Environmental Health and Safety
Certificate Program
Catalog Year 2008-09
MHCC Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Javid Mohtasham: 503-491-7440 - Room AC 2571 Javid.Mohtasham@mhcc.edu
Students may earn a certificate in Environmental Health and Safety. The curriculum would be suitable for people now working in industry in the areas of environmental management or occupational safety and health, or anyone interested in entering this field. Students may find this option a beginning point for the associate degree program.
| Basic Course Requirements |
Cr |
| EHS100 |
Introduction to Environmental Health and Safety |
2 |
| EHS101 |
Environmental Health and Safety Regulations I |
3 |
| EHS171 |
Environmental Science I: Chemistry of Hazardous Materials
|
3 |
| EHS201 |
Environmental Health and Safety Regulations II |
3 |
| ESR281 |
Elements of Industrial Hygiene |
3 |
| CIS120 |
Computer Concepts I1 |
3 |
| CIS120L |
Computer Concepts I Lab1 |
1 |
| CH104 |
General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry I |
5 |
| CH170 |
Environmental Chemistry |
4 |
| MTH95 |
Intermediate Algebra with Right-Triangle
Trigonometry or MTH111 Pre-Calculus I: Elementary Functions2 |
5 |
| PSY101 |
Psychology of Human Relations |
3 |
| WR121 |
English Composition |
3 |
| In addition to basic course requirements above, add: |
| Safety and Regulations Electives |
| (3 courses required) |
| EHS221 |
Environmental Safety I: Emergency Response Planning |
4 |
| EHS222 |
Environmental Safety II: Environmental Auditing |
4 |
| EHS225 |
Human & Environmental Toxicology |
3 |
| ESR285 |
Safety and Health Standards and Laws |
3 |
| Science and Technology Electives |
| (3 courses required) |
| EHS143 |
Environmental Science Lab I: EPA Methodology Labs and Sampling |
3 |
| EHS230 |
Sustainable Business Practice |
3 |
| EHS243 |
Environmental Science Lab II: Introduction to Instrumental Analysis
|
4 |
| ESR271 |
Environmental Science II: Introduction to Environmental Engineering |
4 |
1 Higher level Math or Computer Science course may be substituted.
2 Students may not use demonstrated proficiency on the College Placement Test (CPT) to satisfy this requirement.
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