Description
Students earning a certificate in Water Quality Management will:
- Be knowledgeable in physical, chemical, and microbiological water quality standards, the impact of discharging organic substances and ammonia into surface and ground waters.
- Understand lake limnology and the principles of water and wastewater treatment.
- Be knowledgeable in the carbonate cycle in water and equilibrium chemistry.
- Understand the principles of the movement and fate of chemicals and other contaminants in surface and groundwaters.
Requirements
To obtain a certificate, students must complete the required courses with a 3.0 grade point average or higher.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Semester Hours |
| CIVL 601 | Sustainable Water Quality and Resources | 3 |
| CIVL 605 | Aquatic Chemistry | 3 |
| ENVS 607 | Environmental Engineering and Science Lab | 3 |
| or CIVL 608 | Contaminant Fate, Transport, and Remediation |
| Total Semester Hours | 9 |
