope to dig deep into all these processes and try to investigate why a balanced environment is essential for human survival. Therefore, this course has two broad goals. First, explaining basic concepts in ecology in the light of Chemistry and Biology. Second, applying these concepts to understand some of the critical environmental problems our world is facing today.

CHE 101: Concepts in Chemistry

Matter and energy. Physical quantities and units. Working with units of concentrations: mg/L, molarity, ppm, etc. Modern concept of the structure of atom. Periodic table of elements. Concept of chemical bonds. Concept of chemical reactions. Concept of mole and stoichiometry of reactions. Gas laws. Modern concepts of acids and bases. Ionic product of water and concept of pH and buffer. Organic chemistry: aliphatic hydrocarbons and aromatic hydrocarbons.

Reference Book: General Chemistry by Darrel D. Ebbing

CHE 102: Chemistry and Society

Everything we hear, see, smell, taste and touch involves chemistry and chemicals (matter). Chemistry has widespread implications in everyday life. It is therefore essential to know about chemistry at some level to understand the world around us. CHE 102 course tends to provide students the basic concepts and applications of Chemistry in our daily lives. In this course students will learns how chemistry has developed through the centuries to become one of the fundamental sciences and how it has impacted and propelled the development of human civilization, lifestyle and culture through the ages. This course is designed for students who had little or no background in Chemistry.

ENV 201 L: Environmental Chemistry Laboratory

Basic techniques for chemical analysis of environmental samples; sampling, statistical treatment of data, Reporting experimental results. Determination of water parameters: pH, Conductivity, TDS, TSS, Turbidity, Hardness, DO, COD; Determination of soil parameters: pH, organic matter; Spectrophotometric determination of trace metals (Arsenic, Iron, Lead, etc).

Reference: Vogel’s Quantitative Chemical Analysis

ENV 202 Environmental Biology, Ecology and Conservation

Ecological, managerial, economic and ethical concepts concerning survival of species. Scope and fundamental concepts of ecology. Applications of ecology, biogeography, population genetics and social sciences for the preservation of biodiversity. Habitat modification, destruction and restoration. Management of endangered species. .

Reference: Environmental Biology by B. Mukherjee

ENV 202 L : Environmental Biology, Ecology and Conservation Laboratory

ENV 203 Application of Chemistry for Environmental Phenomena

Introduction . Physical environmental phenomena : Properties of real gases. Concepts of thermochemistry. and thermodynamics . Concepts of chemical equilibrium. Chemistry of solutions. Concepts of electrochemistry. Concepts of photochemistry. Concepts of chemical kinetics and catalysis. Coordination compounds in relation to environmental phenomena. Chemistry of aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic compounds with respect to organic pollutants.

Reference: Concepts in Chemistry by Ramon Chang

ENV 205 Energy and Environment

Energy and Environment linkages. Renewable and non-renewable energy sources: fossil fuel, wind, nuclear, biomass, solar photo voltaic, hydrogen, ocean thermal, and so on. Past, present and projected future trends of energy use. Energy use efficiency and conservation measures. Case Studies: Energy policy of Bangladesh. Reference: Energy and Environment by Ristenine

ENV 216 Water pollution and its Remediation

Introduction. World reserve and sources, hydrological cycle, surface water hydrology, ground water hydrology, hydrological equation, rainfall analysis, run-off analysis, storage and reservoir, ground water and wells. Water treatment for potable purpose. Chemical control of odors. Reference: Water Chemistry by M. M. Benjamin

ENV 220 Introduction to Aquatic Science

Introduction. Physico-chemical properties of water. Characteristics of bodies in water. Aquatic chemistry: water equilibrium , coupling equilibrium and mass balance. pH, pE, pKa and pKb, alkalinity, solubility product, solubility of gases and solids. Total hardness. Behavior of metal ions, humic substances, soaps, detergents and pesticides in water. Oxidation reduction phenomena in water. Corrosion. Sediments, their formation and importance. Ion change with sediments and organic compounds. Micro-organisms in water, their growth and metabolism. Microbial transformation.

Reference: Environmental Chemistry by Manahan

ENV 301 Environmental Economics

Introduction. Origin of ISO, scope and objectives, need for environmental management systems. ISO 14001: introduction, definitions, environmental management system requirements: environment policy, planning: environmental aspects, legal and other requirements, objectives and targets, environmental management programmes. Implementation and operation: structure and responsibility, environmental management system documentation: EMS structure, Checking and corrective action. Management review. EMS registration. Other ISO standards: ISO 9000 standards. Comparative study of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000. Reference: ISO1400 Environmental Management System by D.L. Goetsch

ENV 315 Air pollution and Control

Introduction. Indoor and outdoor air pollution: sources, transformation, transport and effects of pollutants on the environment. Chemistry of photochemical smog, green house effect and acid rain .Tropospheric and stratospheric ozone. National and International standards of air pollutants.Common methods of control of air pollution. Noise pollution and control.

Reference: Air Quality by Thad Goddish; Air pollution Control Engineering by Noel de Nevers

ENV 316 Environmental Management System

ENV 325 Waste Management

Introduction. Waste classification and characterization. Solid waste: Municipal solid waste, industrial wastes, hazardous wastes, biomedical wastes and nuclear wastes. Solid waste management: waste generation, collection, separation, transport, composting, sanitary land filling, incineration, disposal of residual waste . Conservation of material resources and energy through recycling of wastes

Reference: Handbook of Solid Waste Management by Frank Kreith.

ENV 346 Water Quality Environment

Rivers and streams, estuaries, lakes and impoundments, sediments, the modeling environment. Gas transfer and oxygen reaeration, point sources, distribution sources, sediment oxygen demand, and computer methods. Eutrophication and temperature, the eutrophication problem, eutrophication in flowing water, nutrients: phosphorus and nitrogen loading, heat budget, thermal stratification, microbe, plant growth, nutrient-food growth interactions. Toxic substances modeling in stagnant and flowing water, mass transfer mechanism, reaction mechanism: photolysis, hydrolysis and biodegradation; radionuclides, toxicants food-chain interaction. (Prerequisite: ENV 216, ENV 220)

Reference: Surface water Quality Modeling by Steven C. Chapra

ENV 409 Wastewater Management

Introduction, Classification: domestic and industrial wastewater, Sources and constituents of wastewater, Treatment of wastewater: primary, secondary and tertiary treatment methods; physical treatment: settling, filtration, adsorption, membrane separation, reverse osmosis, electro-dialysis, and steam stripping; Anaerobic treatment, Aerobic treatment, precipitation, coagulation,electrocoagualtion, ion-exchange, oxidation, reduction and complexation. Case Studies: (a) chemical fertilizer industries effluent treatment, (b) leather/tannery industries effluent treatment, (c) pulp and paper industries effluent treatment, (d) sugar industries effluent treatment.

Reference: Industrial Wastes by W. Rudolfs

Wastewater Engineering by G. Tchobanoglous;

ENV 415 Global Climate Change

Global warming: Greenhouse gases. Anticipating effects of climate change. State of the knowledge of climate change impacts in Asia with special emphasis in hydrology, water resources, agriculture, coastal systems and human population. Vulnerability and adaptation potential. National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA), Bangladesh.

Reference: IPCC (James J McCarthy et .al. Editors), Climate Change 2001, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2001.

Updated fee structure is available at: http://www.iub.edu.bd/admissions/tuition_fees

Financial Aid/Scholarship

IUB offers Merit Scholarship/Tuition fees discount on the following categories:

Merit Discount (On Admission Test) - 100% **
Merit Scholarship based on IUB result – 30% - 100% *
Academic Board merit discount: National and English Medium Curriculum -100% **
Merit & Need based Discount - 20% to 100% *
Freedom Fighter Category – 50% - 100% *
Female Student Discount – 10% *
Saima Hall – 100%
Indigenous Students Waiver -100%
Waiver for Physically challenged students: up to 100%
Extracurricular Activities Scholarship – up to 100%
IUB Employee/ dependent Discount - 50% -100% *

* (only for students who earned 12 credits in that semester)
** (To avail this discount, he/she must tale at last 9+9+12 or total 30 credits in the first year)
Rules for different categories:

Applications in prescribed form (posted at IUB website) will only be accepted.
For applying need based waiver, completing 24 credits are recommended.
The CGPA requirement for all the financial aid applications will follow the one minus semester’s CGPA formula. For example, the Autumn 2019 applicants will be judged on the basis of their Spring 2019 CGPA. This policy will be applicable for all the new applicants and the existing applicants receiving financial aid for all categories.

Documents required for all Categories:

TIN Certificate of financial guarantor.
Financial guarantor’s last three months’ bank statement.
Employee should submit Employer’s salary certificate from the employer.
Businessmen will submit a photocopy of the business trade license.
Latest academic transcript.

Other categories need to submit different documents as mentioned in the particular category.

Merit Discount (based on Admission Test result)
- Top 5% scorer of selected candidates will get 100% tuition fees waiver.
- To avail this discount, he/she must take at least 9+9+12 or total 30 credits in the first year, from 4th semester they have to earn 12 credits in every semester applicable for the students enrolled from Summer 2019.
- For the students enrolled before Summer 2019 they have to take 12 credits in a semester to avail this.
- This waiver will be reassessed in every semester according to their one minus semester’s CGPA (see Note:2).
Reassessment Bar Reassessment Bar for students enrolled before Summer’19:

3.26 – 3.50 ➔ 20%

3.51 – 3.69 ➔ 30%

3.70 – 3.79 ➔ 50%

3.80 – 3.84 ➔ 75%

3.85 – 4.00 ➔ 100%

Students enrolled from Summer’19 the reassessment bar will be

3.51 – 3.69 ➔ 30%

3.70 – 3.79 ➔ 50%

3.80 – 3.84 ➔ 75%

3.85 – 4.00 ➔ 100%
Merit Scholarship based on IUB result’
- This category of students will be recognized on the basis of result of IUB with CGPA 3.51 and above for 30% - 100% scholarship in a semester.
- This waiver will be calculated according to their CGPA, he/she does not need to apply.
- For availing this scholarship, students must enroll and earn at least 12 credits in one minus semester.
- If student’s CGPA falls below 3.51 in a particular semester his/her scholarship will be discontinued in the following semester and revived as and when CGPA increased.
Reassessment Bar will be considered as per the following category:

3.51 – 3.69 ➔ 30%

3.70 – 3.79 ➔ 50%

3.80 – 3.84 ➔ 75%

3.85 – 4.00 ➔ 100%

Academic Board merit discount: National and English Medium Curriculum
- Students with golden GPA (GPA 5 without 4th subject) in SSC and HSC will get 100% tuition fees waiver after successfully qualifying in at the IUB admission test.
- Students with five (5) A’s in O’ Level exam and one (1) A in A’ Level exam will get 100% tuition fees waiver.
- To avail this discount, he/she must take at least 9+9+12/ credit or in total 30 credits in the first year. From 4th semester they have to earn 12 credits in every semester
- These waivers will be reassessed in every semester according to their one minus semester’s CGPA.
Reassessment Bar Reassessment Bar for students enrolled before Summer’19:

3.26 – 3.50 ➔ 20%

3.51 – 3.69 ➔ 30%

3.70 – 3.79 ➔ 50%

3.80 – 3.84 ➔ 75%

3.85 – 4.00 ➔ 100%

Students enrolled from Summer’19 the reassessment bar will be

3.51 – 3.69 ➔ 30%

3.70 – 3.79 ➔ 50%

3.80 – 3.84 ➔ 75%

3.85 – 4.00 ➔ 100%

Merit & Need based Discount
- Students need to write an application with the specific and precise problem along with the financial aid form.
- Students need to apply stating their financial need with required documents.
- New/sudden change in their financial situation will be assessed for consideration.
- If need is assessed and established, their discount percentage will be decided by SAC (Students Assistance Committee).
- Every semester their result will be reassessed with one minus semester (for Autumn’19 the CGPA of Spring’19 will be considered) and waiver will be given accordingly.
- This discount will be valid for only three (3) semesters and after that the student will have apply again
- To avail this discount, he/she must take at least 12 credit hours.
Reassessment Bar for students for merit based:

3.26 – 3.50 ➔ 20%

3.51 – 3.69 ➔ 30%

3.70 – 3.79 ➔ 50%

3.80 – 3.84 ➔ 75%

3.85 – 4.00 ➔ 100%

Freedom Fighter Category Documents
1. Up to 3% students enrolled in a year will get the waiver under this category as per the circulation of UGC. (Circular dated 10 January 2013 from UGC)
2. Students can only apply on entry; i.e. the first semester.
3. 12 credit hours is mandatory to apply and retain the discount for this category based on one minus semester semester’s CGPA (see Note: 2)
4. Documents to be submitted for availing Financial Aid under this category are as under:
  1. Financial Aid Application Form
  2. Application (addressing to the V.C.)
  3. Photo (Two copies of applicant).
  4. Freedom Fighter’s Certificate.
  5. Birth Certificate of the applicant.
  6. Gazette Notification.
  7. Certificate for the child from Ministry of Liberation War, GoB.
  8. Allowance book.
  9. National ID Card of the Freedom Fighter.
5. Reassessment Bar for students in Freedom Fighter’s Child category:
  
  CGPA Percentage
  
  3.25 - 4.00 100%
  
  2.50 - 3.24 50%
Female Student Discount
Saima Hall (meritorious underprivileged female student from outside Dhaka)
- IUB will offer 100% Tuition fees discount on admissions to IUB.
- The awardee must take minimum 9 Credits in a Semester.
- Discount awardees must maintain a CGPA of 2.5 and above in every semester.
- Other benefits for this category of students will be applicable as per existing IUB policy regarding Saima Hall.
Indigenous Students Waiver
- Up to 100% tuition fee discount will be provided to student of Indigenous community. The Awardees will have to maintain a CGPA of 2.00 with minimum nine (9) credits per semester.
- Required documents for Indigenous student:
  1. Birth certificates
  2. Citizenship from the local authority
Waiver for Physically challenged students:
- Up to 100% tuition fees waiver to the recognized physically challenged students.
- Need to take at least 9 credits in a semester
- Maintain at least CGPA 2.00 in every semester.
Extracurricular Activities Scholarship
- Up to 100% Tuition fees discount for outstanding performance in sports, extra and co-curricular activities awarded at national and international level in the respective field.
- The discount awardee needs to furnish all documents (certificates or others) from authentic board/team/office in support of the claim.
- The awardee has to take minimum 9 Credits in a Semester.
- Discount awardees must maintain a CGPA of 2.00 and above in every semester to avail the same tuition fees discount.

Note 1: The University reserves the right to revise information, requirements, regulations or financial charges at any time. Whenever changes occur, an effort will be made to notify those.
Note 2: The definition of “One Minus Semester” is the Autumn 2019 applicants will be judged on the basis of their Spring 2019 CGPA.

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