Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Program

Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Program

The Environmental Engineering program offered withing the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering leads to Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering. Environmental engineers have taken an increasingly important role in the applicaiton of engineering and scientific principles used to protect and preserve human health and the environmen and to improve the quality of life. Environmental engineers design and provide facilities for the treatment of municipal and industrial wastes. They design, construct and operate treatment systems that purify water for drinking, industrial and recreational uses. They develop and implement models that describe the transport and removal of contaminants in the environment. Solid, toxic and hazardous waste management strategies are also developed and implemented by environmental engineers. Water resources and management, environmental policy, environmental chemistry and biology, systems ecology and wetland ecology are also important aspects of the environmental engineering profession. The program is designed to provide the students with the necessary engineering and science background to address challanges related to our expanding population and rapidly changing technological society.

The program content is designed to prepare the students to go into practice and pursue a graduate degree in environmental engineering. State, national and international career oppurtunities are available in consulting engineering, public, private and governmental agencies and/or with industry and utilities.

In addition to core curriculum requirements, following are the major requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering.

				Credit
II-	Major Requirements			98

	A.	Humanistic – Social Science Elective		1
			NOTE: A total of 16 credits of humanity courses (Social Science, Fine Arts, Diversity and Core Humanities) are needed for engineering accreditation. Therefore, one additional credit is needed. This can be satisfied with a separate 3 credit diversity course (I-H.). If the diversity requirement was satisfied with another course, a 1 to 3 credit humanity course selected from the “Green Sheet”, that is provided by the department, can be used.

	B.	Communications – 3 credits
		i.	ENGR 301 – Engineering Communications	3

	C.	Basic Sciences – 23 credits
		i.	CEE 389 – Probability and Statistics for Civil Engineers	2
		ii.	CHEM 220 – Introductory Organic Chemistry	3
		iii.	CHEM 202 - General Chemistry for Scientists and Engineers II (CHEM 122 accepted)	4
		iv.	BIOL 190 – General Biology	3
		v.	MATH 182 – Calculus II*	4
		vi.	MATH 283 – Calculus III*	4
		vii.	MATH 285 – Differential Equations*	3
		viii.	PHYS 181 – Physics for Scientists and Engineers II*	3
		ix.	PHYS 181L – Physics for Scientists and Engineers Laboratory II*	1

	D.	Engineering Science and Design – 48 credits
		i.	CEE 101 – Engineering Graphics	2
		ii.	CEE 241 – Statics*	3
		iii.	CS 201 – Computer Science I	3
		iv.	CEE 364 – Engineering Hydrology	2
		v.	CEE 388 – Engineering Economy	2
		vi.	CEE 390 – Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering*	3
		vii.	CEE 410 – Hydraulics of Open Channels	3
		viii.	CEE 453 – Environmental Microbiology	3
		ix.	CEE 456 – Design of Water Treatment Facilities (Capstone)*	3
		x.	CEE 457 – Design of Wastewater Treatment Facilities (Capstone)*	3
		xi.	CEE 458 – Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry	3
		xii.	CEE 459 – Hazardous and Solid Waste Management and Control*	4
		xiii.	CEE 489 – Water Resources Engineering*	3
		xiv.	CEE 497 – Introduction to Environmental Quality and Analysis	3
		xv.	CEE 498 – Principles of Water Quality Modeling	3
		xvi.	MECH 367 – Elementary Fluid Mechanics	3
		xvii.	ATMS 412 – Introduction to Air Pollution	3
		xviii.	CHEM 421 – Physical Chemistry I	3
		xix.	ENGR 490 – Fundamentals of Engineering Exam	0

	E.	Technical Electives – 15 credits		15
			NOTE: List available from the department.
			At least one course must involve engineering design.