Environment Management - A.T.S.

Program Overview

The Associate of Technical Study in Environment Management provides students who have completed registered green industry apprenticeship or journeyman training programs with the administrative and supervisory skills necessary for roles in arboriculture, urban forestry, and landscape management. The program's curriculum includes coursework in management technology, customer service, office productivity, project management, and core academic areas such as communication, accounting, and the Kent Core. Graduates are prepared to apply technical skills, communication abilities, administrative principles, ethical decision-making, technology proficiency, and management strategies in the environmental industry.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Associate of Technical Study degree in Environment Management is a completer program for students who have finished registered green industry apprenticeship or journeyman training programs. Graduates of the program are prepared to work as administrative and supervisory personnel in a variety of arboriculture, urban forestry and landscape management settings.

Outline:

Program Requirements:

• Major Requirements:
• BMRT 36415 CUSTOMER SERVICE (3 credit hours)
• IT 11000 INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY APPS (3 credit hours)
• Certificate of Registered Apprenticeship (27 credit hours)
• Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA):
• COMM 15000 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION (KADL) (3 credit hours) or OTEC 26638 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS (3 credit hours)
• UC 10001 FLASHES 101 (1 credit hour)
• Kent Core Composition (3 credit hours)
• Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (3 credit hours)
• Kent Core Basic Sciences (3 credit hours)
• Kent Core Social Sciences (3 credit hours)
• Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning (3 credit hours)
• Minimum Total Credit Hours: 60

Graduation Requirements:

• Minimum Major GPA: 2.000
• Minimum Overall GPA: 2.000

Roadmap:

• Semester One:
• COMM 15000 or OTEC 26638 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION (KADL) or BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS (3 credit hours)
• IT 11000 INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY APPS (3 credit hours)
• UC 10001 FLASHES 101 (1 credit hour)
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credit hours)
• Total Credit Hours:
13
• Semester Two:
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credit hours)
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credit hours)
• Total Credit Hours:
11
• Semester Three:
• BMRT 36415 CUSTOMER SERVICE (3 credit hours)
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credit hours)
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credit hours)
• Certificate of Registered Apprenticeship (27 credit hours)
• Total Credit Hours:
36
• Minimum Total Credit Hours:
60

University Requirements:

• Flashes 101 (UC 10001): 1 credit hour (not required for students with 30+ transfer credits or age 21+ at time of admission)
• Kent Core: 15 credit hours
• Total Credit Hour Requirement: 60

Kent Core Requirements:

• Kent Core Composition (KCMP): 3 credit hours
• Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning (KMCR): 3 credit hours
• Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (KHUM/KFA): 3 credit hours
• Kent Core Social Sciences (KSS): 3 credit hours
• Kent Core Basic Sciences (KBS/KLAB): 3 credit hours
• Total Credit Hours: 15

Careers:

• Foresters:
• Projected employment growth: 3.8% (about as fast as the average)
• Number of jobs: 11,600
• Potential earnings: $63,980

Other:

• Program Learning Outcomes:
• Apply the technical skills required in the specific occupational area through the successful completion of the approved apprenticeship program.
• Utilize effective verbal, written, or electronic communication skills and apply them in the workplace.
• Apply administrative and business skills to problem solve, evaluate outcomes, and assess performance in green industry settings.
• Describe how to make decisions based upon ethical, organizational, and sound financial business principles.