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Environmental Management Minor

Student Learning Objective
A major responsibility of occupational safety and environmental health staff is to manage environmental hazards created by operational and procedural processes at industrial and manufacturing facilities. This minor will introduce environmental management concepts to the students and prepare them to be successful in those environmental management responsibilities.

Courses in the Program
12 Required Units
BIOLOGY 214 Ecology and Society OR
GEOGRPY 252 Human Environmental Problems (3 credits)
SAFETY 420 Principles of Environmental Management (3 credits)
SAFETY 453 Legal Aspects in EHS (3 credits)
SAFETY 489 Hazardous Materials Management (3 credits)

9-11 Elective Units
CHEM 352 Quantitative Analysis (5 credits)
CHEM 480 Instrumental Methods of Analysis (4 credits)
ECON 471 Natural Resources & Environmental Econ (3 credits)
GEOGRPHY 323 Water Resources (3 credits)
GEOGRPHY 300 Soil Science (3 credits)
GEOLGY 301 Environmental Geology (3 credits)
SAFETY 493 Air Pollution Evaluation & Control (3 credits)

(21-24 Total Units)

Four Year Plan of Courses
BIOLOGY 214, offered every semester and some summers
GEOGRPY 252, offered every semester and some summers
SAFETY 420, offered varies
SAFETY 453, offered every Spring semester
SAFETY 489, offered every Fall semester
CHEM 352, offered every Fall semester
CHEM 480, offered every Spring semester
ECON 471, offered evey Spring semester
GEOGRPHY 300, offered every Spring semester
GEOGRPHY 323, offered every Fall semester
GEOLGY 301, offered every Spring semester
SAFETY 493, offered every Spring semester

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