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Environmental Geology Professional Certificate Program, 30 hours

CIP: 400601

Designed to equip students with a common set of background skills required by an environmental geologist such as, water and soil sampling, rock and mineral identification, geospatial methods and mapping, hydrogeological and geophysical methods, data analysis, presentation and scientific writing, to enable to take the lead in environmental consultation.

This certificate program is also appropriate for individuals who already have a degree but would like to increase their knowledge of contemporary environmental issues.

Requirements

Required Introductory Geology Courses (4 hours)

GEOL 27110General Geology *

3
GEOL 27111General Geology Laboratory *

1
OR
GEOL 27114General Earth Science *

3
GEOL 27115General Earth Science Laboratory *

1

Required Environmental Geology Courses (18 hours)

GEOL 27340Introduction to Hydrogeology

3
GEOL 27360Environmental Geology

4
GEOL 27424Geochemistry

3
GEOL 27455Geologic Field Methods

3
GEOL 27515Environmental Regulations

2
GEOL 27595Geologic Data Analysis and Scientific Writing

3

Spatial Analysis Requirement (3 hours)

Choose three credit hours from the list below.

GEOG 32207GPS Fundamentals

3
GEOG 32365Geographic Information Systems

3
GEOG 32463Remote Sensing

3

Note: GEOG 32365 has a prerequisite of GEOG 32201 or junior standing and GEOG 32463 has a prerequisite of a GEOG 32201 or permission of the instructor.

Electives (5 hours)

Choose five credit hours from the list below.

BIOL 04420Environmental Issues

4
GEOG 32401Conservation of Natural Resources

3
GEOL 27599Special Investigations in the Earth Sciences

1 to 3

Note: BIOL 04420 has prerequisites of BIOL 04106 and BIOL 04107 with a minimum grade of C and CHEM 24114 and CHEM 24115.