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Academic Program Calendar - 2011-2012
Postsecondary Academic Program Calendar - 2011-2012 (ALL)(PDF)
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Natural Resources - Environmental Technician

2-year, Ontario College Diploma Program

Program Courses

First Semester
Course Number/ Title Credits
NR 180 Fall Field School (2 weeks)  
CE 130 Surveying 3
CS 007 Persuasive Writing 3
NR 100 Natural Resource Measurements 4
NR 110 Tree & Shrub Identification 4
NR 130 Soils & Geomorphology 4
MC 155 Microsoft Office 2007 Applications 3
MA 115 Pre-Technology Mathematics 1 4
  Total 25
     
Second Semester
Course Number/ Title Credits
CS 219 Communications for Technology 3
NR 213 Geographical Information Systems I 3
NR 215 Plant Biology 4
NR 216 Introductory Ecology 4
MA 215 Pre-Technology Mathematics II 4
EI 325 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry 4
              Total 22
     

Optional Co-op following Second or Fourth Semester 
Course Number/ Title
EI 351 Environmental Technician Co-op Work Placement 640
     
Third Semester
Course Number/ Title Credits
EI 320 Fall Field School (2 weeks)  
EI 321 Hydrogeology 3
EI 322 Hydraulics 3
EI 323 Water Quality 3
EI 326 Waste Management 3
EI 423 Environmental Audits 3
EI 425 Advanced Chemistry 3
GE 060  Supervisory Skills & Conflict Resolution I 3
  Total 21
     
Fourth Semester
Course Number/ Title Credits
EI 324 Water & Waste Water Treatment 4
EI 421 Environmental Regulations 3
EI 422 Environment, Ethics & Society 3
EI 424 Industrial Environmental Technology 3
NR 427 Introductory Statistics for Environmental Applications 3
GE 059 People & the Forest 3
GE ... General Education Elective 3
  Total 22
     

 

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