2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook

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2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook

CSN BAS Environmental Laboratory Sciences Map

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AREA OF STUDY (AOS): Biological and Physical Sciences

JOB/EMPLOYMENT INFO: www.csn.edu/sciencearea

CSN SCHOOL: School of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

CSN DEPARTMENT: Department of Physical Sciences

WHO SHOULD USE THIS ACADEMIC MAP

This academic map should be used by CSN students who have been accepted into the Environmental Laboratory Sciences, BAS .

HOW THIS ACADEMIC MAP IS SET UP

The academic map is set up to show students the ideal path to completing the degree in eight (8) semesters. Students who cannot take the map’s recommended number of credits each semester will take longer to complete the degree and graduate.

CSN BAS ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY SCIENCES 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 Associates degree in a similar or related field from an accredited institution and receive department approval. This degree furthers the AAS Environmental Management.

Student Note:

Students must complete this BAS degree with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher.
Prior to Semester #1 - Apply to the Environmental Laboratory Sciences program and receive approval from the program director to enter the program.

Semester #1 (15 Total Minimum Credit Hours)

Semester Notes

Click on a course to see more information about that course including description, prerequisites and credit value.

Semester Milestones

Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Recommended Courses
Mathematics (General Education) - Credits 3-6:

Options include: MATH 126 or MATH 126E

English Composition (General Education) - Credits 3-5:

Options include: ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 110 or ENG 113

Human Relations (General Education) - Credits 3:

Options without prerequisites include: ALS 101 or ANTH 101 or ANTH 112 or ANTH 201 or ANTH 205 or ANTH 228 or ECE 202 or HIST 105 or HIST 106 or HIST 107 or HIST 150 or HIST 151 or HIST 210 or HIST 247 or HIST 260 or MGT 100 or MGT 283 or PHIL 135 or PHIL 210 or PHIL 216 or PHIL 242 or PHIL 245 or PSC 201 or PSY 101 or PSY 102 or PSY 207 or PSY 208 or PSY 261 or SOC 101 or SOC 102 or SOC 205 or SOC 207 or SOC 225 or SOC 261 or SOC 270 or SOC 275 or SOC 276 or SOC 298 or WMST 113

Communications (General Education) - Credits 3: COM 101 - Public Speaking
Natural Science (General Education) - Credits 3: ENV 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science

Semester #2 (14 Total Minimum Credit Hours)

Semester Notes

Click on a course to see more information about that course including description, prerequisites and credit value.

Semester Milestones

Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Recommended Courses
Mathematics (General Education) - Credits 3: MATH 127 - Precalculus II
English Composition (General Education) - Credits 3:

Options include: ENG 102 or ENG 114

Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: GEOL 101 - Geology: Exploring Planet Earth
Digital Literacy Elective (Major Requirements) - Complete ONLY if you wish to take GIS 109 as your Lower Division Elective Course - Credits 0-3:

Options include: IS 100B or IS 101

Semester #3 (15 Total Minimum Credit Hours)

Semester Notes

Click on a course to see more information about that course including description, prerequisites and credit value.

Semester Milestones

Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Recommended Courses
Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science (General Education) - Credits 3:

Options without prerequisites include: See a counselor or advisor for options.

U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (General Education) - Credits 4:

Four (4) Credit Options include: HIST 100 or PSC 101

Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 190 - Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II

Semester #4 (16 Total Minimum Credit Hours)

Semester Notes

Click on a course to see more information about that course including description, prerequisites and credit value.

Semester Milestones

Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Recommended Courses
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 191 - Introduction to Organismal Biology
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: ENV 206 - Introduction to Climate Change
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: NRES 210 - Environmental Pollution
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: PHYS 151 - General Physics I
Lower Division Elective (Major Requirements) - Credits 2-4:

Options include: CEE 121 or GEOL 220 or GIS 109 *

^{*Must complete the Digital Literacy Elective (IS 100B or IS 101) as a prerequisite to enrolling in GIS 109.}

Semester #5 (16 Total Minimum Credit Hours)

Semester Notes

Click on a course to see more information about that course including description, prerequisites and credit value.

Semester Milestones

Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Recommended Courses
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: STAT 152 - Introduction to Statistics
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: PHYS 152 - General Physics II
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: CHEM 310 - Environmental Chemistry
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: ENV 345 - Environmental Regulations, History, Law, and Methods
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: NRES 322 - Soils

Semester #6 (16 Total Minimum Credit Hours)

Semester Notes

Click on a course to see more information about that course including description, prerequisites and credit value.

Semester Milestones

Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Recommended Courses
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 251H - General Microbiology - Honors
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: CHEM 241 - Organic Chemistry I
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: ENV 260 - Environmental Measurement and Analysis
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: CHEM 330 - Analytical Chemistry

Semester #7 (13 Total Minimum Credit Hours)

Semester Notes

Click on a course to see more information about that course including description, prerequisites and credit value.

Semester Milestones

Students MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

Recommended Courses
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: CHEM 355 - Quantitative Analysis
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 2: CHEM 355L - Quantitative Analysis Laboratory
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 2: CHEM 443 - Organic Spectroscopy and Structure
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 2: CHEM 444 - Organic Structure Determination Laboratory
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: NRES 430 - Analysis of Environmental Contaminants
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 1: NRES 431 - Analysis of Environmental Contaminants Laboratory

Semester #8 (15 Total Minimum Credit Hours)

Semester Notes

Click on a course to see more information about that course including description, prerequisites and credit value.

Semester Milestones

APPLY FOR GRADUATION by the deadline. Click www.csn.edu/graduation for more information on applying for graduation.

Recommended Courses
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: CHEM 430 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: CHEM 455 - Instrumental Analysis
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 2: CHEM 455L - Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: CHEM 495 - Senior Thesis in Chemistry I
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: CHEM 496 - Senior Thesis in Chemistry II