ENVS 480 Environmental Assessment for Contaminated Sites

This course equips you with knowledge, abilities, and skills that facilitate your transition from college to a professional world. You will apply the systematic process of assessing a contaminated site according to the established regulations and procedures to real-world contaminated sites. Additionally, you will conduct extensive web searches to extract different types of qualitative and quantitative data and information and use them to make a series of tiered decisions. Furthermore, you will predict contaminant exposure pathways using site environmental conditions and contaminants characteristics. Moreover, you will acquire quantitative and qualitative skills in estimating the contaminant risk. Also, you will analyze, screen, and recommend strategies for cleaning up. Most importantly, you will write a real-world technical report and translate it for a non-technical audience.