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Climate and Engineering, Graduate Certificate

2022-2023 Edition

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Climate change is a defining challenge of the 21st century. This three-course certificate in climate and engineering provides students with the foundational knowledge of how climate change will impact engineered systems and approaches for adaptation at multiple scales. Students will also acquire the analytical skills to evaluate technologies and engineering approaches for safety, climate effectiveness, and equality in societal costs and benefits.

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Core Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete one of the following:4
CIVE 5363
Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy
CIVE 5699
Special Topics in Civil Engineering (Climate Technologies for Decarbonization, Mitigation, and Adaptation)

Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete two of the following:8
CIVE 5150
Climate and Atmospheric Change
CIVE 5275
Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure
CIVE 5281
Coastal Dynamics and Design
CIVE 5363
Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy
CIVE 5670
Global Biogeochemistry
CIVE 5699
Special Topics in Civil Engineering (Intro to Air Quality Engineering Science)
CIVE 5699
Special Topics in Civil Engineering (Climate Technologies for Decarbonization, Mitigation, and Adaptation)
CIVE 5984
Research (4 SH, with topic approval of program advisor)
CIVE 7272
Air Quality Management
ENGR 5670
Sustainable Energy: Materials, Conversion, Storage, and Usage

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

12 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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