Environment, Health, Safety, and Sustainability BS
The environment, health, safety, and sustainability major consists of required environmental, health, safety, sustainability, math, science, All Hazards Training Center (AHTC), and approved elective courses. Students may choose to take additional AHTC courses; however, only 1.5 hours of AHTC elective courses can be counted toward graduation. Students must participate in at least one internship, cooperative position, or cumulative experience for academic credit which allows students to gain practical on-the-job experience.
Training courses are taught at the All Hazards Training Center (AHTC) and are usually offered on weekends during the academic semester.
Major Requirements
A major in environment, health, safety, and sustainability consists of:
| ESOH 100 | Environment and Society | 3 |
| ESOH 100L | Environment and Society/Lab | 1 |
| ESOH 150 | OSHA Hazardous Waste Site Worker (40-Hour Safety) Training (AHTC) | 2 |
| ESOH 180 | Industrial Processes and Hazard Recognition | 3 |
| ESOH 205 | OSHA Practice and Standards | 3 |
| ESOH 270 | Fundamentals of Occupational Health | 3 |
| ESOH 270L | Fundamentals of Occupational Health Laboratory | 1 |
| ESOH 280 | Public Health Microbiology | 3 |
| ESOH 300 | Environmental Regulations and Laws | 4 |
| ESOH 315 | Environmental Sampling and Field Analytical Methods | 3 |
| ESOH 350 | Introduction to Project Management | 3 |
| ESOH 405 | Water, Wastewater, Solid, and Hazardous Waste Treatment | 3 |
| ESOH 420 | Management of Safety and Health Programs | 3 |
| ESOH 425 | Toxicology and Risk Assessment | 4 |
| BIOL 201 | Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology | 3 |
| BIOL 201L | Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology/Lab | 1 |
| BIOL 370 | Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 3 |
| CHEM 130 | General Chemistry I/Lecture | 3 |
| CHEM 130L | General Chemistry I/Lab | 1 |
| CHEM 225 | Basic Organic and Biochemistry/Lecture | 3 |
| CHEM 225L | Basic Organic and Biochemistry/Lab | 1 |
| CSCI 155 | Spreadsheet Design | 3 |
| MATH 221 | Integrated Statistical Analysis | 4 |
| PHYS 250 | General Physics I/Lecture | 3 |
| PHYS 250L | General Physics I/Lab | 1 |
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| MATH 138 | College Algebra | 4 |
| and | |
| MATH 139 | Trigonometry | 3 |
| or | |
| MATH 140 | Precalculus | 4 |
| or | |
| MATH 141 | Calculus I | 4 |
one hour of:
| ESOH 490 | Internship in Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health Management | 1 to 15 |
1.5 hours of AHTC courses from:
| ESOH 105 | Introduction to Emergency Management | 3 |
| ESOH 135 | Chemistry of Hazardous Materials (AHTC) | 1 |
| ESOH 152 | OSHA Hazardous Waste Site Supervisor Training (AHTC) | .5 |
| ESOH 153 | Technician Level Emergency Response Training (AHTC) | 2 |
| ESOH 155 | Incident Command for Industrial Responders Training (AHTC) | .5 |
| ESOH 160 | CPR/First Aid/Advanced First Aid | 1 |
| ESOH 163 | Personal Emergency Preparedness | 2 |
| ESOH 206 | Confined Space Entrant/Attendant, Supervisor, and Basic Rescue Training (AHTC) | 2 |
| ESOH 207 | DOT Hazardous Materials Transportation Training (AHTC) | 1.5 |
| ESOH 208 | RCRA Hazardous Waste Generator Training (AHTC) | 1.5 |
| ESOH 209 | OSHA 30-Hour Construction Industry Safety | 1.5 |
In addition, students must complete 19 hours of electives from:
| ESOH 140 | Sustainability: An Introduction | 3 |
| ESOH 240 | Energy for a Sustainable Future | 3 |
| ESOH 245 | Sustainability: The Human Footprint – Global Environmental Change in the Anthropocene | 3 |
| ESOH 320 | Emergency Management Finance | 3 |
| ESOH 330 | Emergency Management and Law | 3 |
| ESOH 335 | Industrial Hygiene Sampling and Calculations | 4 |
| ESOH 340 | Sustainability: Systems and Impacts | 3 |
| ESOH 345 | Technology Gaps to Sustainable Development | 3 |
| ESOH 400 | Environmental Permitting and Reporting | 4 |
| ESOH 423 | Emergency Management Standards and Procedures II - Application | 3 |
| ESOH 427 | Threat and Vulnerability Assessment and Management | 3 |
| ESOH 429 | All Hazards Emergency Planning | 3 |
| ESOH 435 | Control and Engineering in Industrial Hygiene | 4 |
| ESOH 440 | Environmental and Resource Economics - Transition to Sustainability | 3 |
| ESOH 460 | Sustainability: Moving Principles to Action | 3 |
| ESOH 464 | Sustainability: Past, Present, and Future | 3 |
| ESOH 465 | Environmental Audits and Assessment | 3 |
| ESOH 475 | Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Compliance and Enforcement | 4 |
| ESOH 485 | Train-The-Trainer | 1.5 |
| ESOH 495 | Advanced Topics in Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health Management | 1 to 3 |
| ESOH 496 | Environmental, Safety, or Occupational Health Research | 1 to 3 |
| ESOH 499 | Seminar in Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health | 1 |
| CHEM 131 | General Chemistry II/Lecture | 3 |
| CHEM 131L | General Chemistry II/Lab | 1 |
| GEOL 300 | Hydrology | 3 |
| GEOL 410 | Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| PBAD 305 | Public Policy | 3 |
| BSAD 416 | Management of Human Capital | 3 |
| or | |
| BUAD 330 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| An additional four hours of physics | |
| or | |
| An additional 300- or 400-level biology course for a maximum of eight hours | |
This major is accredited by the National Environmental Health, Science, and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC), PO Box 66057, Burien, WA 98166 — telephone (206) 522-5272.
Effective as of 9/21/2020