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TECHNICAL ELECTIVES FOR
BACHELOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
In addition to specific required courses, students in the BCE must successfully complete 3 technical elective courses. Technical electives include any non-required CIEG course that is 400-level or above. Subject to advisor approval, they may also include other upper-level courses in engineering, mathematics, computer science, and the sciences; or graduate-level courses. An undergraduate thesis (UNIV 401/402) can also count as a technical elective.
With the exception of independent study, which varies with the amount of work involved, each of the following technical electives carries 3 credits.
| Course Number |
Course Title |
| CIEG 401 | Introduction to the Finite Element Method |
| CIEG 407 |
Building Design |
| CIEG 408 |
Introduction to Bridge Design |
| CIEG 409 |
Forensic Engineering |
| CIEG 421 |
Foundation Engineering |
| CIEG 422 |
Earth Structures Engineering |
| CIEG 427 |
Deep Foundations |
| CIEG 428 |
Ground Improvement Methods |
| CIEG 430 |
Water Quality Modeling |
| CIEG 433 |
Hazardous Waste Management |
| CIEG 434 |
Air Pollution Control |
| CIEG 436 |
Processing, Recycling, Management of Solid Wastes |
| CIEG 437 |
Water and Wastewater Quality |
| CIEG 438 |
Water and Wastewater Engineering |
| CIEG 443 |
Watershed Engineering, Planning and Design |
| CIEG 452 |
Transportation Facilities Design |
| CIEG 453 |
Roadway Geometric Design |
| CIEG 454 |
Urban Transportation Planning |
| CIEG 466 |
Independent Study |
| CIEG 468 |
Principles of Water Quality Criteria |
| CIEG 471 |
Introduction to Coastal Engineering |
| CIEG 498 |
Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport |
| CIEG 6** |
Graduate courses
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| XXXX |
Upper-level courses in engineering, mathematics, computer science, and the sciences
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TECHNICAL ELECTIVES FOR
BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
The Environmental Engineering program has a common core curriculum and 4 concentrations: Environmental facilities design and construction, contaminant transport and control processes, environmental engineering biotechnology, and water resources and water quality. Beyond the core curriculum, the following is required:
- 4 to 6 required technical courses that provide additional training specific to the selected concentration
- 3 or 4 additional technical electives that the student selects
- One of the technical electives must satisfy an earth science requirement (only for concentrations other than water resources and water quality)
With a few exceptions, these technical electives must be upper-level courses in engineering, the sciences, computer science, or mathematics and must combine for sufficient credit hours to satisfy the requirements of each concentration. Courses that satisfy the technical electives requirements are listed below. Other courses may serve as technical electives, but should be approved by the faculty advisor.
Students should select their desired technical electives with the assistance of their academic advisor. It is advisable to select these courses in the spring of the sophomore year to avoid scheduling conflicts and ensure that any prerequisite courses are taken.
The technical electives required for each concentration within environmental engineering, with number of credits in parentheses, are:
Contaminant Transport and Control Processes
CHEG 332: Chemical Engineering Kinetics (3)
CHEG 342: Heat and Mass Transfer (3)
CHEM 443: Physical Chemistry I (3)
CHEG 325: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3)
Environmental Engineering Biotechnology
CHEM 331: Organic Chemistry (3)
CHEM 333: Organic Chemistry Lab (1)
PLSC 319: Environmental Soil Microbiology (3)
BISC 300: Introduction to Microbiology (4)
CHEM 342: Introduction to Biochemistry (3)
Water Resources and Water Quality
CIEG 468: Principles of Water Quality Criteria (3)
EGTE 321: Storm Water Management (4)
CIEG 498: Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport (3)
CIEG 430: Water Quality Modeling (3)
Environmental Facilities Design & Construction
CIEG 212: Soil Mechanics (3)
CIEG 213: Soil Mechanics Lab (1)
CIEG 301: Structural Analysis (4)
CIEG 302: Structural Design (4)
CIEG 320: Soil Mechanics (3)
CIEG 323: Soil Mechanics Lab (1)
Recommended technical electives satisfying the earth science requirement*:
| GEOL 107 | General Geology |
| PLSC 319 | Soil Microbiology |
| CIEG 430 | Water Quality Modeling |
| CIEG 498 | Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport |
*A technical elective satisfying the earth science requirement must be taken for students concentrating in environmental facilities design and construction or contaminant transport and control processes.
Other recommended technical electives:
| BISC 300 | Introduction to Microbiology |
| BISC 634 |
Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment |
| BISC 641 |
Microbial Ecology |
| CHEG 332 | Chemical Engineering Kinetics |
| CHEG 342 | Heat and Mass Transfer |
| CHEG 622 | Chemicals, Risk and the Environment |
| CHEM 443 | Physical Chemistry I |
| CHEM 444 |
Physical Chemistry II |
| CHEM 331 | Organic Chemistry |
| CHEM 333 |
Organic Chemistry Lab |
| CHEM 527 | Introductory Biochemistry |
| CIEG 311 | Dynamics |
| CIEG 321 | Geotechnical Engineering |
| CIEG 430 | Water Quality Modeling |
| CIEG 433 | Hazardous Waste Management |
| CIEG 498 | Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport |
| CIEG 636 | Biological Aspects of Environmental Engineering |
| EGTE 321 | Storm Water Management |
| EGTE 328 | Wastewater Treatment Systems |
| GEOL 421 | Environmental and Applied Geology |
| GEOL 446 | General Geochemistry |
| MSEG 302 | Materials Science for Engineers |
| PLSC 608 | Environmental Soil Chemistry |
Note: This list is not exhaustive. Consult your advisor if you wish to identify additional courses that qualify as technical electives.
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