2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Dec 11, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook

Environmental Management, AAS


CODE: ENVMGT-AAS     |     TOTAL CREDITS: 60     |     FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible


DESCRIPTION
This program is designed to meet the growing need for environmental and natural resource technicians within the natural resources management areas. The program offers four core areas of emphasis including biology, chemistry, geology, and environmental science.

ACADEMIC MAP

Map: CSN AAS Environmental Management   


 

Student Learning Outcomes


  1. Illustrate the basic philosophy and procedures of the Scientific Method.
  2. Describe and classify physical and chemical properties of matter.
  3. Illustrate and interpret the organization and structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and their components.
  4. Analyze data and perform dimensional and graphical analysis of collected data.

General Education Requirements


TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 28


300-level and above courses cannot be used to satisfy GE requirements.

Mathematics (6 Credits)


NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.

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  • 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)


NOTE: Your first college-level ENG course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.

Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences (3 Credits)


Major Requirements


TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 32


Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in an Associate of Applied Science degree program will not count toward graduation requirements.

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.