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

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

Consists of 95-104 credits.

Soil and Waste Resources Core

Required, 14 credits

Collateral courses, 19-25 credits

CHEM 105 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr. and
CHEM 106 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr.
or
CHEM 117 - General Chemistry Principles 5 cr.
GEOG 241 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems 2 cr.
GEOL 104 - Physical Geology 4 cr.
MATH 111 - Applied Calculus 4 cr. or
MATH 225 - Calculus I 5 cr.
MATH 255 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr.

Waste Management Option

Required, 44 credits

WATR 390 - Water Chemistry and Analysis 4 cr.
WSTE 380 - Solid Waste Management 3 cr.
WSTE 381 - Internship in Waste Resources 1-6 cr. (for 3 credits)
WSTE 382 - Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 cr. or
PSEN 382 - Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 cr. or
WATR 382 - Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 cr.
WSTE 387 - On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems 1 cr. or
SOIL 387 - On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems 1 cr.
WSTE 476 - Hazardous Waste Management 3 cr.
WSTE 481 - Wastewater Treatment II 2 cr.
WSTE 482 - Nutrient Management: Land Application and Planning 3 cr. or
SOIL 482 - Nutrient Management: Land Application and Planning 3 cr.
WSTE 484 - Environmental Microbiology 4 cr. or
SOIL 484 - Environmental Microbiology 4 cr.
WSTE 485 - Solid Waste Management II 2 cr.
WSTE 486 - Composting 1 cr. or
SOIL 486 - Composting 1 cr.

6 credits from

3 credits from

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

Collateral courses, 13-16 credits

BIOL 101 - General Biology 5 cr.
CHEM 220 - Survey of Organic Chemistry 4 cr. or
SOIL 479 - Environmental Fate of Organic Chemicals 3 cr. or
WSTE 479 - Environmental Fate of Organic Chemicals 3 cr.
PHYS 101 - General Physics 5 cr.
or
PHYS 201 - Applied Principles of Physics I 4 cr. and
PHYS 202 - Applied Principles of Physics II 3 cr.

Technical electives, 3 credits

Any SOIL, WSTE, WATR, or NRES courses numbered 300 or above that are not taken to satisfy other requirements.

Two credits of

NRES 385 - Field Techniques in Forestry, Soils, Water, and Wildlife 2 cr.

Note

Whether you are a major or minor, check with a Soils and Waste Resources adviser to determine the minimum core course requirements you need to be eligible for professional certification, exams, and/or licenses.

Communication in the Major

WATR 390 - Water Chemistry and Analysis 4 cr. and
WSTE 484 - Environmental Microbiology 4 cr. or
SOIL 484 - Environmental Microbiology 4 cr.

Capstone Experience

WSTE 481 - Wastewater Treatment II 2 cr.