Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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EVT 1000 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering Technology
Topics include toxicology, air pollution, groundwater contamination, transportation of hazardous materials, waste characterization, waste management, and waste treatment and disposal, with discussion of how regulations affect each.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze and understand the reasons for air pollution.
- Analyze and understand the reasons for water pollution.
- Describe techniques for sampling and analyzing air pollution.
- Describe techniques for sampling and analyzing water pollution.
- Describe the characteristics of solid, hazardous, and nuclear waste.
- Describe the ecological concerns of environmental pollution such as acid rain, ozone depletion, and global warming.
- Describe the toxic effects and toxicology of hazardous materials.
- Examine case studies of environmental legislation such as CWA, SDWA, CERCLA, SARA, TSCA, EPCRA.
- Identify the nine hazard classes of hazardous materials.
- Investigate alternative energy sources.
- Investigate the current waste minimization and sustainability techniques.
- List the types of toxic materials based on health effect (e.g. carcinogens, mutagens, teratogens).
- Summarize the DOT hazmat regulations.
- Summarize the hazmat regulations such as CERCLA, SARA, and EPCRA.
- Understand the historical perspective, career opportunities, and regulatory process of environmental engineering technology.
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