The
graduate program in bioenvironmental engineering offers a master of science
(M.S.) degree in bioenvironmental engineering. Students can specialize in areas of study such as air pollution,
bioremediation of environmental contaminants, environmental restoration, point
and nonpoint source pollution, solid and hazardous waste treatment, surface and
groundwater modeling, sustainable engineering, waste gas treatment, water and
wastewater treatment, and controlled environment engineering.Successful
applicants are expected to have completed an undergraduate engineering degree
from an ABET-accredited program or from a foreign institution with an
equivalent program. The M.S. program
offers two plans: (a) 24 credits of coursework, 6 credits of research, and a
comprehensive oral examination that includes the defense of a written thesis;
or (b) 30 credits of coursework, submission of an approved critical essay, and
a comprehensive oral examination.
Core Courses: All
students are required to take the following three lecture courses and one
seminar course:
16:375:510 Pollution
Microbiology (3)
16:375:517 Applications
of Aquatic Chemistry (3)
16:375:523 Environmental
Fate and Transport (3)
16:117:611 or 612 Seminar in
Bioenvironmental Engineering (1) or
16:117:612 or 613 Seminar in
Environmental Science (1)
Electives: The remaining courses may be selected from the following:
16:117:507 Environmental Systems Analysis (3)
16:117:508 Instruments in Bioenvironmental Engineering (3)
16:117:697,698 Special
Problems in Bioenvironmental Engineering (BA,BA) 16:180:562 Design of Water and
Wastewater Treatment (3) 16:180:563 Advanced
Hydrology (3)
16:180:566 Sediment
Transport (3)
16:180:574 Groundwater
Engineering I (3)
16:180:576 Groundwater
Engineering II (3)
16:180:565
Biogeochemical Engineering (3)
16:375:504 Water and
Wastewater Treatment (3)
16:375:506 Industrial
Treatment (3)
16:375:509 Groundwater
Pollution (3)
16:375:522 Environmental
Organic Chemistry (3)
16:375:524 Source Control of
Atmospheric Pollution (3)
16:375:525 Principles of Solid
Waste Management (3)
16:375:527 Environmental Process
Dynamics (3)
16:375:531 Biological Waste
Treatment (3)
16:375:534 Environmental
Sustainability (3)
16:375:535 Environmental Law
and Policy (3)
16:375:541 Environmental
Models (3)
Additional Electives: A maximum of 12 credits from the following undergraduate courses
may be taken for graduate credit as electives, provided that they have not
already been taken to satisfy undergraduate degree requirements:
11:117:413 Unit Processes in
Bioenvironmental Engineering I (3)
11:117:414 Unit
Processes in Bioenvironmental Engineering II (1)
11:117:423 Unit
Processes in Bioenvironmental Engineering Lab I (3)
11:117:424 Unit
Processes in Bioenvironmental Engineering Lab II (1)
11:117:450 Applied Instrumentation and Control (4)
11:117:462 Design of
Solid Waste Treatment Systems (3)
11:117:468 Hazardous
Waste Treatment Engineering (3)
11:670:453 Air Quality
Modeling (3)
