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Major in Environmental Engineering

The undergraduate curriculum in Environmental Engineering is based on a strong foundation in physical, chemical, and biological sciences, mathematics, and engineering fundamentals. The All-University Core Curriculum (AUCC) provides a broad background in communication, liberal arts, humanities, and social sciences. Upper-division courses address engineering applications for prevention and control of air, water, and land pollution.

Program Description

Environmental engineers design solutions to prevent future environmental damage as well as reduce and resolve existing pollution problems. Required courses that are specific to the Environmental Engineering major come from several engineering and science disciplines, including organic and environmental chemistry, microbiology, hydrology, statistics, environmental toxicology, and water treatment. Technical electives provide specialization in a particular area of interest. The program culminates in a year-long, term-based, senior capstone design experience.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion, students will be able to:

1. Identify, analyze, formulate, and design resilient and sustainable environmental engineering solutions, both independently and in an interdisciplinary team environment;
2. Apply considerations of technical, legal, regulatory, social, environmental, economic, and ethical factors to develop solutions to multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary projects and programs;
3. Communicate effectively in both technical and non-technical settings using a variety of media and modes of communication with co-workers, clients, stakeholders, policy-makers, and the public;
4. Engage in lifelong learning, professional development, and leadership, including participation in continuing education courses, workshops, and/or graduate study, and the pursuit of licensure as a professional engineer; and
5. Exemplify the skills and capability to participate in activities focused on the betterment of their communities and society as a whole.

Potential Occupations

Students who obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from CSU are well prepared to solve some of the world’s most challenging environmental problems, such as providing sustainable sources of high-quality water and air for the world's expanding population. Students also will be equipped to address growing detrimental impacts resulting from climate change, such as flooding, drought, and famine. The need to solve these challenging problems will contribute to the increased demand for the services of environmental engineers, both in the U.S. and abroad. Environmental engineers typically are employed in designing pollution prevention equipment and systems, designing environmental monitoring systems, implementing both government and industry environmental regulations, designing water and wastewater treatment systems, reclaiming degraded land, remediating existing air, water, and soil pollution, and restoring ecosystem health.

Curriculum

The curriculum for the Environmental Engineering major is as follows:

• Freshman:
  • CHEM 111: General Chemistry I (GT-SC2)
  • CHEM 112: General Chemistry Lab I (GT-SC1)
  • CO 150: College Composition (GT-CO2)
  • ENGR 111: Fundamentals of Engineering
  • ENGR 114: Engineering for Grand Challenges
  • MATH 160: Calculus for Physical Scientists I (GT-MA1)
  • MATH 161: Calculus for Physical Scientists II (GT-MA1)
  • PH 141: Physics for Scientists and Engineers I (GT-SC1)
  • Arts and Humanities
• Sophomore:
  • CHEM 113: General Chemistry II
  • CHEM 114: General Chemistry Lab II
  • CIVE 202: Numerical Modeling and Optimization
  • CIVE 203: Engineering Systems and Decision Analysis
  • CIVE 260: Engineering Mechanics-Statics
  • CIVE 261: Engineering Mechanics-Dynamics
  • CIVE 360: Mechanics of Solids
  • MATH 261: Calculus for Physical Scientists III
  • MATH 340: Intro to Ordinary Differential Equations
  • MECH 237: Introduction to Thermal Sciences
  • Select four credits from the following course or course pair:
    • Group A: BZ 110: Principles of Animal Biology (GT-SC2) and BZ 111: Animal Biology Laboratory (GT-SC1)
    • Group B: BZ 120: Principles of Plant Biology (GT-SC1)
    • Group C: LIFE 102: Attributes of Living Systems (GT-SC1)
• Junior:
  • CHEM 245: Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
  • CIVE 300: Fluid Mechanics
  • CIVE 301: Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
  • CIVE 322: Basic Hydrology
  • CIVE 339: Environmental Engineering Concepts
  • CIVE 355: Geotechnical Engineering
  • CIVE 356: Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory
  • CIVE 442: Air Quality Engineering
  • MIP 300: General Microbiology
  • Select one course from the following:
    • AREC 202: Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1)
    • ECON 202: Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1)
  • Advanced Writing
  • Historical Perspectives
• Senior:
  • CIVE 401: Hydraulic Engineering
  • CIVE 402: Senior Design Principles
  • CIVE 403: Senior Project Design
  • CIVE 439: Applications of Environmental Engr Concepts
  • CIVE 441: Water Quality Analysis and Treatment
  • ERHS 446: Environmental Toxicology
  • 1C
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Engineering Technical Electives (see list below)
  • Additional Technical Electives (see list below)

Engineering Technical Electives

• CIVE 305: Intermediate AutoCAD
• CIVE 330: Ecological Engineering
• CIVE 405: Sustainable Civil/Environmental Engineering
• CIVE 421: Global Water Challenges
• CIVE 423: Groundwater Engineering
• CIVE 437: Wastewater Treatment Facility Design
• CIVE 440: Nonpoint Source Pollution
• CIVE 455: Applications in Geotechnical Engineering
• CIVE 458: Environmental Geotechnics
• CIVE 502: Fluid Mechanics
• CIVE 511: Coastal Engineering
• CIVE 512: Irrigation Systems Design
• CIVE 513: Morphodynamic Modeling
• CIVE 514: Hydraulic Structures/Systems
• CIVE 515: River Mechanics
• CIVE 519: Irrigation Water Management
• CIVE 520: Physical Hydrology
• CIVE 521: Hydrometry
• CIVE 524/WR 524: Modeling Watershed Hydrology
• CIVE 525: Water Engineering International Development
• CIVE 526: Pollution, Exposure, and the Environment
• CIVE 527: Tools for Food-Energy-Water Systems Analysis
• CIVE 529: Environmental Organic Chemistry
• CIVE 530: Environ Engr at the Water-Energy-Health Nexus
• CIVE 531: Groundwater Hydrology
• CIVE 533/BIOM 533: Biomolecular Tools for Engineers
• CIVE 538: Aqueous Chemistry
• CIVE 540/CBE 540: Advanced Biological Wastewater Processing
• CIVE 541: Physical Chemical Water Treatment Processes
• CIVE 542: Water Quality Modeling
• CIVE 544: Water Resources Planning and Management
• CIVE 547/STAT 547: Statistics for Environmental Monitoring
• CIVE 549: Drainage and Wetland Engineering
• CIVE 558: Containment Systems for Waste Disposal
• CIVE 572: Analysis of Urban Water Systems
• CIVE 574: Civil Engineering Project Management
• CIVE 575: Sustainable Water and Waste Management
• CIVE 576: Engineering Applications of GIS and GPS
• ENGR 502: Engineering Project and Program Management
• ENGR 550/MATH 550: Numerical Methods in Science and Engineering
• SYSE 501: Foundations of Systems Engineering

Additional Technical Electives

• AREC 340/ECON 340: Introduction-Economics of Natural Resources
• AREC 342: Water Law, Policy, and Institutions
• AREC 444/ECON 444: Economics of Energy Resources
• ATS 555: Air Pollution
• ATS 560: Air Pollution Measurement
• BZ 471: Stream Biology and Ecology
• BZ 472: Stream Biology and Ecology Laboratory
• ERHS 320: Environmental Health--Water Quality
• ERHS 448: Environmental Contaminants
• ESS 474: Limnology
• ESS 524: Foundations for Carbon/Greenhouse Gas Mgmt
• JTC 461: Writing About Science, Health and Environment
• LIFE 320: Ecology
• MGT 305: Fundamentals of Management
• NR 319: Introduction to Geospatial Science
• NR 323/GR 323: Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation
• PSY 517/IE 517: Perspectives in Global Health
• RS 478: Ecological Restoration
• SOCR 455: Microbiomes of Soil Systems
• SOCR 467: Soil and Environmental Chemistry
• SOCR 470: Soil Physics

Distinctive Requirements for Degree Program

To declare the major, students must meet established academic standards. The curriculum for this major assumes students enter college prepared to take calculus. To qualify for graduation, Environmental Engineering majors must achieve a minimum 2.000 grade point average at CSU in all courses in engineering, mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics, and chemistry as well as courses taken as technical electives.