Environmental Health and Safety , BAS1, BAS2

Associate’s Degree: 60 Hours

Any associate’s degree from a regionally accredited institution. Students transferring less than 60 credit hours will need to complete additional electives in order to complete 120 credit hours for the BAS in Environmental Health and Safety degree.

Environmental Health and Safety Track: 39 Hours

Students may take on campus or distance learning courses.

• EH 0311 - Soils for Environmental Health and Safety 2
• EH 0370 - Environmental Health & Safety 3
• EH 0371 - Environmental Toxicology 3
• EH 0372 - Environmental Regulations 3
• EH 0373 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management 3
• EH 0374 - Industrial Hygiene 3
• EH 0375 - Disease Vector Control 1
• EH 0376 - Water Quality Management 3
• EH 0377 - Food Safety 3
• EH 0378 - Occupational Health and Safety 3
• EH 0379 - Career Planning for Environmental Health and Safety 1
• EH 0380 - Epidemiology 3
• EH 0382 - Epidemiological Statistics 1
• EH 0410 - Hazardous Incident Management 2
• EH 0411 - Hazardous Material Safety 2
• EH 0481 - Environmental Risk and Safety Management 3

Critical Career Competencies: 15 Hours

• EH 0107 - Environmental Science 3
• CHEM 0121 - Chemistry for Allied Health Sciences 3
• CHEM 0122 - Chemistry for Allied Health Sciences Laboratory 1
• COMM 0205 - Active Listening and Strategic Negotiations 3

• OR

• COMM 0305 - Intercultural Communication 3

Essential Global Wisdom: 6 Hours

• INTS 0301 - World Humanities 3
• MATH 0125 - Contemporary Mathematics 3 or higher MATH course

Total Hours: 120

• Students must complete 39 upper division credit hours (300 level or above).
• Students must consult with their EHS advisor for suggestions on EHS related electives courses or other elective courses that will assist the student in attaining their career goals.
• Students taking lower division environmental health and/or safety courses, such as those provided by associate degree programs, water/wastewater programs or the military, may count those courses as electives.