Environmental Contamination (can be completed online)

Track Advisor: Maxine Dakins, Environmental Science

Employment opportunities in environmental contamination are numerous in the Intermountain West owing to military, mining, and agricultural activities.

This track will significantly expand an existing Environmental Science certificate program. Courses will be offered on bioremediation, hazardous waste management, risk assessment, pollution prevention, analysis of contamination, environmental regulations, environmental toxicology, pesticides, and environmental impact assessment.

Track prerequisites: At a minimum, students entering the program in this track are expected to have successfully completed college level introductory courses in biology, chemistry, physics and algebra.