Environmental Technology and Management (BS)
Environmental Technology and Management offers a comprehensive teaching and research program, preparing students for careers within the arenas of environmental regulation, environmental site assessment, and environmental health and safety. This curriculum prepares graduates to collect data, analyze and interpret those data, and determine appropriate solutions for sound environmental management. The curriculum focuses on the sciences behind the biological and chemical mechanisms of environmental processes. Students learn how to deal with a range of topics from every day environmental management activities to natural and man-made disasters such as chemical spills, fires, hurricanes, oil spills, and more. Many Environmental Technology courses emphasize hands-on training with state-of-the-art monitoring equipment.An internship to obtain actual working-world experience is required.
Contact
For information on entrance requirements, contact the program director:
Dr. Angela Allen
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Room 2231 Jordan Hall Addition
Campus Box 8008
Raleigh, NC 27695-8008
919.515.7581
amallen2@ncsu.edu
Plan Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orientation Courses | |||
| 贰狈痴听100 | Student Success in Environmental First Year | 1 | |
| 贰狈痴听101 | Exploring the Environment | 2 | |
| Mathematical Sciences | |||
| 惭础听131 | Calculus for Life and Management Sciences A | 3 | |
| 辞谤听惭础听141 | Calculus I | ||
| 厂罢听311 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 | |
| Natural Sciences | |||
| 颁贬听101 &补尘辫;听颁贬听102 | Chemistry - A Molecular Science and General Chemistry Laboratory | 4 | |
| 叠滨翱听181 | Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity | 4 | |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | ||
| Introductory Organic Chemistry | |||
| Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry I Lab | |||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | ||
| Organic Chemistry II and Organic Chemistry II Lab | |||
| Ecotoxicology | |||
| 厂厂颁听200 &补尘辫;听厂厂颁听201 | Soil Science and Soil Science Laboratory | 4 | |
| 笔驰听131 | Conceptual Physics | 4 | |
| 辞谤听笔驰听211 | College Physics I | ||
| Ecology Elective | 4 | ||
| Required Courses | |||
| 贰罢听105 | Introduction to Environmental Regulations | 3 | |
| Environmental Technology Lab Electives | 6 | ||
| Environmental Technology Laboratory I | |||
| Environmental Technology Laboratory II | |||
| Pollution Prevention | |||
| Environmental Technology Laboratory III | |||
| Environmental Technology Laboratory IV | |||
| Laboratory Safety Systems and Management | |||
| Environmental Technology Laboratory V | |||
| 贵翱搁听353 | GIS and Remote Sensing for Environmental Analysis and Assessment | 3 | |
| 辞谤听骋滨厂听280 | Introduction to GIS | ||
| 贰罢听310 | Environmental Monitoring and Analysis | 3 | |
| 贰罢听320 | Fundamentals of Air Pollution | 3 | |
| 贰罢听330 | Environmental Technology Practicum | 3 | |
| 贰罢听455 | Adaptive Management and Governance | 3 | |
| 贵翱搁听420 | Watershed and Wetlands Hydrology | 4 | |
| 辞谤听狈搁听484 | Environmental Impact Assessment | ||
| Capstone Elective | 3 | ||
| 狈搁听301 | Practicum for Professional Development I | 1 | |
| 惭础听231 | Calculus for Life and Management Sciences B | 3 | |
| 辞谤听厂罢听312 | Introduction to Statistics II | ||
| 颁贬听201 &补尘辫;听颁贬听202 | Chemistry - A Quantitative Science and Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory | 4 | |
| 辞谤听狈搁听300 | Natural Resource Measurements | ||
| Policy Elective | 3 | ||
| Economics Elective | 3 | ||
| IP Elective | 3 | ||
| Advised Electives | 15 | ||
| Students are encouraged to select courses that will fulfill an academic minor. Courses should enhance students鈥� career objectives and must be approved by faculty advisor. | |||
| Note: Courses cannot be counted toward both core course requirements and advised electives. | |||
| General Education Program (GEP) Courses | |||
| 贰狈骋听101 | Academic Writing and Research 1 | 4 | |
| GEP Humanities | 6 | ||
| GEP Health and Exercise Studies | 2 | ||
| GEP Elective | 3 | ||
| GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives | 2 | ||
| GEP Global Knowledge (Verify Requirement) | |||
| World Language Proficiency (Verify Requirement) | |||
| Free Electives | |||
| Free Electives (12 Hr S/U Lmt) 2 | 3 | ||
| Total Hours | 120 | ||
- 1
A grade of C- or better required.
- 2
Students should consult their academic advisors to determine which courses fill this requirement.
Ecology Electives
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 础贰颁听360 | Ecology | 4 | |
| 贵翱搁听260 | Forest Ecology | 4 | |
| 笔叠听360 | Ecology | 4 |
Environmental Technology Laboratory Electives
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 贰罢听201 | Environmental Technology Laboratory I | 1 | |
| 贰罢听202 | Environmental Technology Laboratory II | 1 | |
| 贰罢听203 | Pollution Prevention | 1 | |
| 贰罢听301 | Environmental Technology Laboratory III | 1 | |
| 贰罢听302 | Environmental Technology Laboratory IV | 1 | |
| 贰罢听303 | Laboratory Safety Systems and Management | 1 | |
| 贰罢听401 | Environmental Technology Laboratory V | 1 |
Capstone Electives
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 贰厂听400 | Analysis of Environmental Issues | 3 | |
| 贰罢听460 | Practice of Environmental Technology | 3 | |
| 狈搁听406 | Conservation of Biological Diversity | 3 |
Policy Electives
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 础搁贰听309 | Environmental Law & Economic Policy | 3 | |
| 贵翱搁听472 | Forest Soils | 4 | |
| 狈搁听460 | Renewable Natural Resource Management and Policy | 3 | |
| 狈搁听560 | Renewable Natural Resource Management and Policy | 3 | |
| 笔厂听320 | U.S. Environmental Law and Politics | 3 | |
| 笔厂听336 | Global Environmental Politics | 3 |
Economics Electives
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 础搁贰听201 | Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | 3 | |
| 础搁贰听201A | Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | 3 | |
| 贰颁听201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | |
| 贰颁听205 | Fundamentals of Economics | 3 |
IP Electives
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 贰厂听100 | Introduction to Environmental Sciences | 3 | |
| 贵奥听221 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听100 | Earth System Science: Exploring the Connections | 4 |
Advised Electives
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 础贰颁听419 | Freshwater Ecology | 4 | |
| 础贰颁听441 | Biology of Fishes | 3 | |
| 础贰颁听442 | Biology of Fishes Laboratory | 1 | |
| 础贰颁听519 | Freshwater Ecology | 4 | |
| 叠鲍厂听350 | Economics and Business Statistics | 3 | |
| 颁翱惭听436 | Environmental Communication | 3 | |
| 贰厂听113 | Earth from Space | 3 | |
| 贰厂听150 | Water and the Environment | 3 | |
| 贰厂听200 | Climate Change and Sustainability | 3 | |
| 贰厂听300 | Energy and Environment | 3 | |
| 贰厂听400 | Analysis of Environmental Issues | 3 | |
| 贰罢听120 | Introduction to Renewable Energy Technologies and Assessments | 3 | |
| 贰罢听220 | Solar Photovoltaics Assessment | 3 | |
| 贰罢听255 | Hydro, Wind, and Bioenergy Assessment | 3 | |
| 贰罢听262 | Renewable Energy Adoption: Barriers and Incentives | 3 | |
| 贵翱搁听150 | Critical Thinking and Data Analysis | 2 | |
| 贵翱搁听248 | Forest History, Technology and Society | 3 | |
| 贵翱搁听260 | Forest Ecology | 4 | |
| 贵翱搁听304 | Theory of Silviculture | 4 | |
| 贵翱搁听330 | North Carolina Forests | 3 | |
| 贵翱搁听339 | 4 | ||
| 贵翱搁听353 | GIS and Remote Sensing for Environmental Analysis and Assessment | 3 | |
| 贵翱搁听414 | World Forestry | 3 | |
| 贵翱搁听420 | Watershed and Wetlands Hydrology | 4 | |
| 贵翱搁听520 | Watershed and Wetlands Hydrology | 4 | |
| 骋滨厂听280 | Introduction to GIS | 3 | |
| 惭叠听411 | Medical Microbiology | 3 | |
| 惭叠听412 | Medical Microbiology Laboratory | 1 | |
| 惭叠听451 | Microbial Diversity | 3 | |
| 惭叠听452 | Microbial Diversity Lab | 2 | |
| 惭贰础听101 | Geology I: Physical | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听110 | Geology I Laboratory | 1 | |
| 惭贰础听130 | Introduction to Weather and Climate | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听135 | Introduction to Weather and Climate Laboratory | 1 | |
| 惭贰础听200 | Introduction to Oceanography | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听202 | Geology II: Historical | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听210 | Oceanography Lab | 1 | |
| 惭贰础听211 | Geology II Laboratory | 1 | |
| 惭贰础听220 | Marine Biology | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听250 | Introduction to Coastal Environments | 3 | |
| 惭贰础听251 | Introduction to Coastal Environments Laboratory | 1 | |
| 惭贰础听300 | Environmental Geology | 4 | |
| 惭贰础听323 | Geochemistry of Natural Waters | 3 | |
| 狈搁听219 | Natural Resource Markets | 3 | |
| 狈搁听350 | International Sustainable Resource Use | 4 | |
| 狈搁听400 | Natural Resource Management | 4 | |
| 狈搁听420 | Watershed and Wetlands Hydrology | 4 | |
| 狈搁听421 | Wetland Science and Management | 3 | |
| 狈搁听500 | Natural Resource Management | 4 | |
| 狈搁听520 | Watershed and Wetlands Hydrology | 4 | |
| 狈搁听521 | Wetland Science and Management | 3 | |
| 笔叠听200 | Plant Life | 4 | |
| 笔叠听213 | Plants and Civilization | 3 | |
| 笔叠听220 | Local Flora | 3 | |
| 笔叠听400 | Plant Diversity and Evolution | 4 | |
| 笔叠听403 | Systematic Botany | 4 | |
| 笔叠听413 | Plant Anatomy | 2 | |
| 笔叠听421 | Plant Physiology | 3 | |
| 笔叠听480 | Introduction to Plant Biotechnology | 3 | |
| 笔叠听503 | Systematic Botany | 4 | |
| 笔叠听513 | Plant Anatomy | 2 | |
| 笔叠听580 | Introduction to Plant Biotechnology | 3 | |
| 笔笔听315 | Principles of Plant Pathology | 4 | |
| 厂惭罢听200 | Introduction to Sustainable Materials and Technology | 3 | |
| 厂惭罢听201 | Sustainable Materials for Green Housing | 2 | |
| 厂惭罢听310 | Introduction to Industrial Ecology | 3 | |
| 厂厂颁听341 | Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management | 3 | |
| 厂厂颁听461 | Soil Physical Properties and Plant Growth | 3 | |
| 厂厂颁听470 | Wetland Soils | 3 | |
| 厂厂颁听570 | Wetland Soils | 3 | |
| 厂罢听350 | Economics and Business Statistics | 3 | |
| 厂罢听370 | Probability and Statistics for Engineers | 3 | |
| 罢翱齿听201 | Poisons, People and the Environment | 3 | |
| 罢翱齿听401 | Principles of Toxicology | 4 | |
| 罢翱齿听415 | Ecotoxicology | 4 | |
| 罢翱齿听501 | Principles of Toxicology | 4 |
Semester Sequence听
This is a sample.
Critical Path Courses 鈥� Identify using the code (CP) which courses are considered critical path courses which represent specific major requirements that are predictive of student success in a given program/plan. Place the (CP) next to the credit hours for the course.听
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Hours | |
| 贰狈痴听100 &补尘辫;听贰狈痴听101 | Student Success in Environmental First Year and Exploring the Environment | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听101 | Academic Writing and Research 1 | 4 |
| 惭础听131 or 惭础听141 | Calculus for Life and Management Sciences A (CP) 2 or Calculus I | 3-4 |
| 叠滨翱听181 | Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity (CP) | 4 |
| GEP Health and Exercise Studies | 1 | |
| 听 | Hours | 15 |
| Spring Semester | ||
| 笔驰听131 | Conceptual Physics | 4 |
| 贰罢听105 | Introduction to Environmental Regulations | 3 |
| Economics Requirement | 3 | |
| GEP Humanities | 3 | |
| IP Elective | 3 | |
| GEP Health and Exercise Studies | 1 | |
| 听 | Hours | 17 |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| 厂罢听311 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| 颁贬听101 &补尘辫;听102听GENERA听CHEMISTRY听LABORATORY | Chemistry - A Molecular Science and | 4 |
| Environmental Technology Lab Electives | 1 | |
| Ecology Elective (CP) | 4 | |
| Policy Requirement | 3 | |
| 听 | Hours | 15 |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Environmental Technology Lab Elective | 1 | |
| 厂罢听312 or 惭础听231 | Introduction to Statistics II or Calculus for Life and Management Sciences B | 3 |
| 狈搁听301 | Practicum for Professional Development I | 1 |
| 厂厂颁听200 &补尘辫;听厂厂颁听201听SOIL听SCIENCE听LABORATORY听(CP) | Soil Science and | 4 |
| 颁贬听201 &补尘辫;听颁贬听202听QUANTITATIVE听CHEMISTRY听LABORAOTRY or 狈搁听300听NATURAL听RESOURCE听MEASUREMENTS | Chemistry - A Quantitative Science or | 4 |
| 听 | Hours | 13 |
| Summer | ||
| Summer Session I | ||
| 贰罢听330 | Environmental Technology Practicum | 3 |
| 听 | Hours | 3 |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| 颁贬听220 &补尘辫;听颁贬听222听ORGANIC听CHEMISTRY听I听LAB or 颁贬听221听ORGANIC听CHEMISTRY听I | Introductory Organic Chemistry or | 4 |
| Environmental Technology Lab Electives | 1 | |
| Spatial Technology Elective | 3 | |
| Advised Elective 3 | 3 | |
| GEP Elective | 3 | |
| GEP Humanities | 3 | |
| 听 | Hours | 17 |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Environmental Technology Lab Elective | 1 | |
| Environmental Technology Lab Electives | 1 | |
| 贰罢听310 | Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (CP) | 3 |
| ET/MEA 320 | Fundamentals of Air Pollution | 3 |
| Advised Elective 3 | 3 | |
| 颁贬听223 &补尘辫;听颁贬听224听ORGANIC听CHEMISTRY听II听LAB or 罢翱齿听415听ENVIRONMENTAL听TOXICOLOGY听AND听CHEMISTRY | Organic Chemistry II or | 4 |
| 听 | Hours | 15 |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Environmental Technology Lab Elective | 1 | |
| 贰罢听455 | Adaptive Management and Governance | 3 |
| 狈搁听484 or 狈搁听420 | Environmental Impact Assessment or Watershed and Wetlands Hydrology | 4 |
| Advised Elective 3 | 6 | |
| 听 | Hours | 14 |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Capstone Elective | 3 | |
| GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives | 2 | |
| Advised Elective 4 | 3 | |
| Free Elective 3 | 3 | |
| 听 | Hours | 11 |
| 听 | Total Hours | 120 |
- 1
A grade of C- or better required.
- 2
Students with appropriate math skills are encouraged to take 惭础听141 Calculus I.
- 3
Students are encouraged to select courses that will fulfill an academic minor.
- 4
Students should consult their academic advisors to determine which courses fill this requirement.
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities include technical positions with: firms that offer environmental services; manufacturing companies that are required to maintain sophisticated environmental monitoring networks; consulting and audit firms that perform independent environmental audits; and state and federal regulatory agencies. A number of graduates have also pursued graduate degrees. Several professional certifications can be achieved through the major. Students may receive Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training and are eligible to sit for two professional certification exams: the exam for certification as an Associate Environmental Professional, and the exam Certified Hazardous Materials Manager.
Career Titles
- Environmental Compliance Inspector
- Environmental Science Professor
- Environmental Technician
- Industrial Air Pollution Analyst
- Solar Energy Systems Designer
- Transportation Engineer
- Wind Energy Engineer
- Wind Turbine Service Technicians
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