Environmental Technology (BS)
The Bachelor of Science in Environmental Technology program is interdisciplinary. It provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills related to the analysis of environmental polluting agents, environmental laws, regulations and processes of evaluation. The program is designed so that the student may focus on areas such as: sampling and environmental analysis, natural resources management, environmental health, or on continuing graduate studies.
The San Germán Campus is authorized to offer this Program.
Competencies Profile of Graduates
This Program is designed to develop the competencies that will enable students to:
Knowledge
- Define chemical concepts related to Environmental Chemistry, sources of contamination and the effects in the air, soil and water, as well as in human health.
- Identify chemical characteristics of bodies of water, the atmosphere and the lithosphere.
- Enumerate the principles for the management of dangerous substances.
- Name laws related to environmental rights.
- Describe characteristics of environmental dangers.
- Name polluting agents commonly found in human surroundings and natural ecosystems.
- Describe the impact of environmental contamination in human health and the ecosystems.
- Enumerate classes of natural disasters.
- Describe planning and environmental protection strategies.
- Identify sources of scientific information.
Skills
- Analyze the fundamental principles that describe an environment that is healthy and in balance.
- Identify contamination sources, their reactions, transportation and effect in the air, soil and water, as well as in human health.
- Illustrate the value of chemistry in industry, laboratory and in research, and its possible environmental impact.
- Interpret laws related to the environment.
- Evaluate the existing legal alternatives for the control and solution of controversies that interfere or are related to the Public Environmental Policy of Puerto Rico.
- Relate ethics to matters of environmental nature.
- Make effective use of databases and literature related to the search for scientific information.
- Summarize and present a selected topic in the environmental area.
Attitudes
- Stimulate critical, analytical and scientific reasoning as a tool for the control of environmental deterioration and planned development.
- Promote appreciation for the importance of the environment in our lives.
- Collaborate in the strengthening of regulations and laws that guarantee the protection of the environment and human health.
- Promote the combination of ethical-moral values and scientific principles to collaborate in the development of society and the preservation of the environment.
- Recognize the benefit of the scientific information available on environmental studies.
- Recognize the importance of scientific research in evaluation and environmental preservation.
Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Technology
| General Education Requirements |
45 credits |
| Major Requirements |
72 credits |
| Prescribed Distributive Requirements |
6 credits |
| Elective Courses |
6 credits |
| Total |
129 credits |
General Education Requirements - 45 credits
Forty-five (45) credits are required as explained in the section “General Education Requirements for Bachelors’ Degrees.” Students will take the course GEMA 1200 in the Basic Skills in Mathematics category. Students of this Program are exempt from taking courses GEST 2020 or 2030 from the Scientific and Technological Context category.
Major Requirements - 72 credits
Prescribed Distributive Requirements - 6 credits
Select six (6) credits from following courses: