Environmental Engineering: BS Sample Curriculum
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Contact the Environmental Engineering Program for specific degree requirements corresponding to a particular catalog year.
128 semester credit hours are required to complete this degree.
| Freshman Year | Credits | Credits | |
|
Fall Semester APPM 1350 Calculus 1 for Engineers CHEN 1211 Engr. General Chemistry CHEM 1221 Engr. General Chemistry Lab EVEN 1000 Intro to Environmental Engineering GEEN 1400 Engineering Projects HSS Elective I 3 |
16 4 3 2 1 3 3 |
Spring Semester APPM 1360 Calculus 2 for Engineers GEEN 1300 Intro to Engineering Computing PHYS 1110 General Physics 1 Technical Elective I 2 HSS Elective II 3 |
17 4 3 4 3 3 |
| Sophomore Year | Credits | Credits | |
|
Fall Semester APPM 2350 Calculus 3 for Engineers PHYS 1120 General Physics 2 PHYS 1140 Experimental Physics 1 Solid Mechanics 4 HSS Elective III 3 |
15 4 4 1 3 3 |
Spring Semester APPM 2360 Diff Eq with Linear Algebra CHEM 4521 Physical Chemistry for Engineers CHEN 2120 Material & Energy Balances CVEN 3414 Fund. of Environmental Engineering HSS Elective IV 3 |
16 4 3 3 3 3 |
| Junior Year | Credits | Credits | |
|
Fall Semester CVEN 4404 Water Chemistry CVEN 4414 Water Chemistry Lab Engineering Economics 9 Fluid Mechanics 5 Thermodynamics 7 College-approved Writing Course 11 |
16 3 1 3 3 3 3 |
Spring Semester CVEN 4484 Environmental Microbiology MCEN 4131 Air Pollution Control Heat Transfer 6 Option Course I 10 Probability & Statistics 8 |
14 3 3 3 3 2 |
| Senior Year | Credits | Credits | |
|
Fall Semester CVEN 4444 Environmental Engr. Processes 12 Air or Earth Lab or Field Course 13 Option Course II 10 Technical Elective II 2 or Senior Thesis 14 HSS Elective V 3 Free Elective |
18 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
Spring Semester CVEN 4333 Engineering Hydrology CVEN 4424 Environmental Organic Chemistry CVEN 4434 Environmental Engineering Design Option Course III 10 Technical Elective III 2 or Senior Thesis 14 |
16 3 3 4 3 3 |
Curriculum Notes:
1 Students should consult the EVEN Degree Guidelines for more details on the curriculum, as well as advice on choices for required courses, technical electives, option courses, and HSSs electives.
2 A total of 9 credit hours of TE is required, from engineering, mathematics or sciences. Three TE credits may be lower division; remaining TE credits must be upper division. Three TE credits must be in the earth sciences, either lower or upper division. Independent study/senior thesis may be completed as TE for up to 6 credits.
3 When selecting humanities and social sciences (HSS) electives, students should consult the college's degree requirements in this area.
4 Solid Mechanics: CVEN 2121 Analytical Mechanics, GEEN 3851 Statics for Engineers, or MCEN 2023 Statics and Structures.
5 Fluid Mechanics: CHEN 3200 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics, CVEN 3313 Theoretical Fluid Mechanics, GEEN 3853 Fluid Mechanics for Engineers, or MCEN 3021 Fluid Mechanics.
6 Heat Transfer: CHEN 3210 Chemical Engineering Heat Transfer or MCEN 3022 Heat Transfer.
7 Thermodynamics: AREN 2110 Thermodynamics, CHEN 3320 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (required for Chemical Processing Option), GEEN 3852 Thermodynamics for Engineers, or MCEN 3012 Thermodynamics (required for Air Quality Option).
8 Probability and Statistics: APPM 4570 Statistical Methods, CHEN 3010 Applied Data Analysis, CVEN 3227 Probability, Statistics, and Decision, or MCEN 3037 Experimental Design and Data Analysis.
9 Engineering Economics: CVEN 4147 Civil Engineering Systems or EMEN 4100 Business Methods & Economics for Engineers.
10 A list of courses for the Options is available in the EVEN Degree Guidelines. Students in the Applied Ecology Option must take Option Course I in the spring of junior year.
11 A list of college-approved writing courses can be found on the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Writing page.
12 CVEN 4444 is currently offered as CVEN 5834 Special Topics – Environmental Engineering Processes.
13 Air/Earth Lab/Field: ATOC 1070 Weather and the Atmosphere Lab, CVEN 3708 Geotechnical Engineering, EVEN 4100 Envir. Sampling and Analysis, GEOG 4411 Methods of Soil Analysis, GEOL 2700 Intro to Field Geology, GEOL 1030 Intro to Geology 1 Lab, GEOL 3010 Intro to Mineralogy or GEOL 4716 Environmental Field Geochemistry. If course less than 3 credits, remaining credits become upper division tech electives.
14 A senior thesis can be completed over two terms, with faculty approval, in place of 6 credits of upper division technical electives.
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