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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2011–2013 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Programs of Study Bioenvironmental Engineering 117 Graduation Requirements for the Major  

Graduation Requirements for the Major


All students must complete the SEBS core requirements appropriate for students majoring in the five-year bioenvironmental engineering program (Areas I through VII below), plus the major requirements (Area VIII A and B below).

I. School Mission: Interdisciplinary Critical Analysis (3 credits)

One 3-credit Junior/Senior Colloquium (See the Degree Requirements chapter for a description of this requirement.)

Interdisciplinary problem definition, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation also are taught in several of the required upper-level bioenvironmental engineering courses.

II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences

A. Life Sciences (8 credits)

  01:119:101-102  General Biology (4,4)

B. Physical Sciences (11 credits)

  01:160:159-160  General Chemistry for Engineers (3,3)

  01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1)

  01:750:123-124  Analytical Physics I (2,2)

III. Humanities and the Arts (6 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter. Students are advised to select courses that will simultaneously fulfill the School of Engineering humanities requirement.

IV. Multicultural and International Studies (6 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter. Students are advised to select courses that will simultaneously fulfill the School of Engineering social sciences requirement.

V. Human Behavior, Economic Systems, and Political Processes

A. Human Behavior (3 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter. Students are advised to select a course that will simultaneously fulfill the School of Engineering social sciences requirement.

B. Economic Systems (3 credits)

  01:220:200  Economic Principles and Problems (3)

C. Political Processes (3 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

VI. Oral and Written Communication (6 credits)

  01:355:101  Expository Writing (3)

  01:355:201  Research in the Disciplines (3) or 01: 355:302  Scientific and Technical Writing (3)

VII. Experience-Based Education (4 credits)

  11:117:488,489  Bioenvironmental Engineering Design I,II (2,2)

VIII. Proficiency in Bioenvironmental Engineering (99-100 credits)

A. REQUIRED COURSES (90)

Quantitative Skills (16)

  01:640:151-152  Calculus for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (4,4)

  01:640:244  Differential Equations for Engineering and Physics (4)

  01:640:251  Multivariable Calculus (4)

Computer and Information Technology Competence (3)

  14:440:127  Introduction to Computers for Engineers (3)

Professional Ethics

Ethical, social, and safety considerations important in engineering practice are included in several of the required upper-level design courses.

Additional Requirements (71)

  01:160:209  Elementary Organic Chemistry (3)

  01:160:211  Elementary Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1)

  01:750:227  Analytical Physics IIA (3)

  01:750:229  Analytical Physics IIA Laboratory (1)

  11:117:100  Introduction to Bioenvironmental Engineering (1)

  11:117:413,414  Unit Processes in Bioenvironmental Engineering I,II (3,3)

  11:117:423,424  Bioenvironmental Unit Processes Laboratory I,II (1,1)

  11:117:462  Design of Solid Waste Treatment Systems (3)

  11:117:468  Hazardous Waste Treatment Engineering (3)

  11:117:474  Air Pollution Engineering (3)

  11:375:201  Biological Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)

  11:375:202  Chemical Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)

  11:375:203  Physical Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)

  11:375:303  Numerical Methods in Environmental Science (3)

  11:375:333  Environmental Law I (3)

  11:375:423  Environmental Fate and Transport (3)

  11:704:351  Principles of Ecology (4)

  14:180:215  Engineering Graphics (1)

  14:180:243  Mechanics of Solids (3)

  14:180:387  Fluid Mechanics (3)

  14:180:389  Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (1)

  14:180:429  Water and Wastewater Engineering (3)

  14:332:373  Elements of Electrical Engineering (3)

  14:440:221-222  Engineering Mechanics (3,3)

  14:650:351  Thermodynamics (3)

B. ELECTIVES (9-10)

  01:460:428  Hydrogeology (3)

  11:117:450  Applied Instrumentation and Control (3)

  11:117:494  Land and Water Resources Engineering (3)

  11:117:495  Environmental Systems Analysis for Engineers (3)

  11:117:496  Planning and Design of Land Treatment Systems (3)

  11:375:334  Environmental Law II (3)

  11:375:409  Environmental Statement and Impact (3)

  11:375:411,413  Environmental Microbiology and Lab (3)

  11:375:422  Air Sampling and Analysis (3)

  11:375:430  Hazardous Wastes (3)

  14:155:453  Chemical Environmental Engineering (3)

  14:180:372,374  Soil Mechanics and Laboratory (3,1)

  14:180:382  Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (3)

  14:180:443  Advanced Hydraulics (3)

  14:180:448  Elements of Hydrology (3)

  14:540:343  Engineering Economics (3)

  14:650:481  Heat Transfer (3) 

IX. Unspecified Electives (6-7 credits)

In addition to courses meeting the above requirements, students can take any other courses offered by the university, for which they meet the course eligibility requirements, to bring their total number of credits to the minimum of 159 required for graduation from this five-year program.

 

 
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