Graduate Studies in Environmental Engineering and Science

TOTAL CREDIT HOUR REQUIREMENTS

The Environmental Engineering department offers both masters and Ph.D. degree programs.

The MS degree may be earned on either a thesis or a non-thesis basis. Thesis option requires a minimum of 30 hours of credit; 24 semester hours of course work plus 6 semester hours of thesis research credit. The non-thesis option requires a minimum of 33 semester hours of credit; 30 semester hours of course work plus 3 semester hours of credit for a major report. Doctoral students who have completed 30 hours of graduate credit, have presented their research in EES seminar and have passed the Ph.D. written qualifying exams may also apply for a non-thesis MS.

The Ph.D. degree requires a minimum of 72 hours of credit beyond the basic undergraduate degree. Up to 24 semester hours of this work may be applied to thesis research. A minimum of one year of on-campus residency is required for the Ph.D. Click here for additional information for graduate students with undergraduate degrees from programs that are not accredited engineering programs, including students with undergraduate degrees in science and mathematics.

MASTER’S DEGREE

At the MS level, the program of study is designed to develop a fundamental knowledge of environmental chemistry and microbiology and its application in natural environmental systems, water supply and pollution control processes and in solid and hazardous waste management. A core program of courses plus electives and thesis research or a report is required.

NOTE: 53:050 "Natural Environmental Systems" and 53:055 "Environmental Engineering: Engineered Systems" may not be taken by graduate students for credit. Graduate students who have not had a course or courses with similar content to 53:050 are considered to have a deficiency. Students with this deficiency are required to take 53:050 for zero credit after consultation with their advisors.

Environmental Engineering and Science Core		Hours
53:051	Biological Treatment Processes	3
53:052	Environmental Chemistry	3
53:053	Environmental Chemistry Lab	3
53:054	Environmental Microbiology	3
53:056	Physical Chemical Processes	3
53:059	Air Pollution and Control Technology	3
XX:XXX	Program Director approved substitution* (optional)	(3)
na	TOTAL	18
*Substitutions must be approved before classes start in any given semester
Engineering Major: (Required)		Hours
53:057	Environmental Engineering Design	3
Electives
Normally all electives will be selected from Environmental Engineering and Science Course offerings (53:XXX). One 3 s.h. course may be selected from outside the Environmental Engineering course offerings if it is closely related to this degree program or the student's thesis research or report investigation. Approval of the advisor is required.
Seminar

All students are required to participate in 53:192 Environmental Engineering Seminar and register for it when they are registered for a full fee course registration. Each student is required to present one seminar during their MS degree program, normally on their thesis or report topic.

DOCTORAL DEGREE

Ph.D. degree programs require the development of a high level of competence in environmental engineering and science through a combination of course work and research. The degree programs are more individualized to emphasis a specific environmental area and also develop special expertise in a related science or engineering area. Typical outside areas are modeling, chemistry, microbiology, chemical engineering, hydrology and water resources, and environmental health and toxicology. The degree requirements are described as follows:

A student must satisfy the MS Core Course Requirement - 18 sh

Course selection must include 15 sh from the following courses with at least one course selected from each grouping.

Group A:		Hours
53:157	Environmental Engineering Design	3
53:274	Foundations in Bioremediation	3
Group B:
53:254	Environmental Toxicology	3
53:251	Environmental Systems Modeling	3
Group C:
53:161	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	3
53:252	Advanced Environmental Chemistry	3
Group D:
53:158	Solid and Hazardous Waste	3
53:102	Groundwater	3
53:175	Groundwater Hydrology	3
Electives - 15 sh
Elective courses may be chosen from any area. However the focus should be to strengthen the student's knowledge of environmental engineering and science and provide needed research topic background coursework. See a suggested course listing at the end of this section. Plans of study are to be approved by the advisor and/or advisory committee.
Seminar
All Ph.D. students are required to participate in 53:192 Environmental Engineering Seminar and register for it when they are registered for a full fee course registration. Each student is required to present two seminars during their Ph.D. degree program. The last seminar should be on their Ph.D. dissertation topic.

Special Registration

Ph.D. students may take one non-CEE listed course on a S-U grade basis with the approval of their advisor.

Prior Coursework

Some students will have completed course work at the undergraduate level that satisfies some of our Core Course requirements. The program Graduate Advisor will approve acceptable substitutions. This will permit those students to have a greater elective course selection.

Course Offerings

Several course listings are provided to assist MS and Ph.D. students in course selection. There are additional courses available throughout the University. Courses selected are subject to the approval of the students advisor and/or advisory committee.

Environmental Engineering and Science

53:102 Groundwater
53:103 Water Quality

53:107 Sustainable Systems

53:141 Design for the Developing World
53:151 Biological Treatment Processes
53:152 Environmental Chemistry
53:153 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory
53:154 Environmental Microbiology
53:156 Physical-Chemical Processes
53:157 Environmental Engineering Design
53:158 Solid and Hazardous Wastes
53:159 Air Pollution and Control Technology
53:161 Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics
53:192 Environmental Engineering Seminar
53:195 Contemporary Topics in Civil & Envir. Engr.
53:198 Individual Investigations: CEE
53:199 Research: CEE, MS Thesis
53:204 Theories of Environmental Policy & Assessment
53:251 Environmental Systems Modeling
53:252 Advanced Environmental Chemistry
53:254 Environmental Toxicology
53:255 Environmental Processes of Organic Compounds
53:274 Foundations in Bioremediation
53:299 Research: CEE, Ph.D. Dissertation

Microbiology and Biochemistry

52:146 Biochemical Engineering
61:157 General Microbiology
61:160 Microbial Physiology
61:168 Introduction to Animal Viruses
61:179 Comparative Microbial Genetics and Physiology
61:218 Electron Microscopy Techniques
99:110 Biochemistry
99:120 Chemistry of Biological Materials
99:140 Experimental Biochemistry

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

4:121 Organic Chemistry I
4:122 Organic Chemistry II
4:111 Analytical Chemistry I
4:112 Analytical Chemistry II
4:131 Physical Chemistry I
4:132 Physical Chemistry II
4:211 Analytical Spectroscopy
4:235 Chemical Kinetics
52:145 Intermediate Chemical Reaction Kinetics
52:146 Biochemical Engineering
52:147 Modeling Analysis

Hydraulics, Hydrology and Water Resources

44:126 Water in the Biosphere
44:129 Water Resources Management
44:228 Drainage Basin: Forms and Process
44:229 Water Resources Management
53:116 Probabilistic Methods in Hydroscience
53:170 Flow in Open Channels
53:171 Water Resources Engineering
53:174 Advanced Hydraulic Design
53:175 Groundwater Hydrology and Hydraulics
53:178 Hydrometeorology
53:272 Environmental Dispersion Processes
53:273 Computational Hydraulics

Environmental Health

63:109 Preventive Medicine
63:111 International Health
63:158 Principles of Epidemiology
63:161 Introduction to Biostatistics
63:167 Biometrics and Bioassay
63:176 Biostatistical Methods
63:202 Environmental Health
63:260 Environmental Toxicology
63:263 Environmental Health Technology

Natural Systems, Biology, Geography

44:101 Climatology
44:102 Earth Surface Processes
44:103 Biogeography
44:109 Computer Methods in Geographical Analysis
44:121 Natural Resources Policy
44:126 Water in the Biosphere
12:108 Introduction to Oceanography
12:110 Introduction to Remote Sensing
12:179 Engineering Geology
37:132 Population and Community Ecology
00L:103 Aquatic Ecology
002:114 Cellular Plant Physiology

Mathematical Modeling

53:111 Numerical Calculations
53:115 Computer-Aided Engineering
53:116 Probabilistic Methods in Hydroscience
53:273 Computational Hydraulics
44:225 Water Resources Systems Analysis
22M:171 Numerical Analysis: Diff. Eqn's & Linear Algebra
22M:180 Topics in Applied Analysis I
56:156 Engineering Economic Decisions
56:171 Operations Research
56:176 Regression Analysis
56:270 Linear Programming
56:271 Non-Linear Programming
52:147 Modeling Analysis

Policy and Planning

44:121 Natural Resources Policy
44:125 Environmental Impact Analysis
44:191 Energy in Contemporary Society (58:101, 12:114)
102:101 Introduction to Planning and Policy Development
102:205 Economics for Policy Analysis I
102:242 Environmental Policy and Planning I
102:243 Environmental Policy and Planning II
91:255 Environmental Law
91:323 Natural Resource Law
91:359 Water Law