Degree Requirements: Geoengineering

Courses designated with an asterisk (*) must be completed prior to admission to the major.

Mathematics

• MATH 1371 – CSE Calculus I (4 cr)*
• MATH 1372 – CSE Calculus II (4 cr)*
• MATH 2374 – CSE Multivariable Calculus and Vector Analysis (4 cr)*
• MATH 2373 – CSE Linear Algebra and Differential Equations (4 cr)

Physics

• PHYS 1301W – Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering I (PHYS, WI, 4 cr)*
• PHYS 1302W – Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering II (PHYS, WI, 4 cr)*

Chemistry

• CHEM 1061 – Chemical Principles I (PHYS, 3 cr)*
• CHEM 1065 – Chemical Principles I Laboratory (PHYS, 1 cr)*
• CHEM 1062 – Chemical Principles II (PHYS, 3 cr)*
• CHEM 1066 – Chemical Principles II Laboratory (PHYS, 1 cr)*

Courses designated with an asterisk (*) must be completed prior to admission to the major.

Core Engineering Curriculum

• AEM 2011 – Statics (3 cr)*
• AEM 3031 – Deformable Body Mechanics (3 cr)
• CEGE 3101 – Computer Applications I (3 cr)
• CEGE 3102 – Uncertainty and Decision Analysis (3 cr)
• CEGE 3103 – Engineering Ethics and Professional Practice (1 cr)
• CEGE 3301 – Soil Mechanics I (3 cr)
• CEGE 3501 – Introduction to Environmental Engineering (ENV, 3 cr)
• CEGE 3502 – Fluid Mechanics (4 cr)
• CEGE 4101W – Project Management and Engineering Economics (WI, 3 cr)
• CEGE 4104W – Capstone Design for Geoengineering (WI, 4 cr)
  This course is taken during the final semester. It includes an extensive real world design project, mentored by professional engineers from our local community, and requiring application of knowledge learned throughout the degree program.
• CEGE 4121 – Computer Applications II (3 cr)
• CEGE 4311 – Rock Mechanics (4 cr)
• CEGE 4351 – Groundwater Mechanics (3 cr)

Core Earth Sciences Curriculum

• ESCI 2201 – Solid Earth Dynamics (4 cr)
• ESCI 2301 – Mineralogy (3 cr)
• ESCI 3891 – Field Methods (2 cr)
• ESCI 4501 – Structural Geology (3 cr)

Core Electives
Students must take one course from the Field Geology category and one from the Dynamics or Substitute category.

Field Geology

• ESCI 3911 – Introductory Field Geology (4 cr)
• ESCI 4971W – Field Hydrogeology (WI, 4 cr)

Engineering Science

• AEM 2012 – Dynamics (3 cr)
• CHEM 2301 – Organic Chemistry I (3 cr)
• CSCI 1113 – Introduction to C/C++ Programming for Scientists and Engineers (4 cr)
• CSCI 1133 – Introduction to Computing and Programming Concepts (4 cr)
• MATS 2001 – Introduction to the Science and Engineering of Materials (3 cr)
• ME 3331 – Thermodynamics (3 cr)

Earth Sciences Elective 1

Students must take at least 3 credits from the following list. Additional credits from this group of courses will count toward the overall technical elective requirement.

• ESCI 2203 – Earth Surface Dynamics (4 cr)
• ESCI 2302 – Petrology (3 cr)

Earth Sciences Elective 2

Students must take at least 3 additional credits of 4000-level or higher elective courses offered by the Department of Earth Sciences. Recommended courses are listed below.

• ESCI 4203 – Environmental Geophysics (3 cr)
• ESCI 4602 – Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (3 cr)
• ESCI 4701 – Geomorphology (4 cr)
• ESCI 4702 – General Hydrogeology (4 cr)
• ESCI 4703 – Glacial Geology (4 cr)
• ESCI 4971W - Field Hydrogeology (WI, 4 cr)
• ESCI 5204 – Geostatistics and Inverse Theory (3 cr)

CEGE Elective

Students must take at least 3 additional credits of 4000-level or higher elective courses offered by the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering.

Technical Electives

Students must take enough additional technical elective credits to total 14. Recommended courses are listed below. The University is constantly offering new and interesting courses. If you find a course here or through a study abroad program that you believe should count as a technical elective, talk to your faculty adviser.

• CEGE 1101 – Introduction to Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering (1 cr)
• Additional Earth Sciences Elective 2 courses
• CEGE 3111 – CADD for Civil Engineers (2 cr)
• CEGE 3202 – Surveying & Mapping (2 cr)
• CEGE 3402 – Civil Engineering Materials (3 cr)
• CEGE 3541 – Environmental Engineering Laboratory (3 cr)
• CEGE 4201 – Principles of Highway Design (3 cr)
• CEGE 4211/5211 – Traffic Engineering (3 cr)
• CEGE 4253 – Pavement Design, Engineering, and Management (4 cr)
• CEGE 4301 – Soil Mechanics II (3 cr)
• CEGE 4352 – Groundwater Modeling (3 cr)
• CEGE 4416/5416 – Sensors in Infrastructure (3 cr)
• CEGE 4501 – Hydrologic Design (3 cr)
• CEGE 4502 – Water and Wastewater Treatment (3 cr)
• CEGE 4511 – Hydraulic Structures (3 cr)
• CEGE 4512 – Open Channel Hydraulics (3 cr)
• CEGE 4513/5513 – Energy Conversion from Wind, Hydro, and Solar Resources (3 cr)
• CEGE 4561 – Solid and Hazardous Wastes (3 cr)
• CEGE 4562 – Environmental Remediation Technologies (3 cr)
• CEGE 4563 – Pollutant Fate and Transport: Processes and Modeling (3 cr)
• CEGE 4581/5570 – Design for Sustainable Development: India (3 cr)
• CEGE 5341 – Wave Methods for Nondestructive Testing (3 cr)
• CEGE 5351 – Advanced Engineering Mathematics I (3 cr)
• CEGE 5511 – Urban Hydrology and Water Quality (3 cr)
• CEGE 5512 – Stochastic Ecohydrology (3 cr)
• CEGE 5541 – Environmental Water Chemistry (3 cr)
• CEGE 5542 – Experimental Methods in Environmental Engineering (3 cr)
• CEGE 5543 – Introductory Environmental Fluid Mechanics (4 cr)
• CEGE 5551 – Environmental Microbiology (3 cr)
• CEGE 5552 – Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (1 cr)
• AEM 4511 – Mechanics of Composite Materials (3 cr)
• AEM 4581 – Mechanics of Solids (3 cr)
• AEM 5501 – Continuum Mechanics (3 cr)
• AEM 5503 – Theory of Elasticity (3 cr)
• ESPM 3605/5605 – Recycling: Extending Raw Materials Supplies (3 cr)
• FNRM 3131 – Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources (TS, 4 cr)
• IE 3521 – Statistics, Quality, and Reliability (4 cr)
• IE 5111 – Systems Engineering I (4 cr)
• IE 5113 – Systems Engineering II (4 cr)
• IE 5531 – Engineering Optimization I (4 cr)
• IE 5545 – Decision Analysis (4 cr)
• IE 5553 – Simulation (4 cr)
• MATH 4242 – Applied Linear Algebra (4 cr)
• MATH 4428 – Mathematical Modeling (4 cr)
• MATH 4512 – Differential Equations with Applications (3 cr)
• MATH 4567 – Applied Fourier Analysis (4 cr)
• MATH 5485 – Introduction to Numerical Methods I (4 cr)
• MATH 5486 – Introduction to Numerical Methods II (4 cr)
• MATH 5583 – Complex Analysis (4 cr)
• MATH 5587 – Elementary Partial Differential Equations I (4 cr)
• MATH 5588 – Elementary Partial Differential Equations II (4 cr)
• ME 5228 – Introduction to Finite Element Modeling, Analysis, and Design (4 cr)MICB 3301
• WRS 5101 – Water Policy (3 cr)

All students are required to complete the University-wide liberal education requirements. We assume geoengineering students will meet some of the liberal education requirements by “double-dipping” designated liberal education theme courses with either liberal education core courses or other courses required for the geoengineering major.

All University of Minnesota students must take WRIT 1301 – University Writing, plus two additional lower-division writing-intensive courses. It is expected that students will meet their two additional lower-division writing intensive requirements by taking PHYS 1301W and PHYS 1302W. CEGE 4101W – Project Management and Engineering Economics and CEGE 4103W – Capstone Design for Geoengineering meet the two upper-division writing intensive and writing within the major requirements. Liberal education courses and technical electives can also be used to meet the University’s writing intensive requirements. Transfer students are strongly encouraged to meet with their departmental adviser to make sure that their WI requirements are appropriately satisfied.