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Apr 30, 2024
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2016-2017 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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If you’re seeking individual course requirements pertaining to electives, the Course Filter below will assist in narrowing your search.
Variable Courses
Credit Hours-Lecture-Lab
X=Variable
FLI - Foreign Language Institute Courses
VAR - Variable Credit Courses
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ENV-201 Introduction to Environmental Protection Technology
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: Lec 3
This course provides a foundation in which environmental science and protection technicians can study the science of environmental technology and remediation techniques of specific media including water, wastewater, air, noise, and hazardous waste. Environmental pollution sources, risk, regulations, and remediation are presented, along with discussions of environmental science and protection technicians role within the assessment and remediation process. Prerequisite(s): Grade of “C” or better in BIO 105 .
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ENV-202 Water Quality Testing
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: Lec 2 Lab 2
This course provides an overview in which environmental science and protection technicians can study the principals of water quality management. Topics will include; quality standards for drinking water, regulations, and health and aesthetic aspects of drinking water. Chemical principals, source water composition, watershed protection, and water treatment processing will be presented along with discussions of the role environmental science and protection technicians will have in water quality testing and remediation processes. Prerequisite(s): Grade of “C” or better in CHM 101 , ENV 205 and PLS 255 .
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ENV-203 Air Quality Testing
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: Lec 3
This course provides an overview in which environmental science and protection technicians can study the impacts of air pollution and its regulations and reduction techniques. Topics will include the sources of selected air pollutants and source identification tools, chemical transformation and removal processes of the pollutants, characteristics of particulate matter (PM), measurement techniques of concentrations, particlesize distributions, and deposition. Regulations, exposure routes, human health effects, epidemiology, and risk are presented with discussions of environmental science and protection technician’s role within the assessment and remediation process. Prerequisite(s): Grade of “C” or better in CHM 101 , ENV 205 and PLS 255 .
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ENV-204 Hazardous Waste Management
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: Lec 3
This course provides a foundation in which environmental science and protection technicians can study the impacts of hazardous waste and handing techniques. Topics include; the role of hazardous waste in industry, regulations and agencies, hazardous waste versus hazardous materials, creation and implementation of site plans, and site specific procedures. Classifying environmental hazards, personal protective equipment, environmental laws, and decontamination procedures are presented, along with discussions of environmental science and protection technician’s utilization of techniques in hazardous waste operations. Prerequisite(s): Grade of “C” or better in ENV 205 and PLS 255 .
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ENV-205 Occupational Health
Credits: 3
Contact Hours: Lec 3
This course provides a foundation in which environmental science and protection technicians can study the impacts of environmental sampling and process techniques on physical and psychological health. Environmental hazards, personal protective equipment, environmental laws, regulations, and enforcement of occupational health and safety standards/regulations are presented. Environmental science and protection technician’s use of safety techniques and protection practices in the field will be measured. Prerequisite(s): Grade of “C” or better in BIO 105 and ENV 201 .
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ENV-290 Co-Operative Ed/Internship
Credits: 6
Contact Hours: Practicum 18
This course provides a hands-on approach to the daily practices and procedures performed in environmental occupations.
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