UNIT 1:
INTRODUCTION TO AIR POLLUTION
Air Pollution, Definition, Air Pollution and Global Climate, Units of measurements of pollutants, Air quality criteria, emission standards, National ambient air quality standards , Air pollution episodes.

UNIT 2:
SOURCES, CLASSIFICATION AND EFFECTS
Sources and classification of air pollutants, Manmade, Natural sources, Type of air pollutants, Pollution due to automobiles, Analysis of air pollutants. Air pollution and its effects on human beings, plants and animals, Economic effects of air pollution.

UNIT 3:
AIR QUALITY SAMPLING AND MONITORING
Ambient air sampling,Stack sampling, instrumentation and methods of analysis of gaseous pollutants,Meteorology, legislation for control of air pollution and automobile pollution.

UNIT 4:
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES
Control equipment, Particulate control methods, Bag house filter, Settling chamber, cyclone separators, inertial devices, Electrostatic precipitator, scrubbers, Control of gaseous emissions, Absorption, Absorption equipment’s, adsorption and combustion devices.

UNIT 5:
NOISE POLLUTION AND ITS CONTROL
Sources of noise, Units and Measurements of Noise, Characterization of Noise from Construction, Mining, Transportation and Industrial Activities, Airport Noise, Noise measuring equipment, Effects of noise pollution, Prevention and control of noise pollution.