Environmental Management, BAS

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CODE: ENVMGT-BAS | TOTAL CREDITS: 120 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible

ADMITTANCE INFORMATION

Admittance into the Bachelor of Applied Science requires completion of the CSN AAS Environmental Management degree or program director approval.

DESCRIPTION

The Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Management degree program provides students with a flexible, relevant and current curriculum that includes opportunities for students to demonstrate a depth and breadth of knowledge in environmental theory, technology with experiential knowledge necessary to function as an environmental technician.

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Academic Map: BAS Environmental Management

Academic Map: BAS Environmental Management (Associate’s Completed)

Student Learning Outcomes

Summarize federal, state, local, and tribal policies driving natural resource policies.
Recall landscape ecology principles and technology to analyze ecological scenarios.
Recommend environmental techniques to develop management scenarios for working environmental specialists.
Analyze biological, chemical, geological and environmental science data to inform and make management decisions regarding environmental issues.
Categorize natural resource decision-making utilizing effective communication techniques.
Select Best Management Practices (BMP) and scientific strategies for managing natural resources.
Prepare management action plans.
Show leadership skills within the environmental management and natural resource fields.

General Education Requirements

TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 28

Mathematics (6 Credits)

^{REQUIRED: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

MATH 126 - Precalculus I
or MATH 126E - Precalculus I Expanded
and MATH 127 - Precalculus II
_{REMINDER: If a student does not place into the correct college-level MATH course, they are required to complete a preparatory or prerequisite course(s) or attempt to gain a higher score on the MATH placement exam. Such preparatory or prerequisite courses are not part of the degree, may delay degree completion, and will cause the student to complete more credits than the total listed on this degree.}

English Composition (3-5 Credits)

^{REQUIRED: Your first college-level ENG course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Communications (6 Credits)

Option One
COM 101 - Oral Communication
and ENG 102 - Composition II
Option Two
COM 101 - Oral Communication
and ENG 114 - Composition II for International Students

Human Relations (3 Credits)

Natural Science (3 Credits)

ENV 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science

Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences (3 Credits)

any AM prefix course
or any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L)
or any ART prefix course
or any COM prefix course
or CRJ 104 - Introduction to Administration of Justice
or DAN 101 - Dance Appreciation
or any ECON prefix course
or ENG 223 - Themes of Literature or above
or GEOG 106 - Introduction to Cultural Geography
or HHP 150 - Living Healthy and Well
or HHP 201 - Stress Management
or HHP 213 - Healthy Aging
or any HIST prefix course
or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)
or any PHIL prefix course
or PHO 101 - Beginning Photography
or any PSC prefix course
or any PSY prefix course
or any SOC prefix course
or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)
or WMST 113 - Gender, Race, and Class
or World Languages 101B or above (this includes the following course prefixes: ARA, ARM, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, GRE, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, SPAN, and THAI)

U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (4-6 Credits)

Four Credit Options
HIST 100 - Historical Issues and Contemporary Society
or PSC 101 - Introduction to American Politics
Six Credit Options
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
or
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 217 - Nevada History
or
HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
and HIST 111 - Survey of U.S. Constitutional History
or
HIST 111 - Survey of U.S. Constitutional History
and HIST 217 - Nevada History

Special Program Requirements

TOTAL SPECIAL PROGRAM CREDITS: 92

Lower Division Core Requirements (45 Credits)

BIOL 190 - Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
and BIOL 191 - Introduction to Organismal Biology
and BIOL 211 - Introduction to Field Biology
and CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I
and CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II
and CHEM 220 - Introductory Organic Chemistry
and ENV 201 - Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment
and ENV 206 - Introduction to Climate Change
and ENV 260 - Environmental Measurement and Analysis
and GEOL 101 - Geology: Exploring Planet Earth
and NRES 210 - Environmental Pollution
and PHYS 151 - General Physics I

Elective (2-4 Credits)

^{Students who complete CEE 121 (2 credits) or GEOL 220 (4 credits) DO NOT need to complete the Digital Literacy Elective. Students who wish to complete GIS 109 MUST complete the Digital Literacy Elective as it is the prerequisite to GIS 109.}

Digital Literacy Elective (0-3 Credits)

^{Students only need to complete this elective if they wish to complete GIS 109 to satisfy the elective requirement (2-4 credits) above. The Digital Literacy Elective is the prerequisite for admittance into GIS 109.}

Upper Division Core Requirements (39 Credits)

BIOL 305 - Introduction to Conservation Biology
and BIOL 341 - Principles of Ecology
and CHEM 310 - Environmental Chemistry
and CHEM 330 - Analytical Chemistry
and ENV 345 - Environmental Regulations, History, Law, and Methods
and ENV 360 - Environmental Assessment Methods
and GEOL 330 - Introduction to Geochemistry
and GEOL 334 - Environmental Geology
and GEOL 362 - Principles of Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
and GEOL 448 - Field Geology I
and GEOL 474 - Hydrogeology
and NRES 322 - Soils

Upper Division Electives (6 Credits)

^{Either repeat BIOL, ENV, or GEOL. If a student chooses CHEM, they must complete both CHEM courses listed (not repeat one or the other).}