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EV 242 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DIRECTED RESEARCH STUDY



This is a hands-on practical course to train students in a specific area of environmental sciences. The course will be supervised by a faculty member who will define the area of study with each student in association with mentors from the various fields. Examples of these fields are: Air and Water Quality, Water Microbiology, Hazardous Waste Handling, Food Hygiene and Safety, Marine Microbiology, Environmental Preservation, Drinking Water and Sewer Treatment. The instruction will be conducted both on campus and at selected field sites. Predetermined outcomes and assessment procedures must be identified prior to the training. Techniques such as protein toxin isolation, DNA extraction and sequencing, microbial identification, Gas Chromatography and other chromatography methods plus colorimeter & spectrophotometric methods would be used. Students may present their finding in national scientific conferences in the form of oral and/or written reports. Prerequisite: EV 210 4 Credits Prerequisite: EV 210