- ENV 90 - Coordinated Internship
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Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.
Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- ENV 93 - Studies In
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Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.
Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits
- ENV 95 - Topics In
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Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.
May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- ENV 108 - Environmental Microbiology
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Studies characteristics and activities of micro-organisms, showing their essential relation to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Explores fundamentals of bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology, emphasizing their relationships to community health. Includes soil, water, wastewater, and industrial microbiology.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENV 110 - Introduction to Water and Wastewater Treatment Tech
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Provides entry-level students with a general overview of the entire water supply, treatment, and disposal system. Traces water supply from raw state through treatment, storage, distribution, use, waste collection,and discharge back to the environment. Covers aspects of water supply and wastewater treatment.
Lecture 1-3 hours. Laboratory 0-6 hours. Total 1-7 hours per week.
2-3 credits
- ENV 115 - Water Purification
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Explores principles of water purification including secretion, sedimentation, rapid sand filtration, chlorination, treatment, and prevention of disease. Studies fundamentals of bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology, emphasizing their relationships to community health. Includes soil, water, wastewater, and industrial microbiology.
Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 0-6 hours. Total 2-7 hours per week.
2-3 credits
- ENV 146 - Advanced Wastewater Licensure Review
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Reviews the materials associated with the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator's Class II or Class I level certification examinations. Consists of lecture, audiovisual, and workshop sessions to review the required material and to prepare the trainee to complete the wastewater operator's examination.
Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 0-2 hours. Total 2-3 hours per week.
1-2 credits
- ENV 148 - Math for Water and Wastewater Operations
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Introduces students to basic math calculations relating to water and wastewater concepts and operations. Prepares students for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators certification exam.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENV 149 - Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation
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Teaches principles, practices and desired function and operation of a variety of wastewater treatment unity processes. Evaluates the operation of processes by determination of the information and testing required for evaluation and performing the subsequent necessary calculations.
Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 0-6 hours. Total 2-7 hours per week.
2-3 credits
- ENV 190 - Coordinated Internship
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Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.
Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- ENV 193 - Studies In
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Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.
Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits
- ENV 195 - Topics In
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Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.
May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- ENV 197 - Cooperative Education
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Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college's cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college.
Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- ENV 198 - Seminar and Project
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Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student's occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.
May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- ENV 211 - Sanitary Biology and Chemistry I
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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 220 - Environmental Problems
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Studies the relationship of man to his environment; ecological principles, population dynamics, topics of current importance including air, water, and noise pollution; poisoning and toxicity, radiation, conservation and management of natural resources.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENV 227 - Environmental Law
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Introduces environmental law including the history of environmental laws, the National Environment Policy Act, state environmental acts, hazardous wastes, endangered species, pollution, and surface mine reclamation.
Lecture 2-3 hours per week.
2-3 credits
- ENV 231 - Environmental Codes I
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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
- ENV 235 - Soil Conservation and Spoils Management
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Teaches principles of soil conservation, erosion and sediment processes, spoils placement, both mechanical and natural methods of stabilization, and impacts of not practicing prudent soil conservation methods.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
- ENV 290 - Coordinated Internship
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Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.
Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- ENV 293 - Studies In
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Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.
Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits
- ENV 295 - Topics In
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Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.
May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- ENV 296 - On-Site Training
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Specializes in career orientation and training program without pay in selected businesses and industry, supervised and coordinated by the college.
Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- ENV 297 - Cooperative Education
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Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college's cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college.
Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- ENV 298 - Seminar and Project
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Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student's occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.
May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
- ENV 299 - Supervised Study
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Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.
May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
