Environmental Management

Emphasis on waste treatment technologies, current hazardous waste and hazardous materials regulations, sustainable development, economic and sociopolitical environmental issues, small business and large facility compliance, emergency response techniques, toxicology, pollution prevention, and the cleanup of contaminated air, water, and soil.

A forty-hour HAZWOPER certification that meets OSHA requirements for 29 CFR 1910.120 is given upon the successful completion of EHMT 230.

Core Courses
EHMT 100	Introduction to Environmental Technology	3
EHMT 130	Health Effects of Hazardous Materials	3
EHMT 230	Safety and Emergency Response	4

Associate of Science Degree
BIOL 140	Environmental Biology	3
CHEM 100	Introduction to General Chemistry	4
CHEM 110	Elementary Organic and Biological Chemistry	4
EHMT 100	Introduction to Environmental Technology	3
EHMT 110	Waste Stream Generation and Reduction and Treatment	3
EHMT 130	Health Effects of Hazardous Materials	3
EHMT 150	Hazardous Waste Management Applications	4
EHMT 200	Environmental Materials Management Applications	4
EHMT 202	Water and Wastewater Management* (Cuyamaca College ENVT 210)	3
EHMT 230	Safety and Emergency Response	4
EHMT 290–293	Environmental Technology Cooperative Work Experience I-IV	2–4

	Total Units	37–39

Recommended Electives: BIOL 265; BUS 120, 152; CIS 101; COMM 103; GEOL 100; MATH 121, 250.

To earn an associate degree, additional General Education and Graduation Requirements must be completed.


Certificate of Achievement
EHMT 100	Introduction to Environmental Technology	3
EHMt 110	Waste Stream Generation and Reduction and Treatment	3
EHMT 130	Health Effects of Hazardous Materials	3
EHMT 150	Hazardous Waste Management Applications	4
EHMT 200	Environmental Materials Management Applications	4
EHMT 202	Water and Wastewater Management * (Cuyamaca College ENVT 210)	3
EHMT 230	Safety and Emergency Response	4

	Total Units	24

Recommended Electives: BIOL 265; BUS 120, 152; CIS 101; COMM 103; GEOL 100; MATH 121, 250.

*EHMT 202 - Water and Wastwater Management is only offered at Cuyamaca College, but it is fully articulated with Southwestern College. Students must enroll and register for the class at Cuyamaca College.