Environmental Science (ENV) at Lord Fairfax Community College
- ENV 100 - Basic Environmental Science
- Presents and discusses basic scientific, health-related, ethical, economic, social and political aspects of environmental activities, policies/decisions. Emphasizes the multidisciplinary nature of environmental problems and their potential solutions.Lecture 3 hours per week.3 credits
- ENV 101 - Introduction to Environmental Technology I
- Introduces students to basic scientific principles. Includes fundamentals of biology, chemistry, physics, and geology. Course integrates scientific disciplines as they relate to environmental technology. Part I of II.Lecture 3-4 hours. Laboratory 0-3 hours. Total 3-6 hours per week.3-4 credits
- ENV 102 - Introduction to Environmental Technology II
- Introduces students to basic scientific principles. Includes fundamentals of biology, chemistry, physics, and geology. Course integrates scientific disciplines as they relate to environmental technology. Part II of II.Lecture 3-4 hours. Laboratory 0-3 hours. Total 3-6 hours per week.3-4 credits
- ENV 211 - Sanitary Biology and Chemistry I
- Teaches theory and laboratory technique for control tests of water purification including bacteriology, color, turbidity, pH, alkalinity, hardness, coagulations, chlorides, fluorides, iron, manganese, detergents, bactericides, and nitrates. Includes in-plant studies at nearby plants. Studies theory and laboratory techniques for the determination of solids, dissolved oxygen, oxygen consumed, relative stability, bacteria, bio-chemical oxygen demand, organic nitrogen, volatile acids, toxic metals. Part I of II.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.3 credits
- ENV 212 - Sanitary Biology and Chemistry II
- Teaches theory and laboratory technique for control tests of water purification including bacteriology, color, turbidity, pH, alkalinity, hardness, coagulations, chlorides, fluorides, iron, manganese, detergents, bactericides, and nitrates. Includes in-plant studies at nearby plants. Studies theory and laboratory techniques for the determination of solids, dissolved oxygen, oxygen consumed, relative stability, bacteria, bio-chemical oxygen demand, organic nitrogen, volatile acids, toxic metals. Part II of II.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.3 credits
- ENV 231 - Environmental Codes I
- Introduces the regulations, their intent, interpretation of the RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY LIABILITY ACT (RCRA) and the COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL REPSONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA) and similar environmental legislation. Studies their impact on industry.Lecture 3 hours per week.3 credits