Students must complete both, the SEBS Undergraduate Core Curriculum and the graduation requirements for the major as described below.
For an up-to-date description of the bioenvironmental engineering major requirements, courses, and course sequences please refer to the program webpage at http://envsci.rutgers.edu/academics/bee.
SEBS UNDERGRADUATE CORE CURRICULUM (39 credits)
Contemporary Challenges
(6 credits) Two courses, one in each of the Contemporary Challenges areas: Diversities and Social Inequalities [CC-D] and Our Common Future [CC-O]
Experiential Learning (3 credits) Students must participate in a certified experience that meets this goal [EL]
Natural Sciences (6 credits) Students must take two courses, one each in two of the following areas: physical, biological, or environmental sciences [NS]
Historical Analysis (3 credits) Students must take one course [HST]
Social Analysis (6 credits) SEBS students must complete two courses, one in either social/cultural
analysis or economic analysis, and one in governmental and regulatory
analysis [SCL]
Arts and Humanities (3 credits) Students must complete one course [AH]
Writing and Communication (6 credits) Students
must take 01:355:101 or its equivalent [WC] and one course that
fulfills the learning goal tocommunicate effectively in modes appropriate
to a discipline or area of inquiry [WCD].
Quantitative and Formal Reasoning (6 credits) Students must take two courses [QQ; QR]
Graduation Requirements for the Major (129 credits)
A. REQUIRED COURSES (117 credits)
01:119:103 Principles of Biology (4) a)
01:160:159-160 General Chemistry for Engineers (3,3) a)
01:160:171 Introduction to Experimentation (1)
01:160:209 Elementary Organic Chemistry (3)
01:160:211 Elementary Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1)
01:640:151-152 Calculus for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (4,4) b)
01:640:244 Differential Equations for Engineering and Physics (4)
01:640:251 Multivariable Calculus (4)
01:750:123-124 Analytical Physics I (2,2)
01:750:227 Analytical Physics IIA (3) a)
01:750:229 Analytical Physics IIA Laboratory (1)
11:117:100 Introduction to Bioenvironmental Engineering (1)
11:117:333 Environmental Engineering Tools (3)
11:117:413,414 Unit Processes in Environmental Engineering I, II (3,3)
11:117:423,424 Environmental 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)
11:117:488,489 Environmental Engineering Design I, II (2,2) c)
11:216:351 Principles of Ecology (3)
11:374:279 Politics of Environmental Issues (3) d)
11:374:460 Environmental Law and Policy I (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) (or 300+ level statistics course)
11:375:423 Environmental Fate and Transport (3)
11:670:453 Air Quality Modeling (3) (or 11:375:322 Energy Technology and Its Environmental Impact)
11:680:201 Introduction to Microbiology (3)
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)
14:440:127 Introduction to Computers for Engineers (3)
14:440:221-222 Engineering Mechanics (3,3)
14:540:343 Engineering Economics (3)
14:650:351 Thermodynamics (3)
B. ELECTIVES (12 credits must be fulfilled)
01:460:414 Hydrologic Processes (3)
01:460:428 Hydrogeology (3)
01:640:250 Introductory Linear Algebra (3)
01:640:350 Linear Algebra (3)
01:750:326 Computer-Based Experiments (4)
01:750:327 Modern Instrumentation (3)
11:117:450 Applied Instrumentation and Control (4)
11:117:494 Contaminant Hydrogeology Engineering (3)
11:117:495 Surface Water Quality Engineering (3)
11:117:496 Planning and Design of Land Treatment Systems (3)
11:117:497,498 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering (Up to 6 credits count toward technical electives)
11:375:312 Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (3)
11:375:322 Energy Technology and its Environmental Impacts (3)
11:375:340 Environmental Applications of Organic Chemistry (3)
11:375:346 Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (3)
11:375:360 Soils and Water (4)
11:375:407 Environmental Toxicology (3)
11:375:411 Environmental Microbiology (3)
11:375:421 Fundamentals of Air Pollution (3)
11:375:424 Air Sampling and Analysis Techniques (3)
11:375:430 Hazardous Wastes (3)
11:375:434 Principles of Industrial Hygiene (3)
11:375:444 Water Chemistry (3)
11:375:453 Soil Ecology (3)
11:573:232, 233 Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics (3) and Laboratory (1) (4)
11:670:102 Introduction to Climate Science (3)
11:670:323 Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere (3)
11:670:324 Dynamics of the Atmosphere (3)
11:670:453 Air Quality Modeling (3)
11:680:390 General Microbiology (4)
14:180:372,374 Soil Mechanics (3) and Laboratory (1) (4)
14:180:382 Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (3)
14:180:443 Advanced Hydraulics (3)
14:180:448 Elements of Hydrology (3)
14:650:462 Power Plants (3)
14:650:481 Heat Transfer (3)
14:xxx:2xx/3xx/4xx 200+ level engineering courses
Notes:
a) Fulfills Natural Sciences [NS] requirement of SEBS Core Curriculum (6 credits).
b) Fulfills Quantitative and Formal Reasoning [QQ, QR] requirement of SEBS Core Curriculum (6 credits).
c) Fulfills Experiential Learning [EL] requirement of SEBS Core Curriculum (3 credits).
d) Partially fulfills Social Analysis [SCL] and Contemporary Challenges [CC-O] requirements of SEBS Core Curriculum (6 credits).
Unspecified Electives
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 in bioenvironmental engineering.
