Associateof Applied Science in Environmental Technology Charles County Community College |
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Associateof Applied Science in Environmental Technology Charles County Community College |
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Associate of Applied Science
Award: A.A.S.
Number of Credits Required: 60
Courses offered day and evening
Description: The Environmental Technology degree
program offers an opportunity for students to study the necessary
technical and management skills necessary to be environmental technicians.
The program prepares students through a combination of technical
courses in environmental science and related areas and basic course in
English, mathematics, communication and the sciences. Prospective
students should review the full range of courses
and their descriptions. Grauates of the program should expect to
find entry-level employment as environmental analysts, field service
technicians, geologist technicians, installation technicians or
remediation technicians.
Environmental technology graduates provide technical assistance to
engineers and sceintists by performing such taks as sample collection,
monitoring, instrument calibration and data management. They
are typically employed by environnmental engineering consulting firms,
industriues, and government agencies. Environmental technicians need
a strong science background, a basic knowledge of computers, and
both written and oral communication skills.
The maximum number of credit accepted in transfer from other
institutions to this program is 45.
| BAD 1330 | Microcomputer Software Applications in Business | 3 credits |
| BIO 1010 | Botany (lectue & lab) |
4 credits |
| COM 1250 | Introduction to Interpersonal Communications | 3 credits |
| BIO 1700* | Introduction to Ecology (lecture & lab) |
4 credits |
| CHE 1200 | General Chemistry (lecture & lab) |
4 credits |
| ENG 1010* | Composition and Rhetoric | 3 credits |
| ECN 2010 | Principles of Economics I | 3 credits |
| ENG 2050* | Business and Technical Writing | 3 credits |
| ENV 1300 | Environmental Science (lecture & lab) |
4 credits |
| ENV 1400* | Environmental Law and Regulations | 3 credits |
| ENV 1800* | Environmental Monitoring I (lecture & lab) |
4 credits |
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ENV 1600* |
Introduction to Soils (lecture & lab ) |
4 credits |
| ENV 1700* | Hydrology | 3 credits |
| ENV 1810* | Environmental Monitoring II (lecture & lab) |
3 credits |
| GEO 1010 | Physical Geology (lecture & lab) |
4 credits |
| HTH 1710 | Occupational Health and Safety | 3 credits |
| MTH 1120* | College Algebra | 3 credits |
| MTH 1130* | College Analytic Trigonometry | 3 credits |
* prerequisistes are required for these courses
| First Sequence | Second Sequence | |||
| BIO 1010/1010L | General Education | BIO 1700/1700L | General Education | |
| ENG 1010 | General Eduction | CHE 1200/1200L | General Education | |
| ENV 1300/1300L | General Education | ENG 2050 | ||
| MTH 1120 | General Education | ENV 1400 | ||
| Third Sequence | Fourth Sequence | |||
| BAD 1330 | COM 1250 | General Education | ||
| GEO 1010/1010L | General Education | ECN 2010 | General Education | |
| ENV 1600/1600L | ENV 1700 | |||
| ENV 1800/1800L | ENV 1810/1810L | |||
| HTH 1710 | ||||
| Thorne E. Abbott,
Assistant Professor Biology Department Charles County Community College 8730 Mitchell Road P.O. Box 910 La Plata, MD 20646-0910 |
TEL: (301) 934-7814 FAX: (301) 934-7341 e-mail: ThorneA@charles.cc.md.us e-mail: ThorneAbbott@yahoo.com web page: CoastalZone.org |