Four-Year Undergraduate Curriculum

Four-Year Curriculum Code 366

The undergraduate program in Environmental Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission's General Criteria and Program Criteria for Environmental Engineering.

First Year

See First-Year Program (35)

First Semester

  01:119:103  Principles of Biology (4)

  01:750:227  Analytical Physics IIA (3)

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

  14:180:215  Engineering Graphics (1)

  14:440:222  Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (3)

Second Semester

  01:160:209  Elementary Organic Chemistry (3)

  11:117:333  Environmental Engineering Tools (3)

  14:180:243  Mechanics of Solids (3)

  General elective (3)

                                                                 Junior Year

First Semester

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

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

  11:375:303  Numerical Methods in Environmental Sciences or 300-400 level statistics (3)

  14:180:387  Fluid Mechanics (3) 

  14:180:389  Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (1)

Second Semester

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

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

  14:180:448  Elements of Hydrology (3)

  14:540:343  Engineering Economics (3)

  14:650:351  Thermodynamics (3)

  Humanities/social sciences elective (3)

First Semester

  11:117:413  Unit Processes in Environmental Engineering I (3)

  11:117:423  Environmental Engineering Unit Processes Laboratory I (1)

  11:117:474  Air Pollution Engineering (3)

  11:117:488  Environmental Engineering Design I (2)*

  11:375:322  Energy Technology and its Environmental Impact (3)

 Option elective (3)

Second Semester

  11:117:414  Unit Processes in Environmental Engineering II (3)

  11:117:424  Environmental Engineering Unit Processes Laboratory II (1) 

  11:117:489  Environmental Engineering Design II (2) or 14:180:431 Design of Environmental Engineering Facilities (4)*

  Humanities/social sciences elective (3)

  Option elective (3)

  Option elective (3)

Notes

*For the water resources concentration, it is optional to take 14:180:431 instead of 11:117:488/489.

Option electives may be selected for one of four concentrations from the following:

Water Resources: 11:117:494, 11:117:495, 11:117:497, 11:117:498, 11:372:232, 233, 11:375:434, 14:180:372, 374, 14:180:382, 14:180:443; 11:682:451; 11:628:425

Environmental Unit Processes and Remediation: 11:117:468, 11:117:494, 11:117:497, 11:117:498, 11:375:340, 11:375:407, 11:375:411, 11:375:434, 11:375:444, 11:375:453, 11:680:201

Air Quality: 11:117:497, 11:117:498, 11:375:346;  11:375:407, 11:375:424, 11:375:434, 11:670:453, 14:650:461

Sustainable Environmental Systems: 11:117:468, 11:117:497, 11:117:498, 11:375:360; 11:375:430, 11:375:434, 11:375:450, 11:375:474; 11:776:382; 14:332:443; 14:635:405; 14:440:378: 10:971:202: 11:020:340