This intercollege combined major is designed for students who would like to explore their interest in the health sciences while earning the benefit of a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental engineering. The combined major reflects the respective departmental thrusts in environmental health and sustainable resource engineering to create awareness about the complex relationship between the environment and human health, prepare professionals in this growing area capable of providing engineering solutions to current and emerging topics related to environmental engineering and health sciences, and maintain healthy environmental systems by applying and developing techniques to reduce exposure to health hazards. This program combines the content of two majors to allow students to learn the breadth and depth of of the convergence between public health and environmental engineering.
Our BS Environmental Engineering and Health Sciences program is ABET accredited. Visit the department website for program objectives.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements: Interpreting Culture (IC), Understanding Societies and Institutions (SI), Engaging Differences and Diversity (DD), and Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience (EX) are not explicitly satisfied by required engineering coursework. Successful completion of a cooperative education experience fulfills the EX requirement. Students are responsible for satisfying unfulfilled NUpath requirements with general elective coursework.
Engineering Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Required Engineering | ||
CIVE 2221 and CIVE 2222 | Statics and Solid Mechanics and Recitation for CIVE 2221 | 4 |
CIVE 2300 and CIVE 2301 | Environmental Measurements in Natural and Engineered Systems and Lab for CIVE 2300 | 4 |
CIVE 2331 | Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics | 4 |
CIVE 2334 | Environmental Engineering: Principles, Technology, and Sustainability | 4 |
CIVE 3435 | Environmental Pollution: Fate and Transport | 4 |
CIVE 4534 and CIVE 4535 | Water Treatment Systems Design and Lab for CIVE 4534 | 4 |
CIVE 4765 | Senior Design Project—Environmental | 5 |
GE 3300 | Energy Systems: Science, Technology, and Sustainability | 4 |
Technical Electives | ||
Complete 8-9 semester hours from the following: | 8-9 | |
Materials for the Built Environment and Lab for CIVE 2260 | ||
Geotechnical Engineering and Lab for CIVE 2340 | ||
Environmental Engineering Chemistry and Chemical Technologies | ||
Resource Recovery and Waste Treatment Technologies Abroad | ||
Design for Sustainable Transportation: Netherlands | ||
Climate Hazards and Resilient Cities Abroad | ||
Climate and Atmospheric Change | ||
Organic Pollutants in the Environment | ||
Tools and Techniques of Environmental Health | ||
Environmental Fluid Mechanics | ||
Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Investment and Policymaking | ||
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | ||
Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure | ||
Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
Coastal Dynamics and Design | ||
Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy | ||
Air Quality Engineering and Science | ||
Hydrologic and Hydraulic Design | ||
Global Biogeochemistry | ||
Supplemental Credit | ||
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the engineering requirement: | 1 | |
Probability and Engineering Economy for Civil Engineering | ||
3 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 3 | |
Engineering Microbiology and Ecology | ||
2 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 2 | |
Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
3 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 3 | |
Cornerstone of Engineering 2 1 |
Health Sciences Major Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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PHTH 1260 | The American Healthcare System | 4 |
or PHTH 1261 | Comparative Healthcare Systems | |
PHTH 2210 and PHTH 2211 | Foundations of Biostatistics and Recitation for PHTH 2210 | 4 |
PHTH 2350 | Community and Public Health | 4 |
or PHTH 2351 | Community and Public Health - Global | |
PHTH 2414 | Environmental Health | 4 |
PHTH 2515 | Healthcare Policy and Administration | 4 |
PHTH 4120 | Global Perspectives on Discrimination and Health | 4 |
PHTH 4202 | Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health | 4 |
PHTH 4540 | Health Education and Program Planning | 4 |
PHTH 5214 | Environmental Health | 3-4 |
or CIVE 5255 | Tools and Techniques of Environmental Health |
Supporting Courses: Mathematics/Science
Complete all Mathematics/Science courses with a minimum of 30 semester hours.2
Code | Title | Hours |
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Required Mathematics/Science | ||
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153 | General Chemistry for Engineers and Recitation for CHEM 1151 | 4 |
MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
MATH 1342 | Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
MATH 2321 | Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
MATH 2341 | Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering | 4 |
PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153 | Physics for Engineering 1 and Lab for PHYS 1151 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151 | 5 |
Science Elective (Earth) | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4-5 | |
Oceans and Coasts | ||
Dynamic Earth | ||
Earth's Changing Cycles | ||
Global Oceanic Change | ||
Water Resources | ||
Oceanography | ||
Geologic Field Seminar | ||
Supplemental Credit | ||
3 semester hours from the following course count toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 3 | |
Probability and Engineering Economy for Civil Engineering | ||
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 1 | |
Engineering Microbiology and Ecology | ||
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 1 | |
Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 |
Professional Development
Code | Title | Hours |
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Professional Development | ||
GE 1000 | First-Year Seminar | 1 |
ENCP 2000 | Introduction to Engineering Co-op Education | 1 |
ENCP 3000 | Professional Issues in Engineering | 1 |
Additional Required Courses | ||
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement: | 1 | |
Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement: | 1 | |
Cornerstone of Engineering 2 1 |
Writing Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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A grade of C or higher is required: | ||
ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
ENGW 3302 | Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions | 4 |
or ENGW 3315 | Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines |
Integrative Course
Code | Title | Hours |
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This course is already required above and also fulfills the integrative requirement. | ||
Senior Design Project—Environmental |
Engineering GPA Requirement
A minimum 2.000 GPA is required in CIVE coursework
Health Sciences Major Requirement
A minimum grade of C or higher is required for all HLTH and PHTH courses
Program Requirement
132 total semester hours required
Sample Plans of Study
Four Years, 1 Co-op Summer 2/Fall
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | Vacation | |
CHEM 1153 | 0 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | PHTH 1260 (SI) | 4 | ||
ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | PHTH 2210 and PHTH 2211 (FQ, AD) | 4 | ||||
GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | ||||
GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||
MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||||
17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
CIVE 2221 | 4 | CIVE 2331 | 4 | MATH 2341 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
CIVE 2222 | 0 | CIVE 3430 | 4 | PHTH 2350 (SI) | 4 | ||
CIVE 2334 | 4 | ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||
CIVE 2300 and CIVE 2301 | 4 | PHTH 2414 | 4 | ||||
PHTH 2515 | 4 | CIVE 3464 | 4 | ||||
16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Co-op | 0 | CIVE 3435 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
GE 3300 | 4 | ||||||
PHTH 4120 (IC, DD) | 4 | ||||||
PHTH 4202 | 4 | ||||||
0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
CIVE 4534 (WI) | 3 | CIVE 4765 (EI, WI, CE) | 5 | ||||
CIVE 4535 | 1 | PHTH 5214 or CIVE 5255 | 3 | ||||
ENCP 3000 | 1 | Science Elective (Earth) | 4 | ||||
ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | Environmental Tech. Elective | 4 | ||||
PHTH 4540 (WI) | 4 | ||||||
Environmental Tech. Elective | 4 | ||||||
17 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 132 |
Five Years, 3 Co-ops Summer 2/Fall
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | Vacation | |
CHEM 1153 | 0 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | PHTH 1260 (SI) | 4 | ||
ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | PHTH 2210 and PHTH 2211 (FQ, AD) | 4 | ||||
GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | ||||
GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||
MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||||
17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
CIVE 2221 | 4 | CIVE 2331 | 4 | MATH 2341 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
CIVE 2222 | 0 | CIVE 3430 | 4 | PHTH 2350 (SI) | 4 | ||
CIVE 2334 | 4 | CIVE 3464 | 4 | ||||
CIVE 2300 and CIVE 2301 | 4 | ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||
PHTH 2515 | 4 | PHTH 2414 | 4 | ||||
16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Co-op | 0 | CIVE 3435 | 4 | Vacation | Co-op | 0 | |
GE 3300 | 4 | ||||||
PHTH 4540 (WI) | 4 | ||||||
PHTH 4202 | 4 | ||||||
0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Co-op | 0 | CIVE 4534 (WI) | 3 | Vacation | Co-op | 0 | |
CIVE 4535 | 1 | ||||||
ENCP 3000 | 1 | ||||||
ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | ||||||
PHTH 4120 (IC, DD) | 4 | ||||||
Environmental Tech. Elective | 4 | ||||||
0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Year 5 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
Co-op | 0 | CIVE 4765 (EI, WI, CE) | 5 | ||||
PHTH 5214 or CIVE 5255 | 3 | ||||||
Science Elective (Earth) | 4 | ||||||
Environmental Tech. Elective | 4 | ||||||
0 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 132 |