Environmental Science (ENV) at New River Community College
Distance Learning
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- 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 108 - Environmental Microbiology
- 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
- 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
- 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 1-6 hours. Total 2-7 hours per week.
2-3 credits - ENV 121 - Foundations of Environmental Science
- Focuses on basic physical, chemical, and biological principles with an emphasis on the interactions between humans and the environment. Assignments require college-level reading fluency, coherent written and oral communication, and basic mathematical skills. Intended for students not majoring in science. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course. Can be taken by itself or before or after ENV 122.Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
4 credits - ENV 136 - Survey of Environmental Concerns
- Studies the relationship of man to his physical environment; ecological principles; public health; topics of current importance including air pollution, potable water, waste disposal, communicable disease, poisoning and toxicity, radiation, with particular emphasis on community action programs.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - ENV 146 - Advanced Wastewater Licensure Review
- 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 1-2 hours. Total 2-3 hours per week.
1-2 credits - ENV 147 - Advanced Water Licensure Review
- Reviews additional 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 water operator's examination.Laboratory 2 hours per week.
Prerequisite: divisional approval.1 credits - ENV 149 - Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation
- 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 1-6 hours. Total 2-7 hours per week.
2-3 credits - ENV 199 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 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 220 - Environmental Problems
- 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
- 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 235 - Soil Conservation and Spoils Management
- 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.
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