Program Overview

Certificate in Environmental Science

The Certificate in Environmental Science is offered by the Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts. This program enables students to quickly engage in research in the field of environmental science and helps them earn credits toward a Master's Degree in Environmental Science at NJIT.

Program Details

• Delivery Format: on-campus
• Required Credits: 12

What You Will Learn

The program covers various aspects of environmental science, including:

• Environmental Chemical Science: Principles of physical, inorganic, and organic chemistry applied to understanding the origins of environmental pollutants, their transport, distribution, and decomposition pathways.
• Environmental Analysis: The analysis of environmental samples, including sample acquisition, handling, chain of custody, storage, analytical method selection, analysis, and data treatment.
• Environmental Problem Solving: Solutions for current environmental problems, where students respond to an imaginary Request for Proposal (RFP) in writing and through an oral presentation.
• Global Environmental Problems: Relationships between the earth's temperature balance, global air circulation patterns, global energy needs, and control and remediation technologies.
• Toxicology: The assessment of acute, sub-acute, and chronic effects of hazardous and toxic chemicals, including qualitative and quantitative measures of toxicity and testing protocols.
• Environmental Microbiology: Basic microbiology, important microbes in environmental microbiology, their detection, monitoring, and effects on humans and the environment.
• Energy and Sustainability: Energy fundamentals, technological and engineered systems for processing and using different energy sources, and the social and environmental consequences of energy production, distribution, and use.
• Legal Aspects in Environmental Engineering: Control of air, water, and solid waste pollution by federal, state, and local government statutes and international law.
• Sustainable Politics and Policy: Sustainability development, institutional efforts to implement strategies at various geopolitical scales, and tools to measure progress toward sustainability.

Admissions & Curriculum

• The program requires 12 credits.
• Course listing and prerequisites are available for further details on the curriculum structure.