The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers a minor in Environmental Engineering to provide students with a competitive advantage in fields like civil, chemical, construction, electrical, and mechanical engineering by adding skills on sustainability, pollution prevention and treatment, water quality control, hazardous waste treatment, and environmental compliance. The minor is designed to broaden the academic background of undergraduate engineering students seeking careers in consulting and industry, and to provide the fundamentals required to pursue a graduate degree in environmental engineering or related fields.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
- Identify chemical and biological contamination in various mediums (air, soil, and water).
- Apply science and engineering principles to address environmental challenges in local and global contexts.
- Design appropriate systems for air pollution control, groundwater remediation, solid waste management, and water and wastewater treatment using traditional and innovative methods.
- Apply sustainability principles to create environmental solutions that promote ecological health, human well-being, and social equity.
Effective Spring 2024
Students must satisfactorily complete the total credits required for the minor. Minors and interdisciplinary minors require 12 or more upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| Select 9 credits from the following: | 9 | |
| Ecological Engineering | ||
| Fundamentals of Environmental Engr 1 | ||
| Nonpoint Source Pollution | ||
| Air Quality Engineering | ||
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select 12 credits from the following, of which at least 3 credits must be upper-division: | 12 | |
| Introduction to Weather and Climate | ||
| Introduction to Weather and Climate Lab | ||
| Principles of Biochemistry | ||
| Stream Biology and Ecology | ||
| Stream Biology and Ecology Laboratory | ||
| Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | ||
| Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry Laboratory | ||
| Modern Organic Chemistry I | ||
| Ecological Engineering 2 | ||
| Groundwater Engineering | ||
| Wastewater Treatment Facility Design | ||
| Nonpoint Source Pollution 2 | ||
| Air Quality Engineering 2 | ||
| Environmental Organic Chemistry | ||
| Environ Engr at the Water-Energy-Health Nexus | ||
| Aqueous Chemistry | ||
| Advanced Biological Wastewater Processing | ||
| Physical Chemical Water Treatment Processes | ||
| Statistics for Environmental Monitoring | ||
| Environmental Toxicology | ||
| Attributes of Living Systems (GT-SC1) | ||
| Ecology | ||
| Building Energy Systems | ||
| General Microbiology | ||
| Microbial Ecology | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 21 | |
- 1
Students in the Civil Engineering major cannot use CIVE 438 for credit in the minor.
- 2
May be allowed if not taken as a required course.