Environmental Sciences & Technology

Provides the necessary skills for a wide range of positions in the Environmental Science Field.

Students have the opportunity to perform hands-on water quality monitoring; soil, water, and air sampling; mineral identification; wetland delineation and restoration; geographic information system mapping; and simulated hazardous wastesite cleanup operations.

Careers are available in both natural resource conservation and urban/remediation fields. This program will assist students in preparing for positions with both public and private sector employers. Potential job titles: environmental technician, natural resource technician, hazardous waste worker, hazardous material handler, fisheries technician, and storm water remediation operator.

This program is approximately six quarters in length, depending on the time students need to satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements.

In addition to the program course requirements, students must also complete the general education requirements for the degree they seek to obtain. The two degree options in this program are the Associate of Applied Technology (AAT) and the Associate in Applied Science–T (AAS-T). The different requirements for each degree are listed below.

AAT Degree General Education Requirements (15 credits):

1. ENGL& 101 English Composition or CMST& 220 (or higher)
2. MAT 105 Math for Industrial Professions (or higher)
3. PSYC& 100 General Psychology (or other social science or humanities class)

AAS-T Degree General Education Requirements (20 credits):

All AAS-T degrees must have a minimum of 20 credits of transferable general education. These credits replace the academic courses required for the AAT degree. Required credits include:

1. 5 credits in Communication: ENGL& 101
2. 5 credits in quantitative reasoning: MATH& 141, MATH& 142, MATH& 146 or MATH& 151
3. 10 credits in social science, humanities, or science (choose two from the following): PSYC& 100, PSYC& 200, PSY 210, PSYC& 220, SOC& 101, ART& 100, MUS& 105, ASL& 121, BIOL 118, BIOL& 160, BIOL& 175, BIOL& 241, BIOL& 242, GEOL& 110, PHYS& 114, ECON 101, ECON& 201, or ECON& 202
   

Students pursuing an AAT or AAS-T degree must complete all college degree requirements prior to graduation. This includes courses that meet the capstone project, diversity, and computer literacy requirements.

Admission Dates: Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer quarters

AAT Program Requirements

AAS-T Program Requirements

Note: 5 Credits of Social Science required (PSYC& 100 OR SOC& 101). GEOL& 110 fulfills an AAS-T science requirement; therefore, only 15 additional credits of general education courses are required for the AAS-T degree.                                                                                                    

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