Department of 
           Environmental Science & Engineering 
                                  
                                  
          Syllabus and Course Content of 2-Year  
           M. Tech Programme in Environmental 
                    Science & Engineering 
                                  
                                  
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
                
       
                                  
          INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 
                (INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES) 
              DHANBAD, JHARKHAND 826004 
                                  
                                  
                    Effective from July 2019 
                                  
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                                            Course Structure 
                                            FIRST SEMESTER 
                 Course No.                         Course Name                          L    T    P   C 
                                           Departmental Core-course Theory  
                   ESC 501      Ecology and Environmental Microbiology                   3    0    0    9 
                   ESC 502      Water Supply and Treatment                               3    0    0    9 
                   ESC 503              MATLAB Programming for Numerical                 3    0    0    9 
                                        Computation 
                   ESC 504      Air and Noise Pollution                                  3    0    0    9 
                   ESC 505      Wastewater Engineering                                   3    0    0    9 
                                          Departmental Core-course Practical 
                   ESC 521      Water Chemistry Practical                                0    0    3    3 
                   ESC 522      Air and Noise Pollution Practical                        0    0    3    3 
                                                        Total                           15    0    6   51 
                                                              
                                          SECOND SEMESTER 
            
                 Course No.                           Course Name                          L  T  P        C 
                                           Departmental Core Course Theory 
              ESC 506            Environmental Laws and Impact Assessment                  3    0    0    9 
              ESC 507            Municipal Solid Waste Management                          3    0    0    9 
                                                 Departmental Elective 
              Departmental  Elective  1:  Any  one  course  from  Departmental  Elective   3    0    0    9 
              Group A 
                                                     Open Electives 
              Open Elective 1: Any one course from Open Elective Group A                   3    0    0    9 
              Open Elective 2: Any one course from Open Elective Group A, excluding        3    0    0    9 
              the course already chosen as Open Elective 1. 
                                          Departmental Core Course Practical 
              ESC 523            Wastewater Engineering Practical                          0    0    3    3 
              ESC 524            Soil and Microbiology Practical                           0    0    3    3 
                                 Total                                                     15  0     6  51 
            
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                                    Departmental Elective Group – A 
              ESD 501    Environmental Geology and Resource Management 
              ESD 502    Environmental Biotechnology 
              ESD 503    Environmental Modelling 
              ESD 504    Green Engineering Concepts and Life Cycle Analysis 
          
                                        Open Elective Group -A 
              ESO 501  Environmental Management System and Auditing 
              ESO 502  Environmental Aspects of Industries 
              ESO 503  Instrumental Techniques in Environmental Analysis 
              ESO 504  Environmental Remote Sensing & GIS 
          
                                     THIRD SEMESTER 
              Course No.                 Course Name                   L    T    P   C 
              ESC 508     Thesis Unit 1                                0    0    0   9 
              ESC 509     Thesis Unit 2                                0    0    0   9 
              ESC 510     Thesis Unit 3                                0    0    0   9 
              ESC 511     Thesis Unit 4                                0    0    0   9 
                          Total                                        0    0    0   36 
                                   FOURTH SEMESTER 
              Course No.                   Course Name                    L   T   P   C 
                                 Departmental Electives or Open Electives 
              Departmental Elective 2: Anyone from Departmental Elective Group B. 
                                          or 
              Open Elective 3: Any one from Open Elective Group B         3   0   0   9 
                                          or 
              Any one from the courses offered by another Department 
              Departmental Elective 3: Anyone from Departmental Elective Group 
              B (Excluding the course already selected in Departmental Elective 
              2). 
                                          or                              3   0   0   9 
              Open Elective 4: Any one from Open Elective Group B (excluding 
              the course already selected as Open Elective 3)  
                                          or 
              Any one from the courses offered by another Department  
               ESC 512    Thesis Unit 5                                   0   0   0   9 
               ESC 513    Thesis Unit 6                                   0   0   0   9 
                          Total                                           0   0   0   36 
                                   
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                                      Departmental Elective Group – B 
             ESD 505  Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment 
             ESD 506  Biomedical and Hazardous Waste Management 
             ESD 507  Environmental Biogeochemistry  
             ESD 508  Social Impact Assessment and R&R 
             ESD 509  Air and Noise Pollution Control 
             ESD 510  Soil Pollution and Restoration 
                                                    
                                        Open Elective Group - B 
             ESO 505    Climate Change and Modelling 
             ESO 506    Environmental Geotechnology 
          
          
                                   
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