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Apr 23, 2026
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2026-2027 Catalog and Student Handbook
Environmental Laboratory Sciences, BAS
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CODE: ENVLS-BAS | TOTAL CREDITS: 120 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible
DESCRIPTION
This Bachelor of Applied Science with emphasis in Environmental Laboratory Sciences is intended for those wishing to become professionals in analytical chemistry, instrumentation, and the use of US EPA quality assurance protocols necessary for modern environmental laboratories. The program focuses on environmental laboratory skills, quality control and laboratory safety for the lower division portion and environmental chemistry, sampling methodologies, regulatory frameworks, and analytical equipment use, including mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, and data interpretation for the upper division portion. 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, 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)
Human Relations (3 Credits)
Natural Sciences (3 Credits)
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 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 VID 110 - Videography and Film I
- 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)
Major Requirements
TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 92
Lower Division Core Requirements (49 Credits)
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)
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