DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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The sphere of environment starts from the very conception till the death of any living being. There is also a simultaneous and continuous interaction between the biota and the major non-living components of the environment. When the interaction becomes sound, the sustainability, for which the world scientific community and policy makers are now struggling, becomes ensured. We need to do so, since there is no alternative to cope with the natural resource limit in the face of the already huge population base. To make it worse, the population is still growing and per capita resource consumption is also increasing. As a result, total environmental impact is on rise by the combined effect of total population and environmental impact per person. This process is not sustainable by any means.
Fortunately, Environmental Education in general and Environmental Science and Environmental Management in particular, have opened a new horizon of dealing with the challenge of protecting the environment. Whereas theory and practice of Environmental Management are quite broad, Environmental Science is ought to be the foundation of both Environmental Education and Environmental Management since, without knowing the science of environmental changes, Environmental Management cannot be founded on a sound footing. This is more so because the richness and robustness of Environmental Science lies in the fact that it is a meeting point of several scientific disciplines.
The world is currently in an environmental mess. In Bangladesh, where this mess is even more apparent, environmental education has been largely ignored so far. Gaining sound knowledge of environmental education is an urgent need. A large contingent of graduates with environmental education is essential for staffing of government ministries, departments and agencies; private sector factories, enterprises and business houses; institutions and organizations. For example, government needs capable professionals to scrutinize the existing set of environmental policies in light of their access to accumulated global stock of knowledge; and to formulate, implement and enforce each and every piece of policy measure by inspecting and monitoring them.
Vision
The program aims to be a leading and prominent “Centre of Excellence” in higher education relating to different sectors for implementing ecological and social interactions and sustainability with teaching and research.
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Mission
M 1: The environmental science will provide outstanding education to students so that they add value to existing environmental issues.
M 2: Students will be guided by applied research and digital technologies so that they see from a different angle through a creative approach by which they are able to provide simple solutions to complex technical problems in environment related sectors.
M 3: Department has a strong commitment to being a local, national and international leader in training of students for effective careers in different industries to achieve sustainable development.
Values
● Sustainability: Promoting and practicing sustainable practices to ensure the long-term health and well-being of the planet and its ecosystems.
● Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Collaborating with experts from various fields to address complex environmental issues that require a multidisciplinary approach.
● Ethical Consideration: Upholding high standards in scientific, academic, and professional ethics.Education and Awareness: Educating individuals and communities about environmental issues to foster informed decision-making and responsible behavior.
● Community Engagement: Engaging with local communities and stakeholders to address their environmental concerns and involve them in sustainable solutions.
● Innovation: Encouraging creative and innovative thinking to develop new solutions for pressing environmental challenges.
● Adaptability: Being open to change and adapting strategies in response to new scientific findings and evolving environmental conditions.
● Long-Term Vision: Considering the long-term consequences of actions and decisions on the environment and future generations.
● Collegiality: Facilitating collaboration, teamwork, and support for each other’s success
● Resource Efficiency: Using resources efficiently and reducing waste to minimize environmental impact.
● Responsibility: Accepting the responsibility to protect and care for the environment for the benefit of present and future generations.
- Name of the Degree: Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, abbreviated as B.Sc. in ES.
- Language of Instruction: English
- Number of credits: 135
- Curriculum: Outcome Based
- Courses Start: Spring (January) & Fall (July) each year
Standard time to attain the Degree: Four years (eight semesters, six months each) - Minimum grade to attain the Degree: 2.50 in a scale of 4.00
B.Sc. in Environmental Science (Code: 221)
The B.Sc. in Environmental Science program at BUFT helps students to systematically understand the origin, evolution and future development of the earth environment. Students learn how to solve problems relevant to environment pollution, environmental protection and sustainable development from biological, ecological, chemical and management perspectives. In the current circumstance, when environment is changing rapidly, the importance and relevancy of the subject has also increased.
Subjects from the fields of fundamentals in ecology, environment chemistry and biology, geomorphology and geographic information system, soils and sustainable water resources, management and remediation of pollution sites, environment management and environment impact assessment, causes and responses to climate change and other global environmental issues, ocean, forest and river ecosystems and their interaction with human activities set the key accents in this program.
Program Educational Objectives [PEOs]
The educational objectives of B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering program are as follows:
PEO 1: B.Sc. graduates in Environmental Science will have knowledge of local, regional and global environmental issues and practical training on modern instruments and analytical techniques for environmental analysis.
PEO 2: Graduates from this department will demonstrate professional communication skills and engage in productive research activities.
PEO 3: They will be involved in various sectors such as environmental research, education, water and energy companies, biodiversity related, conservation, climate, waste management, water quality and sustainable management, tourism etc. and will contribute to societal, technological and industry development.
Program Learning Outcomes [PLOs]
B.Sc. in Environmental Science graduates will be able to:
PLO 1: Contemporary knowledge: Explain the fundamental concepts of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Biology, Economics, Sociology, Earth science and others related topics.
PLO 2: Theoretical knowledge: Gain in-depth knowledge and understandings of each discipline or professional area across boundaries of nations with an aptitude to identify, access, analyze and synthesize existing and new knowledge, and integrate them for enrichment of knowledge.
PLO 3: Problem analysis: Combine facts, concepts, and methods from multiple disciplines and apply to environmental related problems.
PLO 4: Scientific, social and cultural context: Assess necessary scientific concepts and data, consider likely social dynamics, and establish integral cultural contexts when encountering environmental related problems.
PLO 5: Management skill: Apply the core competencies such as problem-solving, verbal and written communication, independent and critical thinking, collaborative teamwork, numeracy, leadership, individual resiliency and other transferable skills.
PLO 6: Ethics: Apply ethical codes of conduct in analysis, interpretation, and development of sustainable policy.
PLO 7: Self-motivated and self-directed learning: Compare the importance and possess the ability to prepare and engage in life-long learning process; also have the ability to transfer the acquired skills in other domains of science.
PLO 8:Technical skill: Formulate practical skills for scientific problem-solving, including familiarity with laboratory and modern field instrumentation, computer applications, statistical and modeling techniques.
PLO 9: Analyzing critical thinking: Analyze how human and ecological systems interact to influence processes in air, on land, and in water, including the transport and fate of nutrients and contaminants through the environments.
PLO 10: Communication skill: Design and execute a scientific project, write scientific reports, develop research and communication skills.
PLO 11: Scientific method of conducting research: Evaluate and present scientific data using appropriate graphing techniques.
PLO 12: Comprehensive sustainable practice: Adopt sustainability as a practice in life, society and industry and predict the consequences of human actions on the web of life, global economy and quality of human life.
