OVERVIEW

A minor in Environmental Engineering enables you to broaden your career and graduate study opportunities related to analyzing and designing systems for protection of our air, water, and land resources.  Consulting and industrial companies may hire non-environmental engineers to work on environmental projects.  Completing this minor would give you a competitive advantage for these positions and for graduate programs involving environmental engineering or science.

You may earn a minor in Environmental Engineering by completing five required courses. For a list of these courses, consult the College of Engineering Catalog, and for additional details consult CIEN Assistant Director of Student Services, Kyle Sawyer or CIEN Undergraduate Program Director, Alex Spivak. To be eligible to register for the minor, you must be coded as an Environmental Engineering minor candidate and maintain a GPA of 2.0 or better in the courses used to satisfy the requirements of the minor. Civil Engineering students are not eligible for the Environmental Engineering minor.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
CIVE 1170	Fluid Mechanics For Civil Engineers	3
CIVE 3610	Water Supply And Treatment	3
CIVE 3630	Wastewater Engineering	3
Choose two of the of the following (two electives)		6
CIVE 4670	Solid Waste Management
CIVE 3620	Air Pollution Engineering I
CIVE 3210	Soil Mechanics
CIVE 4610	Hydrology And Water Resources
CIVE 4680	Environmental Law
CIVE 4980	Special Topics (Microbiome and multi-omics)
CHEE 2010	Mass And Energy Balances
CHEE 2230	Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I
ECON 3240	Environmental Economics
Total Hours		15

• An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
• An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
• An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
• An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
• An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
• An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.