Courses for a One Year Master's in Environmental Engineering

The One-year Master’s in Environmental Engineering (1MS) equips students with advanced knowledge in the fundamentals of Environmental analysis and design. The program requires completion of 30 credits including an internship (4 cr), two one-credit seminars (2 cr), and eight technical courses (24 cr). The technical courses, which fall into three categories, can be completed in two full-time semesters.

Category 1: Science Fundamentals

2 courses

CEGE 5541: Environmental Water Chemistry (3 cr)
CEGE 5551: Environmental Microbiology (3 cr)

Category 2: Physical Chemical Processes & Design

2 courses

CEGE 8504: Theory of Unit Operations (4 cr)
CEGE 8505: Biological Processes (3 cr)

Category 3: Cross-disciplinary Knowledge

Minimum of 1 course (2 to 4 cr) and maximum of 2 (6 cr) from this category; not limited to the following list

CEGE 5524: A Circularity Revolution: Working to Close the Loop on Global Issues (3 cr)
EEB 5601: Limnology (3 cr)
ESPM 5603: Environmental Life Cycle Analysis (3 cr)
LAAS 5621: Environmental Genomics and Microbiomes (3 cr)
or CSCI 5461: Functional Genomics, Systems Biology, and Bioinformatics (3 cr)
or BIOC 5361: Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics (2 cr)
PA 5711: Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (3 cr)
PA 5751: Addressing Climate and Energy Challenges at the Local Scale (3 cr)
PubH 6141: GIS & Spatial Analysis for Public Health (3 cr)
PubH 6159: Principles of Toxicology I (2 cr)
PubH 6194: Climate Change and Public Health (2 cr)
or ESCI 5402: Science and Politics of Global Warming (3 cr)
PubH 7464: Exploring and Visualizing Data in R (2 cr)
STAT 5021: Statistical Analysis (4 cr)
WRS 5101 or PA 5723: Water Policy (3 cr)

Additional classes (sufficient credits to fulfill 24 total)
Remaining credits are encouraged, but not required, to be from CEGE.
Options include: (if not taken for undergraduate credit; max 6 cr of 4xxx classes allowed
for MS)

CEGE 4561: Solid and Hazardous Waste (3 cr)
CEGE 4562: Remediation Technology (3 cr)
CEGE 4563: Pollutant Fate and Transport: Processes and Modeling (3 cr)
CEGE 5512: Stochastic Ecohydrology (3 cr)
CEGE 5513: Energy Conversions from Wind, Hydro, and Solar Resources (3 cr)
CEGE 5516: Stream Mechanics (3 cr)
CEGE 5542: Experimental Methods in Environmental Engineering (3 cr)
CEGE 5543: Introductory Environmental Fluid Mechanics (4 cr)
CEGE 8503: Environmental Mass Transport (4 cr)
CEGE 8542: Chemistry of Organic Pollutants in Environmental Systems (3 cr)
CEGE 8561: Analysis and Modeling of Aquatic Environments I (3 cr)
Membranes Class

Classes may also be taken from other departments based on discussion with your advisor.

Seminars (2 cr)

CEGE 8500: Environmental Seminar (1 cr)
CEGE 5100: Professional Development Seminar (1 cr)

Internship (4 cr)

CEGE 5196: Industrial Internship in Civil Engineering (4 cr)

1MS Overview 1MS Internship Experience

For further information

Contact
Dr. Ebrahim Shemshadian
Director of the One-Year Master’s Program in Structural Engineering
[email protected]