The five-year, dual-degree program in bioenvironmental engineering is offered by the School of Engineering in cooperation with the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). This program allows a greater depth of specialization at the undergraduate level than can be achieved by completing the four-year program.
Students in the five-year program apply to SEBS, under whose jurisdiction they remain for the first two years. Assuming satisfactory progress, the students come under the academic jurisdiction of the School of Engineering for the remaining three years of the program. However, the students continue to affiliate with SEBS and must select humanities/social sciences electives to satisfy SEBS core requirements. Four-year bioenvironmental engineering majors may apply to SEBS for transfer to the dual-degree, five-year program at any time prior to their fourth year.
First year students matriculating fall 2015 and after and transfer students matriculating fall 2016 and after can find the SEBS core requirements in the SEBS Core Requirements chapter. The most recent updates will be posted on the SEBS and the Bioenvironmental Engineering program websites.
Continuing students matriculating prior to fall 2015 and transfer students matriculating prior to fall 2016 must complete the SEBS core requirements Areas I through VII plus the major requirements Area VIII A and B. The SEBS core for continuing students matriculating prior to fall 2015 and transfer students matriculating prior to fall 2016 fulfills the School of Engineering humanities and social science requirements. The year-by-year program for continuing students matriculating prior to fall 2015 and transfer students matriculating prior to fall 2016 is listed below.
First Year
Curriculum Code 117
First Semester
01:119:115 General Biology (4)
01:355:101 Expository Writing I (3)
01:640:151 Calculus for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (4)
01:750:123 Analytical Physics IA (2)
11:117:100 Introduction to Bioenvironmental Engineering (1)
Second Semester
01:119:116 General Biology (4)
01:640:152 Calculus for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (4)
01:750:124 Analytical Physics IB (2)
14:440:127 Introduction to Computers for Engineers (3)
14:440:221 Engineering Mechanics: Statics (3)
Second Year
First Semester
01:160:159 General Chemistry for Engineers (3)
01:160:171 Introduction to Experimentation (1)
01:640:251 Multivariable Calculus (4)
01:750:227 Analytical Physics IIA (3)
01:750:229 Analytical Physics IIA Laboratory (1)
14:180:215 Engineering Graphics (1)
14:180:243 Mechanics of Solids (3)
Second Semester
01:160:160 General Chemistry for Engineers (3)
01:640:244 Differential Equations for Engineering and Physics (4)
11:216:351 Principles of Ecology (3)
14:332:373 Elements of Electrical Engineering (3)
14:440:222 Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (3)
Third Year
First Semester
11:375:201 Biological Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)
11:375:202 Chemical Principles of Environmental Sciences (3) 14:180:387 Fluid Mechanics (3) or 14:650:312 Fluid Mechanics (3)
14:180:389 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (1)
elective for SEBS Areas III, IV, V, or VI (3)
free elective (2)
Second Semester
11:160:209 Elementary Organic Chemistry (3)
01:220:102 Introduction to Microeconomics (3)
11:374:279 Politics of Environmental Issues (3)
11:375:203 Physical Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)
14:650:351 Thermodynamics (3)
elective for SEBS Areas III, IV, V, or VI (3)
Fourth Year
First Semester
01:160:211 Elementary Organic Chemistry (1)
11:375:303 Numerical Methods in Environmental Science (3) or 300+ level Statistics (3)
11:374:460 Environmental Law I (3)
elective for SEBS Areas III, IV, V or VI (3)
elective for SEBS Areas III, IV, V or VI (3)
elective for SEBS Areas III, IV, V or VI (3)
Second Semester
11:117:462 Design of Solid Waste Treatment Systems (3)
11:375:423 Environmental Fate and Transport (3)
free elective (3)
elective for SEBS Areas III, IV, V or VI (3)
technical elective (3)
Fifth Year
First Semester
11:___:___ Junior/Senior Colloquium (current offerings posted on SEBS's website) (3)
11:117:413 Unit Processes in Bioenvironmental Engineering I (3)
11:117:423 Bioenvironmental Engineering Unit Processes Laboratory I (1)
11:117:474 Air Pollution Engineering (3)
11:117:488 Bioenvironmental Engineering Design I (2)
11:375:322 Energy Technology and its Environmental Impact (3) or 11:670:453 Air Quality Modeling (3)
technical elective (3)
Second Semester
11:117:414 Unit Processes in Bioenvironmental Engineering II (3)
11:117:424 Bioenvironmental Engineering Unit Processes Laboratory II (1)
11:117:468 Hazardous Waste Treatment Engineering (3)
11:117:489 Bioenvironmental Engineering Design II (2)
14:440:488 Senior Survey or 14:440:487 Senior Survey
technical elective (3)
technical elective (3)
Total Credits = 159
Notes
Technical electives may be selected from the following: 01:460:414, 428; 01:640:250, 350; 01:750:326, 327; 11:117:450, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498; 11:372:232, 233; 11:375:322, 340, 346, 360, 407, 411, 421, 424, 430, 434, 444, 453; 11:670:102, 323, 324, 453; 11:680:390; 14:180:372, 374, 382, 429; 14:540:343; 14:650:462, 481; 33:010:272, 275.