Mission Statement

The Environmental Management program prepares undergraduates to apply the principles of environmental science and engineering to contemporary environmental problems in both natural resource and industrial contexts. The program currently consists of a minor.

Goals

The Environmental Management Program strives to develop graduates who are literate in and competent with the foundation sciences and mathematics underlying environmental science and engineering, and who can apply science and technology to a broad range of practical environmental problems.

Co-curricular Activities and Organizations

· JMU Environmental Management Club (student chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association, AWMA)

· JMU Center for Environment, Health and Safety (CEHS)

Minor

Students from a variety of majors can pursue an interdisciplinary minor in Environmental Management. After completing prerequisite foundation courses in science and math, students pursue the minor by completing core courses and a concentration, optionally culminating in a capstone thesis or project.

Minor Requirements

The Environmental Management minor requires a total of 22 credits, excluding prerequisite cognate courses and an optional seminar and thesis. The cognate courses, or their equivalents, must have been completed successfully before the student may be enrolled in the Environmental Management minor. This may be accomplished as part of the student’s major.

Cognate Courses	(to be completed before beginning minor)	Credits
BIO 114	Organisms	4
BIO 124	Ecology and Evolution	4
CHEM 131-132	General Chemistry I-II	6
MATH 235-236¹	Calculus I-II	8
PHYS 240-250²	University Physics I-II	6

Core Courses	(total 7-15 credits)
ISAT 320-321	Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Technology I-II	6
ISAT 302	Instrumentation and Measurement of the Environment	1
ENVM 490	Environmental Management Seminar (Optional)	2
ENVM 491-492	Senior Thesis/Project I-II (Optional)	6

Concentration	(total 15 credits)	15
	See Concentration descriptions below

¹MATH 231-232 may be substituted for MATH 235-236

²PHYS 125-126 or PHYS 140-150 may be substituted for PHYS 240-250

Concentrations

The Environmental Management minor concentrates in one of two areas, Natural Resources and Industrial Systems, described below. Students should be aware that some of the listed courses may have additional prerequisites.

Natural Resources

ISAT 424: Natural Resource Management

And choose four of the following courses:

BIO 451: Ecological Systems

BIO 453: Microbial Ecology

BIO 459: Freshwater Ecology

CHEM 355: Geochemistry of Natural Waters

ECON 340: Economics of Natural Resources

GEOG 240: Natural Resource Conservation

GEOG 340: Ecological Biogeography

GEOG 385: Remote Sensing of the Environment

GEOG 415: Climatology

GEOL 320: Meteorology

GEOL 460: Geohydrology

ISAT 420: Environmental Analysis and Modeling

ISAT 421: Environmental Policy and Regulation

ISAT 425: Environmental Hydrology

ISAT 426: Environmental Information Systems

ISAT 429: Sustainability: An Ecological Process

Industrial Systems

ISAT 422: Environmental Management

And choose four of the following courses:

ECON 305: Environmental Economics

HTH 352: Environmental Health

HTH 450: Epidemiology

ISAT 410: Sustainable Energy Development

ISAT 421: Environmental Policy and Regulation

ISAT 423: Environmental Remediation

ISAT 426: Environmental Information Systems

ISAT 427: Industrial Hygiene

ISAT 428: Industrial Ecology

Other courses may apply to the concentration by permission of the Director.



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