Environmental Engineering Major Requirements

A major in engineering, concentrating on environmental engineering with emphasis on instrumentation has the following requirements.

General Education Requirements (9 courses, 36 credits)*

• 3 English courses: Freshman Writing I and II, English Literature
• 1 Ethics Course 1 Seminar for Freshmen (SF 101A recommended)
• 1 Social Science Requirement (EC 101 Principles of Microeconomics recommended)
• 2 Humanities/History (2 courses)**
• GVT 329 Law for Environmental Protection and Pollution Prevention

*Note: The General Education requirements for mathematics, quantitative reasoning, and sciences are met by the Mathematics and Basic Science requirements for the BSE degree.

**One of the two humanities/history courses must meet the Cultural Diversity requirement.

Mathematics and Basic Science Requirements (9 courses, 36 credits)

• 3 Math courses: MATH 165, 166, 265
• 1 Math Methods course: ENS 225/L225
• 1 Biology course: BIO 254 Marine Biology
• 3 Chemistry courses (with labs): CHEM 111/L111, CHEM 112/L112, ENVE 226
• 2 Physics courses (with labs): PHYS 151/L151, PHYS 152/L152

Engineering Topics (14 courses, 50 credits)

• ENS 325/L325 Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
• ENS 201 Engineering Mechanics
• ENS L202 Technical Communication
• ENVE 101 Engineering Practice (1 credit course)
• ENS 103/L103 Introduction to Engineering
• ENS 220 Design and Design Tools
• ENS 361 Fluid Mechanics
• ENS 425 Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
• ENVE 365 Hydrology
• ENVE 401/L401 Environmental Engineering Measurements
• ENVE 410 Water and Wastewater
• ENS 414/ENS 415 Engineering Senior Project
• ECE 105/L105 Circuit Theory I Computer Science (1 course, 4 credits)
• ENS 333/L333 Programming for Engineers