1- Programme Title: Environmental Sciences

2- Programme Type: Single

3- Department (s ):…Botany

4- Coordinator: Professor Dr. Mohamed G. Sheded

5- External Evaluator(s)

6- Last date of programme specifications approval

Professional Information

1- Programme Aims

Qualification of students to be environmentalists who are able to do work and have jobs in the Natural Reserves and Environmental Affairs. Those students have the capability for management of sustainable development of different resources. In addition, they are able to do the environmental impact assessment for the different projects. Also, they can solve the problems that might take place and affect the environment and human health (for example: water pollution, air pollution, food pollution …………………………. etc. Furthermore, the qualification of students for the ecological scientific research.

2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

Knowledge and Understanding:

a1-The main bases of environmental sciences.

a2- The main components of the ecosystems.

a3- Biodiversity and conservation.

a4- Management of the different resources.

Etc.

b- Intellectual Skills

b1- Knowledge making and knowledge synthesis about the environment.

b2- How to design a research work concerning an environmental problem.

b3-Interpretation of data and information concerning any environmental problem.

b4- To be familiar with planning for field investigations and surveying the biota in relation to different environmental factors that may influencing them.

Etc.

c- Professional and Practical Skills

c1- To have the ability to take a position in a teamwork (this team work can carryout research work concerning the environment and the imp0act of different internal and external factors upon the ecosystem).

c2- Suggesting the ways of solving environmental problems.

c3- To be professional to have a job or to do research wok in conservation areas.

Etc.

d- General and Transferable Skills

d1-…The ability of participation in both governmental and non-governmental agencies and environmental societies to assist in regional planning (for example the green belt around cities).

d2-…To participate in application of the rules concerning the environment, pollution, conservation….etc.

d3-…To be able of arrangement among different authrities aiming on a pure environment and healthy people.

d4- Carrying out research work for socio-economic development whivh lead to the positive utilization of the resources according to the development pririties of the country.

Etc.

3- Curriculum Structure and Contents

3.a- Programme duration…Four years……………………………………….

3.b- Programme structure

3.b.i- No. of hours per week: Lectures: 127 Lab./ Exercise: 139 total: 266

3.b.ii- No. of credit hours: Compulsory: 266 Elective -- Optional -

3.b.iii-No. of credit hours of basic sciences courses: No. 259 %: 97.37

3.b.iv- No. of credit hours of courses of social sciences and humanities: No. 7 %: 2.63

3.b.v- No. of credit hours of specialized courses: No. %

3.b.vi- No. of credit hours of other courses: No. %

3.b.vii Practical/Field Training: … …………………………………………

3.b.viii-Program Levels (in credit-hours system): Four (4) years/ eight (8) semesters