ESS - Environmental Technology

Environmental Technology | 120 Hours

 

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• Learn to use GIS tools (geographic information systems) to aid in informed environmental decision making
• Model and experience environmental processes
• Explore conventional water treatment methods

General Education Curriculum Applies to all ESS Undergraduate Degree Concentrations

General Curriculum (42 hours)

• ENGL 1010 English Composition I (3)
• ENGL 1020 English Composition II (3)
• COMM 2025 Fundamentals of Communication or PC 2500 Communicating in the Professions (3)
• MATH 1910 Calculus I (4)
• HIST 2010 Early United States History (3)
• HIST 2020 Modern United States History (3)
• ENGL 2130, 2235, or 2330 Literature (3)
• ECON 2010 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
• CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I (4)
• ESS 1100 Intro. to Environmental Studies (3)
• BIOL 1020 Diversity of Life (4)
• Hum/FA Elective (From approved list) (3)
• Hum/FA Elective (From approved list) (3)

Major Field Core Curriculum (37-38 hours)

• AGBE 4120 or ECON 4120 Natural Resource Economics (3)
• BIOL 3120/3130 General Ecology (with lab or non-lab) (3-4)
• ESS 3710 Chemistry and the Environment (3)
• ESS 3000 Intro. to Environmental Law (3)
• ESS 4001/4002 Society and the Environment: Capstone Experience Part I and II (6)
• GEOL 1045 Earth Environment, Resources and Society or GEOL 1040 Physical Geology (4)
• HIST 3900 Environmental History or ESS 3200 Nonprofit Organizations and the Environment (3)
• MATH 3070 Statistical Methods I or BIOL 4220 Biostatistics (3)
• SOC 3600 Environmental Sociology or ESS 4110 Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (3)
• ESS 2100 Environment and Ethics (3)
• ESS 3100 Global Sustainability Issues & Initiatives (3)

Concentration Core (24 hours)

• MATH 1920 Calculus II (4)
• CHEM 1120 General Chemistry II (4)
• CEE 3413 Environmental Engineering (3)
• PHYS 2010 Algebra-based Physics I or PHYS 2110 Calculus-based Physics I (4)
• GEOG 4510 Theory of GIS I (3)
• GEOG 4511 Theory of GIS II (3)
• GEOG 4300 Environmental Management System (3)

Directed Electives (6 hours)

Choose two of the following:

• CEE 4410 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (3) 
• CEE 4430 Water & Wastewater Engineering (3) 
• CEE 4450 Water Quality Modeling (3) 
• ESS 4900 Internship (3)
• GEOG 4210 Cartography (3)
• GEOG 4650 Environmental Applications of GIS (3)
• GEOG 4850 Advanced GIS (3)
• GEOL/GEOG 3200 Water Resources (3)
• GEOL 4711 Hydrogeology (3)
• ESS 4093 Special Topics (3)

Free Electives (10-11 hours)

Environmental Technology: Year by Year Flow Chart (PDF)
Environmental Technology Checklist (PDF)

For questions, please contact your advisor:
Dr. Samantha Allen	saallen@tntech.edu
Dr. Tammy Boles	tboles@tntech.edu
Lisa Brown	lbrown@tntech.edu
David Hajdik	dhajdik@tntech.edu
Dr. Hayden Mattingly	hmattingly@tntech.edu
Dr. Steve Sharp	ssharp@tntech.edu