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New Mexico State University offers a graduate program for Environmental Engineering. Currently, there is no bachelor of science degree offered in environmental engineering. However, there is a flexible program in
Environmental Education that can be taken in conjunction with other existing engineering programs.
The environmental engineering program at NMSU provides unique educational and research opportunities at the graduate level in the fields of water quality, water treatment, water pollution control, wastewater treatment reclamation and reuse, hazardous and soil waste management, and groundwater treatment.
Students desiring to work toward an advanced degree in environmental engineering must have completed undergraduate preparation substantially equivalent to that required for a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering at this institution, or must have an adequate background as will be determined by the graduate faculty of this program.
Environmental engineering has a long standing history at New Mexico State University (NMSU). For over 30 years the Civil Engineering Department has participated actively in developing educational and research programs in various aspects of environmental engineering. The Department offers B.S. degrees in civil, agricultural and geological engineering with an environmental engineering option, an M.S. in environmental engineering and a Ph.D. degree in engineering. Ph.D. students specialize in environmental engineering by completing specific core coursework developed and taught by the environmental engineering faculty. Core coursework in the graduate program includes: water and wastewater treatment, solid and hazardous waste systems design, aquatic chemistry, environmental microbiology, water quality analysis, industrial pollution control, mass transfer of pollutants in engineered and natural systems, and water quality in surface water and groundwater systems. The program emphasis is in the fields of water supply, wastewater treatment and hazardous waste management.
A thesis, based on independent study, is required for the M.S. degree in environmental engineering. The program consists of a minimum of 30 semester credit-hours, including the thesis. A typical M.S. Environmental Engineering program contains from eight to ten regularly scheduled courses and six credits for thesis work. The Environmental Engineering program consists of 17 credit-hours of core-courses and nine credit-hours of optional courses from related fields. Ph.D. candidates are required to complete a dissertation in a unique area of environmental engineering research.
The Graduate Program
The graduate environmental program of the Civil Engineering department expects all M.S. students to meet certain requirements in pursuit of an advanced degree. Some of these requirements are related to the quantity, level, and quality of coursework. The Graduate Bulletin details what is expected as a minimum for graduation, but it is up to the student and his/her advisor and graduate committee to determine the plan of study for the student. This program of study will be created by the student and his/her advisor in the first semester for graduate work.
The environmental engineering faculty will form a committee for every entering student. The faculty will evaluate the student's record and determine which deficiencies and/or core courses, if any, are needed by the student. The department head will review the committee's decision. In order to provide consistency among plans of study for graduate students and to establish a minimum set of core or pertinent courses, it is the policy of the graduate environmental engineering program that each graduate student will complete, at a minimum, the following course requirements (or equivalent) under the water pollution/hazardous waste management and siting/site assessment options. Issues related to air pollution control engineering and environmental and occupation health engineering are covered through special topics classes and by courses taught outside of the College of Engineering.
