Program highlights

MAJOR COURSES:

• Envi 11e (General Principles of Environmental Science) - Interrelationship among components of the natural world, environmental problem, the causes associated roles, preventive measures, and alternative solutions.
• Envi 111e (Fundamentals of Environmental Science) - Nature and management of forest, agricultural, wetland, urban and marine ecosystems
• Envi 112 (Environmental Geomorphology and Geography) - Landscape history and development and its relation to environmental issues
• Envi 113 (Agroecology) - Examination of plant physiological ecology, population ecology, community ecology, and ecosystem ecology within the context of agroecosystems; discussion of current research in agroecology; assessment of sustainability of cropping systems from environmental, economic, and social perspectives.
• Envi 114n (Coastal and Marine Resource Management) - Principles and approaches of coastal and marine resources management
• Envi 115n (Aquatic Resource Management) - Principles and approaches of aquatic resource management
• Envi 116n (Watershed Management) - Regulation, conservation and administration of watershed resources for environmental and human welfare; sustainable production of forest products, and control of soil erosion, streamflow and floods
• Envi 117 (Socioecology) - Human history, human impact on the environment and urbanization
• Envi 118 (Environmental Monitoring) - Sampling techniques and analytical methods to measure environmental contamination in air, water, soils, and food. Emphasis on instrument selection and quality control, including documentation, calibration, and sample management.
• Envi 119 (Land Use Policy and Planning) - Rural and urban land utilization: principles, methods and processes
• Envi 120 (Environmental Chemistry) - Theory and principles on the chemical processes in the environment
• Envi 121 (Natural Resource Economics) - Economic valuation on the use and allocation of environmental resources
• Envi 122 (Environmental Health) - Impact of pollution on human health; prevention and control of pollution-related diseases
• Envi 124 (Environmental Impact Assessment) - Methods and techniques on environmental impact analysis; processes and causes of degradation of the environment
• Envi 198 (Research Planning & Manuscript Preparation)
• Envi 199 (Undergraduate Seminar)
• Envi 200 (Undergraduate Thesis)

TARGET CLIENTELE

1. High School graduates who are interested in the biological sciences, earth sciences, physical and social sciences and will pursue it in VSU;
2. Students from other fields who may want to change/shift curriculum program; and
3. Professionals in private and government sectors who desire to acquire skills and engage in work related to air, soil and water quality management, energy and resource management, planning and design, waste management and environmental assessment.