Courses
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Ecology, Environment, and Development
Critical engagement with the predominant narratives of development and the consequences for environment and ecological justice.
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Environmental Economics, Policy and Governance
Assess the utility and challenges of environmental economics, and appreciate the importance of environmental policy and governance for addressing environmental problems in India and globally.
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Environmental Microbiology, Biotechnology and Ecology
Explore the role of microbial communities in shaping ecological habitats and learn how to isolate environmental microbes from samples in the lab.
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Environmental Pollution: Air, Water and Soil I
Conceptual and hands-on lab experience for monitoring and regulating various types of environmental contamination.
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Environmental Pollution: Air, Water and Soil II
Analyse effects of environmental pollution on human health and ecosystem in a variety of settings — in the class, field, laboratory, and through models of the environment.
Field Practice in Sustainability
Engage with real-life complex field environments.
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Framing Environmental Science and Sustainability
Help develop a social-environmental systems perspective on environmental science and sustainability challenges.
Framing sustainability: A social-ecological systems perspective
Explore a new approach to address sustainability challenges.
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Geographical Information Systems for Sustainability
Understand spatial dimensions of sustainability
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Geospatial Technology I: GIS of the Environment
Introduce the field of cartography and GIS through hands-on exercises such as spatial data display query and map generation, coupled with field data collection, using state-of-the-art ArcGIS software.
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Geospatial Technology II: Remote Sensing of the Environment
Introduce basic principles of remote sensing and its applications in the fields of conservation ecology, global environmental change, climate change and sustainability.
India’s Present and Its Possible Futures
How do we address India’s problems and our limited ecological resources in this globalised world?
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Integrating sustainability - Concepts, Policies and Practice
Understand sustainability as an every-day practice
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Qualitative Environmental Research Methods
Learn about collecting, coding and analysing qualitative data through different methods — including interviews, oral histories, focus group discussions, and observations.
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Quantitative Environmental Research Methods and Biostatistics
Equip students with the knowledge and abilities necessary to analyse, interpret, and evaluate data pertaining to the environment utilising statistical analytic techniques.
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Sustainability Action and You
Equip students with the foundational practical and technical skills required to become a sustainability practitioner.
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Understanding Earth System Science
Learn about the interactions of the various biogeochemical cycles that influence environmental change over temporal and spatial scales.