The Minor Degree Program in Environmental Engineering includes 18 credits of upper division course work, of which no more than three credit hours may be research. All students completing the Minor must take ENVE 260 (Water Quality Engineering), ENVE 263 (Environmental Engineering Fundamentals), CHEG 285 (Introduction to Air Pollution), and ENVE 279 (Environmental Modeling). These courses are selected to expose students to a wide variety of environmental topics. ENVE 263 provides a broad-based introduction to environmental engineering and introduces fundamental concepts. ENVE 260 and CHEG 285 introduce students to water and air quality pollution engineering, respectively. Finally, ENVE 279 provides students with an introduction to modeling approaches used for both natural and engineered systems. Appropriate prerequisites should be met prior to taking each required course. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of environmental engineering, six additional credit hours may be selected from a wide variety of courses (see list below) available in many departments throughout the University. The Director of the Environmental Engineering Program must approve all elective courses.
Water supply and resources
Environmental systems modeling
Environmental chemistry
Wastewater management
Solid waste management
Hazardous waste management
Atmospheric systems & air pollution
control
Environmental and occupational health
ENVE 265 Hydraulic Engineering
ARE 234 Environmental and Resource Policy
ARE 235 Economics of Natural Resource Use
GEOG 205 Introduction to Physical Geography
GEOG 236 Human Modification of Natural Environments
GEOG 286 Environmental Evaluation and Assessment
NRME 236 Watershed Management
NRME 237 Introductory Remote Sensing
NRME 239 Principles of Renewable Natural Resources
MARN 236 Marine Microbiology
NRME 204 Wetlands Biology and Conservation
Environmental systems modeling
CHEG 247 Introduction to Process Dynamics and Control
CHEG 251 Process Kinetics
CHEG 280 Introduction to Environmental Rate Processes
OPIM 210 Operations Research for Information Systems Analysis
CHEM 270W Technical Communications
ENVE 201 Decision Analysis in Civil & Environmental Engineering
ENVE 270 Environmental Engineering Chemistry
CHEM 232Q Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 263Q-264Q Physical Chemistry
EEB 238 Limnological Methods
EEB 247 Limnology
ENVE/PLSC 259C Soil Chemistry
CHEG 283 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering
NRME 263 Soil, Water & Waste Engineering
MARN 280W Marine Biogeochemistry
NRME 260Q Soil and Water Management
GEOL 206 Introduction to Soil Mineralogy
NRME 263 Soil, Water & Waste Engineering
GEOG 237 Environmental Planning and Management
NRME 260Q Soil and Water Management
GEOL 245 Introduction to Geochemistry
SOCI 259W Energy, Environment and Society
MCB 203 Introduction to Biochemistry
MCB 235 Applied Microbiology
MCB 240 Bacterial Diversity and Ecology
NRME 240 Environmental Law
Atmospheric systems & air pollution control
NRME 210 Air Pollution
ME 239 Pollution from Combustion
GEOG 215 Climate and Weather
Environmental and occupational health
ANSC 226 Environmental Health
Hydrology of earth resourcesENVE 267 Engineering Hydrology
GEOL 228 Geophysics for Geologists & Engineers
GEOL 234C Introduction to Groundwater Hydrology
