School of Environmental Studies

Environmental & Sustainability Studies

Environmental Technology | 120 Hours

 

About

• Learn to use GIS tools (geographic information systems) to aid in informed environmental decision making
• Model and experience environmental processes
• Explore conventional water treatment methods

General Education Curriculum Applies to all ESS Undergraduate Degree Concentrations

Research

• Environmental & Sustainability Studies programs at Tennessee Tech are supported by cutting-edge resource centers:
• Including Center for the Management, Utilization, and Protection of Water Resources and the Millard Oakley STEM Center for the Teaching and Learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Environmental Technology at Tennessee Tech

• These concentrations offer students the opportunity to pursue their passions in a meaningful way as they apply scientific principles to environmental issues
• Course work examines current topics through social, political and economic perspectives
• Students analyze and propose sustainable solutions for complex, real-world environmental problems
• The program culminates in a hands-on experience or research project addressing an actual environmental problem

General Curriculum (42 hours)

• ENGL 1010 English Composition I (3)
• ENGL 1020 English Composition II (3)
• COMM 2025 Fundamentals of Communication or PC 2500 Communicating in the Professions (3)
• MATH 1910 Calculus I (4)
• HIST 2010 Early United States History (3)
• HIST 2020 Modern United States History (3)
• ENGL 2130, 2235, or 2330 Literature (3)
• ECON 2010 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
• CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I (4)
• ESS 1100 Intro. to Environmental Studies (3)
• BIOL 1020 Diversity of Life (4)
• Hum/FA Elective (From approved list) (3)
• Hum/FA Elective (From approved list) (3)

Major Field Core Curriculum (37-38 hours)

• AGBE 4120 or ECON 4120 Natural Resource Economics (3)
• BIOL 3120/3130 General Ecology (with lab or non-lab) (3-4)
• ESS 3710 Chemistry and the Environment (3)
• ESS 3000 Intro. to Environmental Law (3)
• ESS 4001/4002 Society and the Environment: Capstone Experience Part I and II (6)
• GEOL 1045 Earth Environment, Resources and Society or GEOL 1040 Physical Geology (4)
• HIST 3900 Environmental History or ESS 3200 Nonprofit Organizations and the Environment (3)
• MATH 3070 Statistical Methods I or BIOL 4220 Biostatistics (3)
• SOC 3600 Environmental Sociology or ESS 4110 Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (3)
• ESS 2100 Environment and Ethics (3)
• ESS 3100 Global Sustainability Issues & Initiatives (3)

Concentration Core (24 hours)

• MATH 1920 Calculus II (4)
• CHEM 1120 General Chemistry II (4)
• CEE 3413 Environmental Engineering (3)
• PHYS 2010 Algebra-based Physics I or PHYS 2110 Calculus-based Physics I (4)
• GEOG 4510 Theory of GIS I (3)
• GEOG 4511 Theory of GIS II (3)
• GEOG 4300 Environmental Management System (3)

Directed Electives (6 hours)

Choose two of the following:

• CEE 4410 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (3) 
• CEE 4430 Water & Wastewater Engineering (3) 
• CEE 4450 Water Quality Modeling (3) 
• ESS 4900 Internship (3)
• GEOG 4210 Cartography (3)
• GEOG 4650 Environmental Applications of GIS (3)
• GEOG 4850 Advanced GIS (3)
• GEOL/GEOG 3200 Water Resources (3)
• GEOL 4711 Hydrogeology (3)
• ESS 4093 Special Topics (3)

Free Electives (10-11 hours)

Environmental Technology: Year by Year Flow Chart (PDF)
Environmental Technology Checklist (PDF)

For questions, please contact your advisor:

Dr. Samantha Allen — saallen@tntech.edu
Dr. Tammy Boles — tboles@tntech.edu
Lisa Brown — lbrown@tntech.edu
David Hajdik — dhajdik@tntech.edu
Dr. Hayden Mattingly — hmattingly@tntech.edu
Dr. Steve Sharp — ssharp@tntech.edu