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Apr 22, 2026
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2026-2027 Catalog and Student Handbook
Environmental Management, BAS
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CODE: ENVMGT-BAS | TOTAL CREDITS: 120 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible
DESCRIPTION
This Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Management is intended for those wishing to become environmental technicians performing field work in geology and other environmental sciences across both public agencies and private industry. The program emphasizes real-world applications including geological processes, pollution control, environmental site assessment, ecosystem management, and sustainability planning. Students will build expertise in environmental regulations (such as NEPA and RCRA), field techniques, data collection and analysis, environmental geology and chemistry, and risk assessment. Students wishing to earn an entry level technician proficiency will still be able to earn the AAS-EM degree.
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Program Learning Outcomes
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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)
Human Relations (3 Credits)
Natural Science (3 Credits)
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 GLO 101 - Introduction to Global Studies
- or GLO 110 - Globalization: Issues and Approaches
- or GLO 240 - International Development
- or GRC 103 - Introduction to Computer Graphics
- 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 VID 110 - Videography and Film I
- 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)
Major Requirements
TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 92
Lower Division Core Requirements (45 Credits)
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)
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). |
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