Program Curriculum in Graduate Environmental Engineering
Required Curriculum for the Water Pollution/Hazardous Waste Option:
A. All of the following core courses (11-17 cr.):
EnvE 455 - Solid and Hazardous Waste System Design, 3cr.
EnvE 456 - Environmental Engineering Design, 3 cr.
EnvE 510 – Environmental Engineering Seminar 3.cr
EnvE 551 - Unit Processes/Operations of Water Treatment, 4 cr.
EnvE 552 - Unit Processes/Operations of Wastewater Treatment, 4 cr.
B. Two of the following four courses (6 cr.):
ChE 486 -Industrial Waste Treatment Systems (or EnvE 556 Advanced Waste Management), 3 cr.
EnvE 553 - Chemical Theories of Environmental Engineering, 3 cr.
EnvE 554 - Microbiological Theories of Environmental Engineering, 3 cr.
EnvE 555 - Natural Water Pollution Control, 3 cr.
C. Research or Independent Study (6 cr.):
EnvE 598 - Special Research Problems, (restricted to special cases where the student is pursuing the non-thesis M.S. option), 6 cr.
EnvE 599 - Master's Thesis, 6 cr.
D. Tools (6 cr.):
A senior-or graduate level course focused on design of experiments emphasizing experimental plan,
test sequence, similitude, model analysis, experimental error and uncertainty, and analysis of experimental data. 3 cr.
A minimum of three credits in graduate level mathematics, numerical methods, or experimental statistics approved by the student's faculty advisor. 3 cr.
Elective Courses (4-10 cr.):
AEN 459 - Design of Water Wells/Pumping Systems, 3 cr.
AGE 497 - Water Resources Economics, 3 cr.
BIOL 461 -
Human Ecology, 3 cr.
BIOL 519 - Microbial Ecology, 3 cr.
ChE 498 - Environmental Safety in Chemical Plants, 3 cr.
CE 482 - Hydraulic Structures, 3 cr.
CE 483 - Surface Water Hydrology, 3 cr.
CE 557 - Water Resources Development, 3 cr.
CE 581 - Ground Water Hydrology, 3 cr.
CE 582 - Statistical Hydrology, 3 cr.
ENGL 577 - Workshop: Advanced Technical and Professional Writing, 3 cr.
EnvE 462 - Sampling and Analysis of Environmental Contaminants, 3 cr.
EnvE 487 - Air Pollution Control System Design, 3 cr.
EnvE 556 - Advanced Waste Management, 3 cr.
EnvE 630 - Fate and Transport of Environmental Contaminants, 3 cr.
EnvE 631 - Topics in Environmental Engineering, 1-3 cr.
EnvE 632 - Topics in Environmental Engineering, 1-3 cr.
GEN 452 - Geo-hydrology, 3 cr.
GEOG 470 - Environmental Pollution, 3 cr.
GEOL 474 - Groundwater Geology, 3 cr.
GEOL 560 - Geochemistry of Aqueous Systems, 3 cr.
ME 504 - Combustion, 3 cr.
PHYS 485 - Physics of the Atmosphere, 3 cr.
ANSC 518 - Watershed Methods and Management, 3 cr.
SOIL 476 - Soil Microbiology, 3 cr.
SOIL 477 - Soil Physics, 3 cr.
SOIL 479 - Environmental Soil Chemistry, 3 cr.
SOIL 540 - Advanced Soil Microbiology, 3 cr.
SOIL 551 - Advanced Soil Chemistry, 3 cr.
SOIL 552 - Advanced Soil Physics, 3 cr.
TOX 461 - Toxicology I, 3 cr.
TOX 523 - Environmental Toxicology, 3 cr.
WLSC 458 - Ecology of Inland Waters, 3 cr.
Required Curriculum for the Siting/Site Assessment Option:
A. All of the following courses (20 cr.):
GEN 452 - Geo-hydrology, 3 cr.
GEN 470 - Design of Municipal and Hazardous - Waste Landfills, 3 cr.
EnvE 455 - Hazardous Waste Systems Design, 3cr.
EnvE 551 - Unit Processes/Operations of Water Treatment, 4 cr.
EnvE 552 - Unit Processes/Operations of Wastewater Treatment, 4 cr.
EnvE 553 - Chemical Theories of Environmental Engineering, 3 cr.
B. Two of the following four courses (6 cr.):
GEN 451 - Subsurface Methods, 3 cr.
GEN 453 - Engineering Geology, 3 cr.
GEN 456 - Engineering Geology Project Design, 3 cr.
GEN 460 - Site Investigation and Characterization, 3 cr.
CE 581 - Groundwater Hydrology, 3cr.
C. Research or Independent Study (6 cr.):
EnvE 598 - Special Research Problems, (restricted to special cases where the student is pursuing the non-thesis M.S. option), 6 cr.
EnvE 599 - Master's Thesis, 6 cr.
D. Tools (6 cr.):
A senior-or graduate level course focused on design of experiments emphasizing experimental plan, test sequence, similitude, model analysis, experimental error and uncertainty, and analysis of experimental data. 3 cr.
A minimum of three credits in graduate level mathematics, numerical methods, or experimental statistics approved by the student's faculty advisor. 3 cr.
