Core Course Offerings for MS & PHD Programs
CE 5321. Engineering for Environmental Scientists (3-0). Fundamental principles of engineering science applicable to the comprehension and design of engineered environmental systems. Includes water and air quality indices; kinetic and reactor theory; mass and energy balances; fluid system theory; and applications of physical, chemical, and biological processes in the design of engineered environmental systems. May not be used to satisfy any of the requirements for a graduate degree in Civil Engineering. Prerequisites: PHYS 1442, CHEM 1302, 1284, MATH 2325.
CE 5319. Physical-Chemical Processes II (3-0). Principles of water chemistry applied to the theory and design of unit processes including coagulation, precipitation, corrosion, oxidation-reduction, and membrane processes. Prerequisite: CE 3131 and 3334 or consent of instructor.
CE 5328. Fundamentals of Air Pollution (3-0). An introduction to the air pollution field which encompasses a wide range of topics, including: pollutant types, sources, effects; Clean Air Act; atmosphere and ideal gas law; pollutant measurement; air pollution meteorology and chemistry; dispersion modeling; air pollution control; and mobile sources. Credit not granted for both CE 5328 and 4350. Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in CE 5318 or 5321.
CIRP 5342. Environmental policy (3-0). Focuses on the physical environmental dimensions of urbanization including such factors as pollution, waste disposal, and land use: stresses the role of economic, social, and political institutions as these affect environmental quality of the city. Also offered as URPA 5317; credit will be granted only once.
CIRP 5343. Foundations of Environmental Policy (3-0). Explores how environmental controversy is rooted in conflict between a number of schools of environmental policy thought with divergent perspectives on basic issues such as how to cope with environmental complexity, how to balance the needs of economy and ecosystem, how to define progress, and what role science should play in environmental affairs.
CIRP 5351. Techniques of Environmental Assessment (3-0). Analysis of impact assessment documents from a variety of projects; study of federal laws and regulations governing the process; state impact assessment laws and regulations; and procedures used in other nations. Students will prepare an environmental assessment for a real-world project. Overviews of environmental site assessment, MIS documents, and environmental auditing will also be given.
EVSE 5309. Environmental Science - Biological Aspects (3-0). An introduction to the biological components of environmental systems. Population dynamics, species interactions, community structure, biodiversity, bioenergetics, nutrient cycling and human impacts are reviewed. Focus will be on natural processes and their engineering applications.
EVSE 5310. Environmental Science - Chemical Aspects (3-0). An introduction to the chemistries of air at different altitudes, of water systems and of soils. Chemical and physico-chemical processes at phase boundaries, modeling for kinetics and mass transport, analytical techniques and disposal and recycling are included as well as their impact on engineering decisions.
EVSE 5311. Environmental Science - Geological Aspects (3-0). An introduction to the chemistry of the earth‘s surface with special emphasis on natural waters and the biogeochemical processes controlling water chemistry and element cycling in the hydrosphere
.
