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Environmental Sustainability, Health and Safety BS
Program overview
The environmental sustainability, health, and safety major is focused on social responsibility for our activities and being good stewards of the products we make and the services we provide. The program prepares students to work as environmental sustainability, health, and safety professionals in both industry and government. Students gain a strong foundation in science; applied environmental, health and safety science and technology; sustainability and social responsibility; and are provided with the basic tools of financial management, team building, and leadership.
Students are ready to eliminate, reduce, and control the release of pollutants into the environment and to manage health and safety hazards associated with an organization’s activities, products, and services. The program emphasizes globally sustainable and socially responsible approaches and prepares professionals to become leaders in moving toward a more sustainable and socially responsible future.
The most rewarding aspect of an environmental management and technology career is that students can start making a difference right away. There is so much that can be done at every level that students will feel good about their contributions from their first day on the job.
Cooperative education
A minimum of three blocks of cooperative education is required. Students may begin their first co-op experience in the summer following their second year. Co-op provides students with the opportunity to apply their skills in multiple, real-world situations before they graduate. Our co-op students are especially valuable to organizations because they are well-qualified and well-prepared to take on the many interesting environmental projects organizations seem never to have the time to get done otherwise. Co-ops range from field research to office work, and employers range from government to industry.
Curriculum
Environmental sustainability, health and safety, BS degree, typical course sequence (semesters), effective fall 2013
| Course | Sem. Cr. Hrs. | |
|---|---|---|
| First Year | ||
| ESHS-100 | Enironmental Sustainability Health and Safety Seminar | 3 |
| LAS Foundation 1: First Year Seminar | 3 | |
| MATH-161 | LAS Perspective 7A: Applied Calculus | 4 |
| CHMG-111 | LAS Perspective 5: General-Organic Biochemistry | 4 |
| LAS Perspective 1, 2 | 6 | |
| ESHS-150 | Principles of Enironmental Sustainability Health and Safety | 3 |
| PHYS-111 | LAS Perspective 6: College Physics I w/lab | 4 |
| CHMG-112 | General-Organic Biochemistry | 4 |
| ENGL-150 | LAS Foundation 2: Writing Seminar | 3 |
| Wellness Education* | 0 | |
| Second Year | ||
| ESHS-200 | Environmental Geology | 3 |
| ESHS-201 | Environmental Mointoring and Measurement I | 2 |
| PHYS-112 | College Physics II w/lab | 3 |
| BIOL-101 | General Biology I | 3 |
| BIOL-103 | General Biology Lab | 1 |
| TCOM-327 | Enironmental Health and Safety Communication | 3 |
| ESHS-250 | Introduction to Hydrology | 3 |
| ESHS-251 | Environmental Mointoring and Measurement II | 2 |
| ESHS-310 | Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | 3 |
| BIOL-102 | General Biology II | 3 |
| BIOL-104 | General Biology II Lab | 1 |
| ESHS-320 | Occupational Safety | 3 |
| Third Year | ||
| ESHS-330 | Industrial Wastewater Management | 3 |
| LAS Perspective 3 | 3 | |
| ESHS-340 | Occupational Health | 3 |
| ESHS-341 | Occupational Health Lab | 1 |
| LAS Immersion 1 | 3 | |
| STAT-145 | Introduction to Statistics I | 3 |
| ESHS-299 | Cooperative Education Preparation | 0 |
| ESHS-499 | Cooperative Education (spring, summer) | Co-op |
| Fourth Year | ||
| ESHS-460 | Enironmental Health and Safety Accident Causation and Prevention | 3 |
| ESHS-500 | Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability (WI) | 3 |
| ESHS-526 | Exposure Assessment and Analysis | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| LAS Immersion 2, 3 | 6 | |
| ESHS-325 | Construction Safety | 3 |
| ESHS-480 | Enironmental Health and Safety Law | 3 |
| ESHS-350 | Air Emissions Management | 3 |
| MGMT-215 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| ESHS-499 | Cooperative Education (summer) | Co-op |
| Fifth Year | ||
| ESHS-499 | Cooperative Education (fall) | Co-op |
| ESHS-515 | Corporate Environmental Health and Safety Management | 3 |
| ESHS-590 | Capstone Project | 3 |
| Professional Elective | 3 | |
| LAS Perspective 4 | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 126 | |
Please see New General Education Curriculum–Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) for more information.
(WI) Refers to a writing intensive course within the major.
* Please see Wellness Education Requirement for more information.
Accelerated dual degree option
Qualified undergraduate students may pursue an accelerated dual degree (BS/MS) option, resulting in the simultaneous award of BS and MS degrees in environmental sustainability, health and safety management. The option requires the completion of 149 semester credit hours, plus three quarters of cooperative education experience. The program is an option for students who are already enrolled in the BS in environmental sustainability, health and safety program, have completed at least three semesters of undergraduate study, and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.2.
Environmental health and safety management, BS/MS degree, typical course sequence (semesters), effective fall 2013
| Course | Sem. Cr. Hrs. | |
|---|---|---|
| First Year | ||
| ESHS-100 | ESHS Seminar | 3 |
| LAS Foundation 1: First Year Seminar | 3 | |
| MATH-161 | LAS Perspective 7A: Applied Calculus | 4 |
| CHMG-111 | LAS Perspective 5: General Organic Biochemistry I w/ lab | 4 |
| LAS Perspective 1, 2 | 6 | |
| ESHS-150 | Principles of ESHS | 3 |
| PHYS-111 | LAS Perspective 6: College Physics I w/ lab | 4 |
| CHMG-112 | General Organic Biochemistry II w/ lab | 4 |
| ENGL-150 | LAS Foundation 2: Writing Seminar | 3 |
| Wellness Education* | 0 | |
| Second Year | ||
| ESHS-200 |
Environmental Geology |
3 |
| ESHS-201 | Env Mon and Meas I | 2 |
| PHYS-112 | College Physics II w/lab | 4 |
| BIOM-112 | Human Biology II | 3 |
| TCOM-327 | EHS Communication | 3 |
| ESHS-250 | Introduction to Hydrology | 3 |
| ESHS-251 | Env Mon and Meas II | 2 |
| ESHS-310 | Field Biology | 4 |
| ESHS-320 | Occupational Safety | 3 |
| Third Year | ||
| ESHS-330 | Industrial Wastewater Management | 3 |
| LAS Perspective 3 | 3 | |
| ESHS-340 | Occupational Health | 3 |
| ESHS-341 | Occupational Health Lab | 1 |
| LAS Immersion 1, 2 | 6 | |
| STAT-145 | LAS Perspective 7B: Introduction to Statistics I | 3 |
| ESHS-325 | Construction Safety | 3 |
| ESHS-480 | EHS Law | 3 |
| ESHS-350 | Air Emissions Management | 3 |
| MGMT-215 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| Fourth Year | ||
| ESHS-460 | EHS Accident Causation and Prevention | 3 |
| ESHS-660 | EHS Management | 3 |
| ESHS-440 | Exposure Assessment and Analysis | 3 |
| ESHS-710 | Research Methods | 3 |
| LAS Immersion 3 | 3 | |
| ESHS-515 | Corporate EHS Management | 3 |
| ESHS-715 | Graduate Writing Strategies | 3 |
| ESHS-740 | EHS Systems Design | 3 |
| LAS Perspective 4 | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Fifth Year | ||
| ESHS-780 | EHS Systems Review and Auditing | 3 |
| Professional Electives (Graduate) | 9 | |
| ESHS-755 | Corporate Social Responsibility (WI) | 3 |
| ESHS-760 | Integrating EHS Management | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| ESHS-797 | Graduate Project | 3 |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 149 | |
Please see New General Education Curriculum–Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) for more information.
(WI) Refers to a writing intensive course within the major.
* Please see Wellness Education Requirement for more information.