Environmental Laboratory Sciences, BAS

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

ADMITTANCE INFORMATION

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

DESCRIPTION

This BAS program has a technician emphasis in Environmental Laboratory Sciences that provides a distinctive baccalaureate degree pathway for students who receive department approval to declare the BAS or have completed an associate degree in a similar or related field from an accredited institution and receive department approval. This degree furthers the AAS-EM technician level knowledge so that a graduate should be able to further their environmental laboratory technician skills.

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Student Learning Outcomes

Summarize federal, county, state, and tribal policies driving environmental quality policies.
Recall USEPA Quality Control principles and technology to analyze all matrix.
Recommend laboratory techniques and methods to analyze environmental matrix.
Evaluate biochemical, inorganic, and organic data to inform and make decisions regarding data quality.
Categorize all waste streams as a result of laboratory processes.
Select Best Management Practice (BMP) and scientific strategies for managing of laboratory work-flow.
Prepare management actions plans, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and reports.
Show leadership skills within the environmental laboratory sciences 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 (3-5 Credits)

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

Communications (6 Credits)

COM 101 - Oral Communication
and either
ENG 102 - Composition II
or ENG 114 - Composition II for International Students

Human Relations (3 Credits)

Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

ENV 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science

Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science (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 any 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 (49 Credits)

BIOL 190 - Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
and BIOL 191 - Introduction to Organismal Biology
and BIOL 251H - General Microbiology - Honors
and CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I
and CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II
and CHEM 241 - Organic Chemistry I
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
and PHYS 152 - General Physics II
and STAT 152 - Introduction to Statistics

Lower Division 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 (41 Credits)

CHEM 310 - Environmental Chemistry
and CHEM 330 - Analytical Chemistry
and CHEM 355 - Quantitative Analysis
and CHEM 355L - Quantitative Analysis Laboratory
and CHEM 430 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry
and CHEM 443 - Organic Spectroscopy and Structure
and CHEM 444 - Organic Structure Determination Laboratory
and CHEM 455 - Instrumental Analysis
and CHEM 455L - Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
and CHEM 495 - Senior Thesis in Chemistry I
and CHEM 496 - Senior Thesis in Chemistry II
and ENV 345 - Environmental Regulations, History, Law, and Methods
and NRES 322 - Soils
and NRES 430 - Analysis of Environmental Contaminants
and NRES 431 - Analysis of Environmental Contaminants Laboratory