Chabot College 2024-2026 229 CREDIT COURSE LISTING, ENGR, ENSC 85 Introduction to Solid Mechanics 3 Units This course reviews the concepts of stresses, strains and material laws with emphasis on elastic properties as well as yield and fracture criteria. Topics include stresses and strains in beams, torsion, deformations of beams and frames, work and energy, statically indeterminate beams and frames, second order bending theory, and elastic instability. Lecture: 54 hours Prerequisite: ENGR 36, Strongly Recommended: ENGR 45 and MTH 4 and MTH 6. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (ENSC) Degrees AS Environmental Science ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Associate in Science The Associate in Science in Environmental Science degree provides students with a foundation in scientific principles and the diversity of life. Environmental Science students study life at various levels of organization ranging from the molecular level to the entire biosphere. Greatest emphasis is on population, community, ecosystem and biome levels. Students answer scientific questions by critically evaluating scientific information, developing and testing hypotheses using the tools and techniques of the ecological, biological and physical sciences, analyzing data, and interpreting results. The Associate in Science in Environmental Science degree prepares students for careers in research, environmental protection and health, environmental law and policy, conservation management, agriculture, food, natural resource management and forestry. Preparation for some entry level jobs in careers such as environmental protection and health technician may require an associate’s degree while most careers require at least a bachelor’s degree and scientists or specialists will need to obtain a master’s or doctorate degree. Career Opportunities The Associate in Science in Environmental Science degree prepares students for careers in research, environmental protection and health, environmental law and policy, conservation management, agriculture, food, natural resource management and forestry. Preparation for some entry level jobs in careers such as environmental protection and health technician may require an associate’s degree while most careers require at least a bachelor’s degree and scientists or specialists will need to obtain a master’s or doctorate degree. Program Learning Outcomes 1. communicate ecological, biological and physical science concepts by written, verbal, and graphical/illustrative means; 2. demonstrate critical thinking and/or laboratory skills required to interpret data from a variety of experimental, written, and visual sources to answer scientific questions; 3. describe relationships between structure and function at multiple levels of biological organization with emphasis on population, community, ecosystem and biome levels; 4. describe how diversity arises by evolutionary change and how the unity of living systems results from evolutionary conservation; 5. describe interactions of organisms with each other and with their environment. Year One (15–17 units) BIOS 21A Principles of Plant Biology and Ecology 4 GEOS 1 Physical Geology with Laboratory 4 or GEOS 11 Physical Geology 3 AND GEOS 11L Physical Geology Lab 1.0 ENSC 11 Humans and the Environment with Laboratory 4 or ENSC 15 Agroecology 3 AND ENSC 15L Agroecology Laboratory 1.0 MTH 15 Applied Calculus I 3 or MTH 1 Calculus I 5 Year Two (18 units) BIOS 21B Principles of Animal Biology and Evolution 4 BIOS 21C Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology 5 CHEM 1A General College Chemistry I 5 PHYS 3A College Physics A 4 Major Requirements 33-35 Units General Education Requirements 22 Units Electives (Degree applicable Units as needed) 3-5 Units Total 60 Units
