Environmental Technology

Certificate: Engineering Technology
Credit Requirements: 40 Semester Credit Hours

This certificate program provides instruction to prepare students to perform a wide variety of skills within the environmental field such as permitting, emergency chemical spill response, operation and maintenance of control equipment, and environmental sampling. Students are prepared for technical positions in the areas of air pollution, water pollution and waste management.

Admission into this program requires proof of high school graduation (or GED) and qualifying scores on SAT, ACT or the TTC placement test.

Recommended Sequence of Courses

First Semester

 

Man and His Environment

3

 

Environmental Science

3

 

Industrial Safety and Emergency Response

3

 

College Algebra

3

Total 12

Second Semester

 

College Chemistry I

4

 

Introduction to Environmental Law

3

 

Environmental Microbiology

4

 

Health Effects of Hazardous Materials

3

Total 14

Third Semester

 

Introduction to Treatment Facilities

3

 

Chemistry of Hazardous Materials

4

 

Environmental Chemical Analyses

4

 

Hazardous Waste

3

Total 14