CURRICULUM for ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS       

Goals: Educational and Program                           

Resources: Faculty, Library, Computer, Offices,

Laboratories, and Equipment                               

Curriculum

Degree Requirements (summary)                            

General Education Requirements                            

ENST Core Courses                                         

Prerequisites for Core Courses                             

Courses in the Minor                                      

Typical, Full-time 4-Year Program                        

Internships

Undergraduate Research

Program Faculty

 

Goals

Educational goal:

The Youngstown State University Environmental Studies Program provides a well-rounded, general education that stresses communication skills, scientific thinking, and stewardship of the environment. Faculty members prepare students for careers or for entrance into graduate schools. If graduates choose to begin employment immediately, the faculty members help them secure entry-level, professional positions in industry or public agencies.

 

Program goals:

1. To maintain a nationally recognized Environmental Studies educational program with high standards of student preparedness and performance.

2. To be sensitive to employment opportunities and employer expectations for education and training of environmental specialists.

3. To emphasize the inter- and multidisciplinary approach necessary to solve environmental problems.

4. To foster an active environmental research program in direct support of the educational program.

5. To strengthen interaction and cooperation between Youngstown State University and the community.

6. To make efficient use of resources in northeastern Ohio.

Resources Available to the Program

 

Faculty

 

With over 400 faculty for about 12,000 students, Youngstown State University offers the diversity of courses and experiences necessary for an Environmental Studies Program of the highest quality.  There are faculty members in all of the university's colleges who have strong interests and expertise in environmental areas, including biologists, chemists, geologists, civil, environmental, and chemical engineers, physical geographers, management experts, and health professionals.  Permanent faculty members that are directly responsible for the program have their home in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences. The Departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Geological and Environmental Sciences provide strong support for the foundation science courses. In addition, faculty in the departments of English, Economics, Political Science, Philosophy, Speech and Communication, History, Art, and Geography, have taught courses and/or published scholarly works on environmental issues. Environmental faculty members engage in research projects including: biological stressors, indoor radon assessment, brown-field redevelopment, bioremediation, risk assessment, and mine subsidence. Youngstown State University is fortunate to have talented faculty members in place who are interested in teaching and research in environmental areas.

 

Program faculty members are listed at the back of this guide.

 

Library Resources

 

As of the academic year 2005, the William F. Maag Library catalog contains 1.5 million records, including over 10,000 items on environmental and environmentally related subject matter.

 

Maag Library is a member of the OhioLINK consortium, serving more than 500,000 students, faculty and staff at over 75 institutions, with more than 39 million library items statewide.  OhioLINK provides access to over 75 research databases, including a variety of full-text resources.  With this service, YSU students can access user-initiated online borrowing and have the ability to electronically request off-campus items from campus computers.  Items can be delivered for use at YSU.

Computer Resources

 

The Computer Center is a centralized computational facility housing the Computer Services and Network Services departments. The facility, which provides decentralized access to faculty, staff, and students, occupies the fourth floor of Meshel Hall.  Customer support services personnel are located in the Tech Desk housed on the fourth floor of Maag Library. Serving both academic and administrative needs, the Computer Center operates an IBM 7060-H30 S/390 Multiprise 3000 Server. The IBM H30 supports a state-of-the-art production environ54 Youngstown State University ment via the z/OS operating system. These environments provide online access to a high-performance RAID-5 disk array, providing a data storage capacity in excess of 4.2 terabytes. Application development currently uses the MODEL204 relational database and VSAM files accessed through the CICS Transaction Server, while a move to the SCT Banner software system is in the early phases of implementation. For those students, faculty, and staff needing UNIX shell services, a Sun server running Solaris 2.8 is available on the network. More than 4,000 online devices, including terminals, personal computers, printers, and projection systems are located on campus. Telephone lines are provided for remote access off campus. Lines are available at 56Kb to access Internet and UNIX services and are serviced in digital mode. 

 

An Ethernet backbone runs through campus and connects workstations, personal computers, Maag Library’s computer system, and the IBM H30 to the Internet. All campus buildings are linked with one gigabit Ethernet optical fiber network backbone consisting of five fully meshed high-speed core switches. Each building is connected to the core backbone with building switches at one Gb speed.  100Mb Ethernet is available to the desktop over Category 5 copper cabling.

 

Over 10,000 network locations have been wired with electronics to activate 5,000 concurrent connections.  Campus Intranet and Internet access is available at each of these locations, including all residence hall rooms. Selected classrooms are equipped with fiber optic access to facilitate broadcast quality, full-motion video distribution, and distance-learning opportunities.

 

An IBM xSeries LINUX cluster supports the Common University E-mail (CUE) system providing electronic-mail services to all the students, faculty, and staff. Access is maintained through standard e-mail client software supporting the POP3 and IMAP protocols (a browser-based web mail interface is also available to all account holders).

 

Personal computers are available on campus for instruction and research. Currently, more than 55

labs are available within the 14 campus buildings and Metropolitan College site. Networked personal

computers allow access to local software, as well as to other facilities on campus, such as Maag Library,

and to Internet sites worldwide. The Electronic Campus provides faculty, staff, and students

the opportunity to use global and local computer networks and current-generation computer hardware

and software via the state-of-the-art network.

 

Within the department laboratories for student use, we have a new computer laboratory:

 

·        17 desktop PCs with monitors and printers, and Internet access.

·        3 laptop Pentium PCs with projection equipment

 

Also available to all Environmental Studies students are 55 other networked computer laboratories within 14 campus buildings. 

 

Environmental Science Software includes:

 

Risk Assessment: MEPAS (Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System) and FRAMES (Framework for Risk Analysis for Multimedia Environmental Systems) from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Battelle; RESRAD-ECORISK from Argonne National Laboratory; RAMAS Ecotoxicology and RiskCalc from Applied Biomathematics.

 

GIS/GPS: ArcView from ESRI; Topo USA and Earthmate from DeLorme.

 

The department maintains a website http://www.as.ysu.edu/~geology with links to environmental studies http://cc.ysu.edu/~amjacobs/, which includes information on programs, course syllabi, and course notes.

 

 

Offices, Laboratories, and Equipment

 

Facilities, including offices, classroom, lecture halls, and teaching and research laboratories are available in Moser Hall and in adjacent buildings, namely, Ward Beecher and Cushwa Halls.

 

For research, the following facilties, offices, and major pieces of equipment are detailed as follows:

 

·        Office of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
·        Chemical Waste Management Facility
·        Biological Greenhouses (including a tropical rainforest cell)
·        Recycling Program (campus-wide)

 

Digital balances, dissolved oxygen meters, photoionization detector, geophysical and groundwater field equipment, water baths, pH and electroconductivity probes, muffle furnaces, spectrophotometers, self-contained breathing apparati, surface and ground water samplers, hand augers, and borehole television cameras.

 

The main teaching/research laboratories used by the Environmental Studies programs include:

 

·        a sample preparation laboratory in Moser Hall equipped with rocks saws, drilling apparatus, and grinders.

·        a soils/sediment laboratory in Moser Hall equipped with hydrometers, nests of sieves and shakers, petrographic microscopes with camera, drying oven, magnetic grain separator, balances, distiller, and soil color charts.

·        a general laboratory in Ward Beecher Hall equipped with laboratory stations with water, air, and vacuum taps.  The laboratory is also equipped with fume hoods, muffle furnaces, refrigerators, balances, water baths, spectrophotometers, pH/conductivity meters, dissolved oxygen meters, and a computer area for data management.  Standard glassware and tools are also available in the lab.

·        a general laboratory in Cushwa Hall equipped with laboratory stations with water, air, and vacuum taps.  The laboratory is also equipped with fume hoods, muffle furnaces, refrigerators, balances, water baths, spectrophotometers, pH/conductivity meters, dissolved oxygen meters, and a computer area for data management.  Standard glassware and tools are also available in the lab.

·        a water quality laboratory in Moser Hall equipped with laboratory stations with water, air, and vacuum taps.  The laboratory is also equipped with fume hoods, muffle furnaces, refrigerators, balances, spectrophotometers, turbidity meters, particle counters, titration glassware, and centrifuges.  Standard glassware and tools and a large stock of reagents for preparing standards for water quality analysis.

·        an environmental sampling laboratory in Moser Hall equipped with 10 SCBAs, a photoionization detector, a borehole television system, two mock groundwater wells, a soil auger set, current meters, a depth sounder, measuring tapes, two water-depth probes, passive respirators, a portable power generator, a motor boat, decontamination supplies, sampling jars and bottles, shovels and trowels, tedlar bags, a hydraulic hoist, water sampling devices, a Secchi disk, etc.

·        in addition to those laboratories above, shared facilities available to environmental studies activities include a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) laboratory in the Center for Urban Studies and the Geography Department, and laboratories maintained by the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Geography, and Health Professions.  Other laboratories for our use include laboratories of the office of Environmental and Occupational Safety, and greenhouses (including a rain-forest cell).

 

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Curriculum

The Environmental Studies Program curriculum consists of designated courses in the following categories:

• general education requirements (GER),
• environmental studies (ENST), including a 200-hour internship and a research project,
• allied science/math (CHEM, BIOL, GEOL, GEOG, PHYS, MATH, STAT),
• a minor in biology, chemistry, geology, physical geography, technology, allied health, economics, or political science, and,
• electives to complete a minimum of 124 semester hours of credits.

Skills in communication, use of computers, problem solving, and teamwork are enhanced in the classroom, laboratories, field areas, and through internship employment.

The Youngstown State University Environmental Studies Program is, in part, "job driven." The curriculum is developed in response to job availability and to employer's expectations for employee education and skills. In order to match student interests and abilities with the multitude of job potentials, each student, upon acceptance to the program, will meet with the Director and other faculty in the program. The Director will also monitor the student’s progress in developing skills in the use of computers, communication, problem-solving techniques, and teamwork. The Director will assure that the student meets the requirements of the program in a timely manner.

 

 

Degree Requirements (Summary) Semester Hours

General Education Requirements for BS Degree 36-44

Core Courses (ENST + Allied Science/Math) 31+(6 or 7)

Courses in the Minor 18

Electives (as needed to satisfy university and

college (Arts and Sciences) requirements.

The minimum for graduation is 124 semester hours, 48 hours of which are to be upper division course work.

General Education Requirements (GER):

All Environmental Studies students are expected to fulfill the University’s general educational requirements (GER). Students enrolled prior to August 2000, may satisfy these requirements under GER that were in effect when they started at YSU.

 

Writing I and II (ENGL 1550 + 1551) 6

Mathematics (included in the major, MATH 1570 or 1571)

Natural Sciences (NS) (included in the major)

Speech (COMM 1545) 3

Personal and Social Responsibility (PS)......... 6

Choose 8 courses (25 hours) from the following 3 areas:

Artistic and Literary Perspectives (AL)....6-9

Societies and Institutions (SI)............6-9

Selected Topics and Electives (ST)..........3

 

Foreign Language 0-8

Other GER include a capstone experience and two "-intensive" courses in each category (oral-, writing-, and critical thinking-intensive). An ENST course can be used for the capstone experience (ENST 5830). One "-intensive" course is available as an ENST course in each category: oral (ENST 4800), writing (ENST 3781), and critical thinking (ENST 3700). Other required "-intensive" courses may be satisfied by choosing "-intensive" courses in other departments/programs.

Environmental Studies Major

The courses in the ENST major will ensure that every graduate has a fundamental knowledge of the key areas of environmental studies and will have the necessary skills to develop into competent professionals. The student must earn a grade of C or better for each course in the major (including support courses in science and math) and in the minor to count towards graduation. An overall C average must be maintained in all courses, including general education and elective courses.

All Environmental Studies majors will take the following core courses: ENST and support courses in science and mathematics. This category includes a capstone, an oral- intensive, a writing-intensive, and a critical thinking- intensive course. Please check the second table below for prerequisites for the core.

Note: If a student takes any course out of sequence, the prerequisite course will not be credited towards graduation.
 
 
 

Course	Prerequisite(s) or recommendations
CHEM 1515/L	Three units of high school algebra and geometry or MATH 1503 and 1511, or equiv.
CHEM 1516/L	CHEM 1515/L
BIOL 2601/L	High school chemistry, recommended
GEOL 1505
MATH 1570	Placement test at level #5 or MATH 1513
or MATH 1571	Placement test at level #7 or MATH 1513
PHYS 1501	MATH 1507 or equiv. high school algebra and trig.
GEOG 2630
STAT 2601	MATH 1504 or equiv.
or 3717
ENST 2600/L	2600L should be taken by majors concurrently with 2600
ENST 3700	ENST 2600 and CHEM 1515
ENST 5810	ENST 2600 or equivalent training
ENST 3730	CHEM 1515
ENST 3750	ENST 2600
ENST 3751/L	CHEM 1516
ENST 5860	ENST 2600
ENST 3780	Junior standing in ENST and permission of director
ENST 3781	ENST 2600 and STAT 2601 or equiv.
ENST 3790	Junior standing in ENST and permission of director
ENST 5800	ENST 5860 and senior standing
ENST 5830	ENST 3700, and ENST 5860, and senior or graduate standing

 
 
 

A minimum of 18 semester hours (sh) for the minor are required, or which 9 sh must be upper division (3700 or higher). A grade of C or better is required in each course. The Environmental Studies major must minor in one of the following: Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Physical Geography, Geology, Technology, Allied Health, Economics or Political Science. Course approval is required from the program director in each department. Credits may include those required for support science and math, as applicable. The student is welcome to take additional courses in other departments as electives. Suggested courses for Minors (UD=upper div.; LD=lower div.) are listed below.

Organic 1 and 2 (CHEM 3719/L and 3720/L) (8 sh) UD Chemical Toxicology (CHEM 3764) (2 sh) UD

Biochemistry 1, 2 (CHEM 3785,6) (3+3 sh) UD

Intermediate Organic Chemistry (CHEM 5821) (3 sh) UD

Biology: Principles 1 with lab (BIOL 2601/L) (5 sh) LD

Principles 2 with lab (BIOL 2602/L) (5 sh) LD

Evolutionary Ecology with lab (BIOL 3780/L)(5 sh) UD

Microbiology (BIOL 3702) (4 sh) UD

Environmental Microbiology (BIOL 4801) (4 sh) UD

Animal Diversity (BIOL 2641) (4 sh) LD

Plant Diversity (BIOL 2640) (4 sh) LD

Ornithology (BIOL 5811) (4 sh) UD

Ichthyology (BIOL 4805) (3 sh) UD

Aquatic Biology (BIOL 5804) (3sh) UD

Geology: Physical with lab (GEOL 1505/L) (4 sh) LD

Geology and the Environment 1 (GEOL 2615) (3 sh) LD

Introduction to Oceanography (GEOL 2602) (3 sh) LD Geology and the Environment 2 (GEOL 5815) (2 sh) UD

Geomorphology (GEOL 3701) (3 sh) UD

Glacial Geology (GEOL 3702) (3 sh) UD

Ground Water Geology (GEOL 4804) (3 sh) UD

Subsurf.Invest. (GEOL 3709) (3 sh) UD

Env. Geochem. (GEOL 5817) (3 sh) UD
 
 

Geography:Human Impacts (GEOG 2603) (3 sh) LD

Weather (GEOG 2630) (3 sh) LD

Map Use and Interpretation (GEOG 2610) (3 sh) LD GIS 1 (GEOG 3731) (3 sh) UD

GIS 2 (GEOG 3732) (3 sh) UD

Technology:Fundamentals of Env. Engin. (CEEGR 3736) (3 sh) UD

Env. Engineering Design (CEEGR 4837) (3 sh) UD Solid and Hazardous Waste Management(CEEGR 5884)

Chem. Engineering Principles I (CHEGR 2683)(3 sh) LD

Chem. Engin. Prin. II (CHEGR 2684) (3 sh) LD

Economics:Principles 1 (ECON 2610) (3 sh) LD

Principles 2 (ECON 2630) (3 sh) LD

Env. Economics and Policy (ECON 2650)(3 sh) LD

Resource and Env. Economics (ECON 4813) (3 sh) UD

Managerial Economics (ECON 5810) (3 sh) UD

Urban and Regional Economics (ECON 5822) (3 sh) UD

Political Sci.:American Government (POLIT 1560) (3 sh) LD

American Legislative Process (POLIT 3701) (3 sh) UD

Public Opinion (POLIT 3714) (3 sh) UD

Global Env. Policy and Law (POLIT 5865) (3 sh) UD

Urban Gov. or State (POLIT 3721) (3 sh) UD

Local Gov. (POLIT 3722) (3 sh) UD

Allied Health: Preventative Public Health Care (AHLTH 3708)(3 sh) UD

Epidemiology (AHLTH 5807) (3 sh) UD

Introd. to Industrial Hyg.(AHLTH 4831/L) (4 sh) UD

Env. Concerns for the Health Care Prof. (AHLTH 4808) (3 sh) UD

Environmental Regulations (AHLTH 4816) (3 sh) UD

Pathology of Infect. Diseases (AHLTH 3704) (3 sh) UD

Notes:

• Placement exam in English and Math required before registration. Foreign Language (FNLG) exam optional.
• ENGL 1550 & 1551 must be completed by 62 SH.
• FNLG through level 2600 required unless satisfied through placement exam.

• A grade of "C" or better is required in the major and minor.

• Courses in the major cannot be used in the GER Domains. Must use two departments to satisfy each domain. AL + SI must equal a minimum of five classes. Domains may be taken in any order.

• Intensive courses required: 2 W, 2 T, and 1 O.
• Classes taken and or repeated out of sequence will not count toward graduation. Check prerequisites.

• Residency rule states that last 30 SH must be completed at YSU; 16 SH in major and 21 SH in Upper Div. at YSU.

• Request for senior evaluation form must be filed by 85 SH.

INTERNSHIPS

All Environmental Studies majors must complete ENST 3790, Internship/Cooperative.

Employers rank internships and cooperative as the most important experiences that a student can have to qualify them for employment as an environmental specialist. Internships and cooperatives provide students with an opportunity to develop real-world skills in an environmental specialty and to learn techniques required for specialized tasks. Internship/ cooperative experience also provides the opportunity for students to make contacts with professionals in the field. Pursuing an internship sharpens employment-seeking skills. The student gains valuable experience by preparing resumes and going for interviews.

Eligibility: Junior Standing in Environmental Studies and Permission of Director of the Center for Environmental Studies.
 
 

1. Students will register for ENST 3790 Internship/Cooperative, 4 s.h. Registration requires a permit that is issued by the program secretary after a request form and a Professional Practice Agreement is completed and approved by the internship faculty member. The student must indicate the nature of the internship and show that the proposed work schedule is feasible.
2. The student should register for the course for the semester(s) corresponding to the job experience. The work should be performed and all requirements should be completed by the end of the course semester(s). If the requirements are not completed due to circumstances outside the control of the student, a grade of I (Incomplete) will be issued according to university policy. The student should make every effort to complete the requirements in a timely fashion. If the time of the work experience (with mentorship) and the semester(s) of registration are not the same, academic credit (ENST 3790) may not be allowed. Exceptions to this rule may be made by the faculty member if internship work is to be over the summer and course registration is planned for the following fall semester or the previous spring semester. The student should not assume that this arrangement is possible unless the faculty member agrees in advance.
3. Prior to registration, the student must be accepted into a specific internship/cooperative form of employment. The work must involve at least 200 hours on the job. The required work can be done during one semester, or if appropriate, spread over two semesters. It is intended that the internship/cooperative will be long enough to provide the student with sufficient time to learn details about specific environmental employment tasks. If the duration of the internship is expected to require more than one semester, then the student should pro-rate the number of credits for each semester (e.g., 2 sh + 2 sh).
4. Interns are required to prepare a resume. The resume, along with a suitable job application cover letter, must be approved by their advisor. The cover letter and resume will be submitted as a job application to a participating employer of the student's choice. One of the objectives of the internship/cooperative is to develop the skills required for writing a resume and participating in a job interview.
5. Student applicants will be interviewed by the supervising employer.
6. Each student will maintain a daily log of his or her employment experience. The log will be kept in a hard cover notebook. It must contain the following: date and time entries, specific job tasks, personal contacts, and general comments about the experience. The purpose of the log is to ensure that the student reflects on the work he or she is doing and places the work experience in a broader perspective of job skills and career development.
7. During the time of employment, the student will meet with the assigned faculty advisor (mentor) bi-weekly and discuss the progress of the internship. The faculty member may also confer with the employer. The student should follow recommendations for improvement given by either the employer or the faculty member. Situations that may raise concern about health and safety, liability, intellectual property, quality of work, etc., should be discussed and the Director will be notified. Proper action should be taken to remove the potential for problems.
7. Each student will prepare a final written report of his or her experience. The report will contain a description of the tasks performed and an evaluation of the internship/ cooperative experience. The intent of the report is two- fold: (1) to provide further experience in written communication (the ability to communicate is the most important skill identified by employers of environmental specialists), and (2) to evaluate the internship/ cooperative and reflect on the educational training value of the experience.
8. Each student will also present an oral report of his or her experience to other environmental students and faculty. This presentation has two purposes: (1) to provide an opportunity for the student to improve oral communication skills, and (2) to communicate to others in the program.
9. Every Intern/Coop will be evaluated by their employer.* This will include an assessment of the student’s attitude, communication skills, suitability for the job, teamwork skills, employability, and effectiveness of the interview.

*/ The purpose of the employer evaluation is to provide students with an assessment of their employment strengths and weaknesses so that they may be prepared for employment opportunities upon graduation. The evaluation will be kept confidential and will not be used for grade determination or future employment recommendations.
 
 

Intern _______________________________________________ Date ________________

Name of Company ______________________________________

Evaluator ____________________________________________
 
 

How strongly do you agree with the following statements?
 

The Intern...
Statement		Strongly Agree		Agree		Neither Agree nor Disagree		Disagree		Strongly Disagree		Can’t Say
was cooperative	1		2		3		4		5		6
had a good attitude	1		2		3		4		5		6
was knowledgeable	1		2		3		4		5		6
was efficient	1		2		3		4		5		6
was reliable	1		2		3		4		5		6
was dressed appropriately	1		2		3		4		5		6
worked well with others	1		2		3		4		5		6
communicated effectively	1		2		3		4		5		6

What overall grade would you recommend for this student?

Comments: (Please use the reverse side for additional comments).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Center for Environmental Studies appreciates your cooperation.

All Environmental Studies majors must complete ENST 3780, Environmental Research.

Graduate schools and research establishments consider an undergraduate student research experience as extremely valuable. Research provides students with an opportunity to work with faculty and graduate students. Research furthers our knowledge of basic environmental science and helps us find solutions to environmental problems. The process improves student skills in gathering data, brainstorming ideas, evaluating data, and discussing the results to others through written and oral presentations. Environmental research can be focused on fieldwork, computer simulation, or laboratory analysis.
 
 

Eligibility: Junior Standing in Environmental Studies and Permission of Director of the Center for Environmental Studies.
 
 

1. Students will register for ENST 3780 Environmental Research, 2 s.h. (minimum). Registration requires a permit that is issued by the program secretary after a request form is completed and approved by the research faculty member. The student must indicate the nature of the research and show that the proposed work schedule is feasible.
2. The student should register for the course for the semester corresponding to the research project. The work should be performed and all requirements should be completed by the end of the course semester. If the requirements are not completed due to circumstances outside the control of the student, a grade of I (Incomplete) will be issued according to university policy. The student should make every effort to complete the requirements in a timely fashion. If the time of the research experience (with mentorship) and the semester of registration are not the same, academic credit (ENST 3780) may not be allowed. Exceptions to this rule may be made by the faculty member if research is to be over the summer and course registration is planned for the following fall semester or the previous spring semester. The student should not assume that this arrangement is possible unless the faculty member agrees in advance.

3. Each student will maintain a daily log of his or her research experience. The log will be kept in a hard cover notebook. It must contain the following: date and time entries, specific tasks, data and observations, preliminary conclusions, and general comments about the experience. The purpose of the log is to ensure that the student reflects on the work he or she is doing and places the research experience in a broader perspective of discovery and career development.
4. During the time of research, the student will meet with the assigned faculty advisor (mentor) as required and discuss the progress of the research. The student should follow recommendations for improvement given by the faculty member. Situations that may raise concern about health and safety, liability, intellectual property, quality of work, etc., should be discussed and the Director should be notified. Proper action should be taken to remove the potential for problems.

5. Each student will prepare a final written report on his or her research. The report will contain the problem identification, hypothesis formation, experimentation, data analysis and interpretation. The faculty member may require the student to present the report orally on-campus informally or though the Quest program, and may encourage the student to present the work off-campus (orally at a conference or for publication).

Faculty participating in Environmental Studies Program

(Listed alphabetically by last name; bold type indicates a joint appointment with the Center for Environmental Studies)

Full-time Faculty Teaching Undergraduate Courses in Environmental Studies.  Listed alphabetically by last name; bold type indicates ENST undergraduate courses regularly taught.

Amin, Isam (Dr.).  Associate Professor and Director of the Environmental Studies Programs, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences.  B.Sc., University of Khartoum, Sudan, 1977; M.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology at Socorro, 1983; Ph.D., University of Nevada-Reno, 1987.  Research interests include: groundwater contaminants and remediation, hydrologic tracer studies.  Teaches: Foundations of Environmental Studies (and Lab.), Environmental Sampling, Water Quality.

Armstrong, Felicia P. (Dr.). Assistant Professor, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences.  B.S. University of Dayton, 1987; M.S. Alabama A & M University, 1996; Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, 2003.  Research interests include: environmental chemistry of soils, ecotoxicology. Teaches: Introduction to Environmental Science, Environmental Chemistry, Risk Assessment.

Beiersdorfer, Raymond E. (Dr.).  Professor, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences.  B.A., Queens College, City University of New York, 1979; M.S., University of California at Davis, 1982; Ph.D., University of California at Davis, 1992.  Research interests include:  geochemistry, environmental geochemistry, soil formation Earth and non-Earth environments.  Teaches: Introduction to Environmental Science.

Dick, Jeffrey C. (Dr.).  Associate Professor, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences.  B.S. Kent State University, 1959; M.S. Kent State University, 1982; Ph.D., Kent State University,1992.  Research interests include:  environmental geoengineering, contamination of soil and water resulting from highway salt runoff.

Diggins, Thomas P. (Dr.). Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences.  B.S. Kent State University, 1986; M.S. State University of NY, 1991; Ph.D. State University of NY, 1997. Research interests include: assessment of disturbed aquatic communities and impact of invading species on fish community structure.

Jacobs, Alan M. (Dr.).  Chair and Professor, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences.  B.S.             (honors) The City College, City University of New York, 1963; A.M. Indiana University, 1965; Ph.D. Indiana     University, 1967.  Research interests include:  fate and transport of vinyl chloride in ground water,         subsidence in undermined areas, soil washing of lead-contaminated wastes.  Teaches: Introduction to             Environmental Science (Summers) and Seminar/Pollution in the Valley.

Carl G. Johnston (Dr.), Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Programs and Department of Biological         Sciences.  B.S., University of Manitoba, 1981;  M.S., University of Alaska, 1986; Ph.D., University
    of Cincinnati, 1992.  Research interests include: bioremediation, microbial ecology, and environmental         microbiology.

Khawaja, Ikram (Dr.). Professor Emeritus, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences.  B.S., University of Karachi, Pakistan, 1962; M.S. University of Karachi, Pakistan, 1963; M.S., Southern Illinois University, 1968; Ph. D., Indiana University, 1969.  Research interests include:  applied geology, nonpoint pollution, indoor radon.

Martin, Scott C. (Dr.). Chair and Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering.  B.A. Clarkson College of Technology, 1977; M.S. Clarkson College of Technology, 1979; Ph.D. Clarkson College of Technology, 1984.  Research interests include:  constructed wetlands, water quality modeling. Teaches: Water Quality.

Mincey, Daryl W. (Dr.).  Chair and Professor, Department of Chemistry.  B.S. University of Cincinnati, 1972; M.S. University of Cincinnati, 1994; Ph.D. University of Cincinnati, 1979.  Research interests include:  soil and sediment analysis, improvement of laboratory instrumental techniques.