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• MS501 - Geology and Hazardous Waste Management. Geologic principles have been integrated with engineering, scientific, and regulatory aspects of hazardous waste management. Will enable the student to learn about the complex nature of hazardous waste management. Serves as an important resource material to professionals in the HAZMAT industry and to the regulatory personnel.

Course Credit: 3

Textbook: Natural Resource Conservation by Syed E. Hasman. Prentice Hall Publishers. 1996. Textbook can be ordered through Prentice Hall Publishers at (www.prenhall.com/books/esm_0023516828.html) .

• MS502 - Soil and Water Conservation. Soil and water conservation deals with the wise use of these important resources. Hazards posed by erosion, sedimentation, and pollution, and the techniques needed to conserve soil and maintain environmental quality are treated during this course. Contains situations and examples are drawn from many places to constitute a cross section of the soils, climates, and cultures of the world. The scope includes agricultural, engineering, mining, and other uses of land.

Course Credit: 3

Textbook: Soil and Water Conservation: Productivity and Environmental Protection by Frederick R. Troeh, Arthur Hobbs, and Roy L. Donahue. Prentice Hall Publishers. 1999. Textbook can be ordered through Prentice Hall Publishers at (www.prenhall.com/books/ect_0136222005.html).

• MS503 - Environmental Policy. Designed to expose workings of the Government that are rarely visible but necessary for an appreciation of the formation of environmental policy. It examines environmental policy in the U.S. in air, water, land use, agriculture, energy, waste disposal, and other areas, and in so doing, provides an introduction to the policy-making process in the U.S.

Course Credit: 3

Textbook: The Environmental Policy Paradox by Zachary A. Smith. Prentice Hall Publishers. 1995. Textbook can be ordered through Prentice Hall Publishers at (www.prenhall.com/books/hss_013081606x.html).

• MS504 - Principles of Environmental Management. The Greening of Business. Students interested in business and management are introduced to environmental issues and dealing with the nature of corporate responses. It is organized into three sections. First, section addresses the major concerns, which provide a framework for the analysis of environmental issues, and to deal with some fundamental concepts that may help in understanding concrete problems. Second section links environmental issues to managerial practice. Finally, environmental concerns are approached from the standpoint of business and society. Each chapter contains questions for discussion.

Course Credit: 3

Textbook: Principles of Environmental Management: The Greening of Business by Rogene A. Buchholz. 1998. Textbook can be ordered through Prentice Hall Publishers at (www.prenhall.com/books/be_0136848958.html).

• MS505 - Coastal and Marine Sanctuary Management. Toward Integrated Coastal and Marine Sanctuary Management. Each chapter is one-third science, one-third policy, and one-third management. This course outlines the environmental concerns affecting our coasts and coastal waters. Seeks to represent the interrelationship between coastal land issues and adjacent marine sanctuary concerns. It is about understanding, monitoring, and managing these two related areas for their mutual benefit.

Course Credit: 3

Textbook: The Coastal Environment: Toward Integrated Coastal and Marine Sanctuary Management by Gary A. Klee. 1999. Textbook can be ordered through Prentice Hall Publishers (www.prenhall.com/books/esm_0130800341.html).