Program Overview

UBC Environmental Engineering Program

The University of British Columbia's environmental engineering degree program is designed to be completed in eight academic semesters with an optional 16 months of Co-op work placement. In addition to the common first year engineering courses, students in the environmental engineering program will take courses in Civil Engineering and Chemical & Biological Engineering, as well as specifically-designed environmental engineering courses such as Environmental Engineering Science and Environmental Engineering and Sustainability. Each year of the program features a design course which will prepare students for a final capstone design project in their 4th year.

Curriculum

The curriculum is effective as of the 2023 Winter Session. Students who entered the program in September 2021 or before proceed with the 2020/21 curriculum.

2nd Year Curriculum

• TERM 1
  • CHBE 241: Material and Energy Balances (3 credits)
  • CIVL 204: Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering (3 credits)
  • CIVL 215: Fluid Mechanics I (4 credits)
  • ENVE 200: Environmental Engineering Design and Decision Making (4 credits)
  • MATH 253: Multivariable Calculus (3 credits)
• TERM 2
  • CHBE 230: Computational Methods (3 credits)
  • CHBE 244: Chemical & Biological Engineering Thermodynamics I (3 credits)
  • ENVE 201: Technical Communications for Environmental Engineering (3 credits)
  • ENVE 202: Environmental Engineering Science (4 credits)
  • ENVE 203: Environmental Engineering & Sustainability (4 credits)
  • MATH 256: Differential Equations (3 credits) Total credits: 37

3rd Year Curriculum

• TERM 1
  • CHBE 364: Environmental Engineering Laboratory (3 credits)
  • CHBE 370: Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering (3 credits)
  • CHBE 373: Water and Wastewater Technology and Engineering (4 credits)
  • CHBE 485: Air Pollution Prevention and Control (3 credits)
  • CIVL 315: Fluid Mechanics II (4 credits)
  • EOSC 210: Earth Science for Engineers (3 credits)
  • STAT 251: Elementary Statistics (3 credits)
• TERM 2
  • CIVL 305: Introduction to Environmental Engineering (3 credits)
  • CIVL 316: Hydrology and Open Channel Flow (4 credits)
  • ENVE 301: Environmental Engineering Intermediate Design Project (3 credits)
  • Complementary Studies: Humanities and Social Sciences (3 credits)
  • Technical Electives (3 credits) Total credits: 39

4th Year Curriculum

• TERM 1
  • CHBE 483: Energy Engineering (3 credits)
  • CIVL 402: Professionalism and Law in Civil Engineering (3 credits)
  • CIVL 416: Environmental Hydraulics (3 credits)
  • EOSC 329: Quantitative Groundwater Hydrology (3 credits)
  • Technical Electives (6 credits)
• TERM 1 AND 2
  • ENVE 401: Environmental Engineering Capstone Project (8 credits)
• TERM 2
  • CHBE 459: Chemical & Biological Engineering Economics (3 credits)
  • CHBE 486: Waste Management for Resource Recovery (3 credits)
  • CIVL 409: Municipal Engineering (3 credits)
  • CIVL 418: Engineering Hydrology (3 credits) Total credits: 38