ENVS 500 Review of Environmental Chemistry
3 Credit Hours
For the student lacking 8 hours of Principles of Chemistry and 4 hours of Organic Chemistry. Focus on basics of chemistry, the interaction of chemicals with the environment, production of waste and its disposal, production and effect of greenhousegases, and the geochemical cycles.
ENVS 512 Advanced Environmental Studies
3 Credit Hours
For the student lacking an undergraduate major, minor or associate degree in environmental science. Resources and their management; the interaction in the bio, geo, hydro, and atmosphere; forms of pollution and the dangers of each pollutant.
ENVS 520 Advanced Environmental Chemistry/Environmental Instrumentation
3 Credit Hours
The production and hazards of community and manufacturing waste, the movement of waste in the bio, geo, litho, and atmosphere; selection of appropriate tests for determining the presence and quantity of waste; use of contemporary sampling techniques and instruments.
ENVS 525 Environmental Epidemiology
3 Credit Hours
Focus on environmental exposure and the effects on public health; hazardous waste in the air, water, soil, food, industries, and our homes; biological markers; exposure assessment; hazardous waste sites and their dangers.
ENVS 530 Occupational Health and Safety
3 Credit Hours
Focus on the recognition of chemical, biological, and physical hazards in the workplace; the recognition of common safety, fire, and repetitive motion hazards in the workplace, and the evaluation and control of each.
ENVS 535 Environmental Law
3 Credit Hours
Focus on RCRA, CERCLA, SARA, EPCRA, TSCA, CWA, SDWA, the current amendments to each, penalties for violation of environmental laws, and the preparation of required environmental reports.
ENVS 540 Industrial Hygiene
3 Credit Hours
Focus on air testing, mold testing, noise testing, OSHA inspections, phase I and phase II site assessments, remediation for chemicals, allergens, bacteria, molds, asbestos, and lead.
ENVS 545 Environmental Ethics and Professional Practice
3 Credit Hours
Making moral judgments, development of a personal ethical system, ethical business practice, business organization, and leadership.
ENVS 610 Advanced Topics in Environmental Science
3 Credit Hours
Interdisciplinary approach to contemporary environmental problems involving interactions of the bio, geo, hydro, and atmosphere.
ENVS 615 Emergency Response/Homeland Security Administration
3 Credit Hours
Focus on radiological emergencies and preparedness, chemical emergencies and preparedness, biological emergencies and preparedness, homeland security agencies at the local, state and national level.
ENVS 620 Integrated Remote Sensing
3 Credit Hours
Fundamentals of GPS and GIS, applications in the environmental sciences, visualization of data, data management, and data display.
ENVS 625 Applied Statistics for Environmental Science
3 Credit Hours
Undergraduate statistics required, emphasis on sampling, experimental design, hypothesis testing, and data analysis.
ENVS 630 Site Evaluation and Remediation
3 Credit Hours
Phase I and phase II site assessment, air sparging, bioremediation, containment, incineration, extraction, flushing, soil vapor extraction, solidification, and site monitoring.
ENVS 640 Groundwater Hydrology
3 Credit Hours
Principles of the flow of groundwater; chemical and physical properties of groundwater; aquifers, their character, origin and containment; well hydraulics; sampling; and appropriate regulations.
ENVS 650 Graduate Internship
3 Credit Hours
In-depth project initiated and conducted by the student concerned with a practical environmental, occupational health, or safety problem in coordination with a supervising professor.
