Course Selection
The Environmental Contamination Assessment Certificate consists of 12 credits. The 500-level (graduate) courses may require additional prerequisites or permission from the instructor prior to registration. Refer to the University of Idaho General Catalog at http://www.uidaho.edu/catalog for course descriptions and prerequisite requirements. Students must earn a grade of "B" or better in each class to qualify for a certificate. If you are considering this certificate, you must contact the coordinator prior to registration. The certificate requires the following three courses offered on campus and over the Internet:

Course Credits

FST 509 Environmental Toxicology  
3 credits

ChE 580 Engineering Risk Assessment  
3 credits

                   EnvS 541 Sampling and Analysis of Environmental
                   Contaminants 
                   3 credits

One additional technical elective course (3 credits), approved by the Director of the Environmental Science Program, can be taken live at the UI, on-line, through Engineering Outreach, or through Independent Study.

Eng 404 Advanced Technical Writing is available on-line from the UI and may be used as the technical elective.

Admission
Students working toward the certificate must be admitted to the University of Idaho as either a non-degree seeking student or as an environmental science graduate student (refer to the University of Idaho General Catalog for details). The minimum GPA admissions requirement is 2.8 to enroll in 500 or higher level courses for a certificate. Consideration will be given for provisional enrollment to students who do not meet the minimum requirements.

Up to 12 approved credits taken as a non-degree student may be transferred into the Environmental Science graduate program. Although the courses listed above are routinely included in the graduate curricula for environmental science, students considering transferring credits into the graduate program must contact the Environmental Science Program for early advising.

Coordinator
Dr. Maxine Dakins
Environmental Science
1776 Science Center Drive, Suite 306
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
(208) 282-7957
Fax: (208) 282-7950
env_cont@uidaho.edu 

To register as a non-degree seeking student contact:

University of Idaho
Undergraduate Admissions
PO Box 444264
Moscow, ID 83844-4264
Phone: 1-88-88-UIDAHO or 1-888-884-3246 or 208-885-6326
Web site: http://www.uidaho.edu/admissions/ugrad/new/index.htm

For more information on the Environmental Science Program or the Environmental Contamination Assessment Certificate:

Environmental Science
University of Idaho
P.O. Box 443006
Morrill Hall 207
Moscow, Idaho 83844-3006
Phone: (208) 885-6113
E mail: envs@uidaho.edu

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