Minor in Environmental Technology

18 credit hours required.

The minor degree is in conjunction with SUNY Canton. It permits SUNY Potsdam Geology majors to earn an Environmental Technology minor degree by cross registering for courses at SUNY Canton. The Environmental Technology Minor would be granted at SUNY Potsdam (to SUNY Potsdam students) and would require coursework in the Geology Department at SUNY Potsdam and in the Canino School of Engineering at SUNY Canton. The minor is open to all SUNY Potsdam students and requires 18 credits in core courses plus 12 credits in prerequisite courses. Only six credits of overlap between the Environmental Technology minor and the Geology major are permitted (GEOL 103 and GEOL 340). Interested students should contact Dr. Michael Rygel, rygelmc@potsdam.edu, (315) 267-3401. Courses that are to be taken at SUNY Canton are noted below.

All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:

Core Required Courses		Credits 3
GEOL 103	Physical Geology

Required Electives		15
CONS 101	Elementary Surveying (4 credits, SUNY Canton, Fall)
GEOL 340	Geographic Information Systems (4 credits) OR
CONS 350	Introduction to GIS (SUNY Canton, Spring)
CONS 314	Soil Mechanics (SUNY Canton, Fall)
CONS 385	Hydrology and Hydrogeology (4 credits, SUNY Canton, Fall)
CONS 386	Water Quality (4 credits, SUNY Canton, Fall)
CONS 387	Water and Wastewater Treatment (SUNY Canton, Spring)
CONS 485	Solid Waste Management (SUNY Canton, Spring)
CONS 486	Soil and Groundwater Remediation (SUNY Canton, Spring)
CONS 487	Water Resources Management, Analysis and Design (SUNY Canton, Spring)

Prerequisite Courses		15
In addition to the courses listed above, Potsdam students must take the following prerequisites (which are already required as part of the Geology curriculum):
CHEM 105	General Chemistry 1 (4 credits)
CHEM 106	General Chemistry 2 (4 credits)
MATH 151	Calculus I ( 4 credits)