University Requirements:
- Thirty credit hours
- at least 18 credits of graduate course work
- at least 2 credits of seminar
- at least 6 credits of thesis
- At least a 3.0 cumulative GPA in coursework contributing to degree requirements
- At least two seminars in residence
- All accepted international students, for whom English is a second language, are required to take an English-as-a-Second-Language placement exam (LA005) upon their arrival on campus. Recommended ESL courses must be completed.
The ES&E degree typically takes one and a half to two years.
Degree Requirements:
Environmental Science & Engineering MS Required Courses
The master’s candidate must complete 30 credit hours, including 2 credits of seminar; and at least 6 credits of research (or 4 credits towards a Project). Additionally the master’s candidate must take:
- EV 532 (Risk Analysis)
- POL 570 (Environmental Policy) or POL 571 (Energy Policy)
- CE 586 (Industrial Ecology) or CE 582 (Environmental Systems Analysis & Design)
- Three (3) additional electives (9 credits) following a selected “Theme”
- At least three (3) of the above set of courses must be Engineering courses
- Choice of completing Thesis or Project
SUGGESTED ELECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING THEMES:
Engineering and Policy:
- EC660 (Environmental Economics)
- POL571 (Energy Policy)
- CE586 (Industrial Ecology)
- EV536 (Global Climate Change: Science, Engineering, and Policy)
- ANTH570 (Environment, Technology, and Society)
- POL592 (Environmental Political Theory)
- POL575 (Environmental Law)
Air Quality and Environmental Assessment:
- CE577 (Atmospheric Chemistry)
- CM532 (Particle Size Analysis in Dispersions and Other Colloids)
- CM552 (Aerosol Chemistry)
- EHS505 (Methods and Analysis)
- CE533 (Human Exposure Analysis)
Sustainable Systems:
- BY659 (Systems Biology)
- BY520 (Microbiology)
- BY525 (Biological Systems & Global Environmental Change)
- CE586 (Industrial Ecology)
- CE534 (Sustainable Development Engineering)
- CE569 (Watershed Analysis)
- PHIL510 (Sustainability Theory & Practice: A Critical Assessment)
Environmental Chemistry:
- BY531/CE589 (Limnology)
- CE535 (Groundwater Hydrology and Geochemistry)
- CE577 (Atmospheric Chemistry)
- CE580 (Environmental Chemistry)
- CM530 (Colloids and Interfaces)
- CM532 (Particle Size Analysis in Dispersions and Other Colloids)
- CM552 (Aerosol Chemistry)
- EHS505 (Methods and Analysis)
Environmental Quality and Treatment:
- CE579 (Water and Wastewater Treatment and Design)
- CE581 (Hazardous Waste Management Engineering)
- CE584 (Chemodynamics)
- CE681 (Environmental Physico-Chemical Processes)
- CE682 (Environmental Biological Processes)