Graduate Program

5830. Risk Assessment. . An in-depth study of human health and ecological risk assessment. Includes hazard identification, dose-response evalutation, exposure assessment, and the characterization, limitations, management, communication, and perceptions of risk. Standard procedures to conduct a site-specific baseline risk asessment, to calucutlate risk-based concentrations that may be used to develop preliminary remediation goals, and to evaluate human health risks during the implementation of remedial alternatives. Prereq.: ENST 3700, ENST 3760, and senior or graduate standing. 3 s.h.

6900. Advanced Environmental Studies. A study of the principles and issues of environmental science, health, technology, and affairs. Topics will include: contaminant chemistry, terrestrial and aquatic ecology, risks to human health, waste management, conservation, and sustainable development, energy, and pollution. Local, regional, global issues will be studied. 3 s.h.

6901. Sources of Contamination. . A study of the sources and fate and transport of air, water, soil contaminants that have potential to adversely affect human health and the environment. Topics will include: measurement of environmental parameters, data collection and reporting, interpretation of results, compliance issues, and economic implications. 3 s.h.

6910. Environmental Management Systems Standards (ISO 14001). Introduction to establishing a program to set internal industrial standards to identify, measure, and control the environmental impact of their activities, products and services. Including environmental policy, communication, legal requirements, training, documentation and emergency preparedness. 1 s.h.

6920. Environmental Compliance. . Regulatory compliance concerning operations of environmental and health and safety departments. RECRA permitting (NPDES and air emissions), landfilling, Right-to-Know, waste generation, storage, shipping (manifests and placarding), disposal of wastes, MSDS, OSHA regulations, safe work practices, hiring consultants (technical and legal), writing requests for proposals, and documenting and report writing. Prereq.: ENST 6900 or equivalent. 3 s.h.

6921. Industry/Institutional Management for the Environmental Professional. . A comprehensive background in management principles and operations relating to the environmental professions. Topics include: budgeting, staffing, scheduling, leadership, and quality assurance/control. The student will learn to write, evaluate, and implement: technical and cost proposals for contracts and grants, scopes of work, operations plans, sampling and analysis plans, health and safety plans, job descriptions, resumes, statements of qualifications, mission statements, meeting agendas (for professionals and the general public), and other written and oral communications (reports, memorandums, memorandums of understanding, policy briefs, press releases, fact sheets, requests for information). Prereq.: ENST 6900 or equivalent. 3 s.h.

6930. Risk Management. . Using the principles of risk assessment, the student will learn to manage existing environmental risks in the workplace. Topics will include: workplace health hazards, product liability, toxic tort claims, cleaning strategies for risk reduction - such as - brownfield redevelopment, voluntary action programs, alternative and regulatory actions. Economic importance, resource allocation, technical feasibility and public opinion will be discussed. Prereq.: ENST 6900 and ENST 5830 or equivalent. 3 s.h.

6931. Ecological Risk Assessment. . The student will examine environmental risks to non-human populations. Topics will include: measurements of adverse effects due to one or more stressors by examining population communities and ecosystems. Also, the class will study the following issues: threatened and endangered species, wetlands, endocrine disruption, multiple stressors, sediment and soil toxicity, conservative screening versus site specific studies, and natural resource damage claims. Prereq.: ENST 6900 and ENST 5830 or equivalent. 3 s.h.

6900. Thesis. Hours arranged. Applicable to Master's degree in Environmental Studies. Research selected and supervised by departmental advisor and approved by graduate faculty of Environmental Studies Program and Graduate Dean. May be repeated. 1-6 s.h.

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