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 Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology-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)
16:116:611 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:

16:116:507� Environmental Systems Analysis (3)
16:116:508� Instruments in Bioenvironmental Engineering (3)
16:116:697,698� 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)