Soil and Waste Resources: Waste Management, B.S.

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This major is administered by the Soil and Waste Resources Discipline.

Soil and Waste Resources Core

Required, 14 credits

Collateral courses, 18 credits

CHEM 105 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr. and
CHEM 106 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr.
or
CHEM 117 - General Chemistry Principles 5 cr.
GEOL 104 - Physical Geology 4 cr.
MATH 111 - Applied Calculus 4 cr. or
MATH 120 - Calculus I 4 cr.

Waste Management Option

Complete ONE track below

Communication, Business, Political Science track, 11 credits

3 credits from

POLI 242 - State and Local Government 3 cr.
POLI 250 - Public Administration 3 cr.
POLI 304 - Environmental Politics 3 cr.
POLI 356 - Government Finance 3 cr.
POLI 358 - Public Budgets 3 cr.
BUS 320 - Principles of Management 3 cr.
BUS 324 - Personnel/Human Resource Management 3 cr.
ECON 311 - Public Economics 3 cr.
NRES 372 - Resource Economics 3 cr. or
ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr.
PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics 3 cr.
NRES 474 - Integrated Resource Management 3 cr. or
NRES 484 - Natural Resources Planning 3 cr. or
NRES 394 - Ecological Basis for Planning and Design 3 cr.

Technical track, 11 credits from

WATR 388 - Aquatic Ecology 3 cr.
WATR 389 - Hydrology 3 cr.
WATR 482 - Biological Assessment of Water Quality 3 cr.
WATR 494 - Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment 3 cr.
NRES 357
NRES 474 - Integrated Resource Management 3 cr.
NRES 484 - Natural Resources Planning 3 cr.
NRES 394 - Ecological Basis for Planning and Design 3 cr.
SOIL 362 - Soil Genesis and Morphology 3 cr.
SOIL 363 - Soil Profile Description Writing 1 cr.
SOIL 461 - Soil Management for Resource Sustainability 3 cr.
SOIL 462 - Environmental Biogeochemistry 3 cr. or
WATR 462 - Environmental Biogeochemistry 3 cr.
SOIL 465 - Soil Physics 3 cr.

Strongly Recommended

We strongly recommend that you complete a minor in business or communication or water resources.

Note

Whether you are a major or minor, check with a soils adviser to determine the minimum core course requirements you need for certification as a professional and/or to take state or national exams or to obtain licenses.

Communication in the Major

WSTE 381 - Internship in Waste Resources 1-12 cr.
WSTE 484 - Environmental Microbiology 4 cr.

Capstone Experience

WSTE 481 - Wastewater Treatment II 2 cr.