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Environmental Engineering, Minor

2023-2024 Edition

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The minor in environmental engineering opens opportunities for students across the university who are interested in gaining knowledge in issues related to the environment and associated engineering solutions as presented through courses from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 

A total of 16 semester hours is required to complete this minor. Students interested in this minor must contact the civil and environmental engineering academic advisor in order to declare the minor. This minor is open to engineering and nonengineering students, except for civil engineering or environmental engineering majors. 

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs and recitations courses where specified.

Required Course

Course List
Code Title Hours
CIVE 2334Environmental Engineering: Principles, Technology, and Sustainability4

Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete 12 semester hours from the following:12
CIVE 2300
and CIVE 2301
Environmental Measurements in Natural and Engineered Systems
and Lab for CIVE 2300
CIVE 2331
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
CIVE 2335
Environmental Engineering Chemistry
CIVE 3430
Engineering Microbiology and Ecology
CIVE 3435
Environmental Pollution: Fate and Transport
CIVE 4534
and CIVE 4535
Water Treatment Systems Design
and Lab for CIVE 4534
CIVE 4540
Resource Recovery and Waste Treatment Technologies Abroad
CIVE 4777
Climate Hazards and Resilient Cities Abroad
CIVE 5150
Climate and Atmospheric Change
CIVE 5250
Organic Pollutants in the Environment
CIVE 5260
Environmental Fluid Mechanics
CIVE 5261
Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Investment and Policymaking
CIVE 5271
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
CIVE 5275
Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure
CIVE 5280
Remote Sensing of the Environment
CIVE 5281
Coastal Dynamics and Design
CIVE 5363
Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy
CIVE 5366
Air Quality Engineering and Science
CIVE 5536
Hydrologic and Hydraulic Design
GE 3300
Energy Systems: Science, Technology, and Sustainability

GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in CIVE and GE courses

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