Five-Year B.S./B.S. Dual-Degree Program with SEBS

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 Curriculum chapter.

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.The most recent curricular updates are posted on the SEBS bioenvironmental engineering program website.

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)

  01:750:124  Analytical Physics IB (2)

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

  14:440:221  Engineering Mechanics: Statics (3)

First Semester

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

  01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1)

  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)

  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)

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)

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)

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.