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Civil and Environmental

Engineering for a Sustainable World EFA

Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineers who are well versed in environmental control and prevention are needed as industries evolve to deal with the development of more stringent standards for environmental protection. This need is clear in the United States but is expanding to industrially developing countries as demanded by global trade development and economies. Therefore, this Elective Focus Area is designed to better expose undergraduate engineers to a field that is expected to grow rapidly over their careers.

This EFA is offered within the Environmental Subtrack of CEE and therefore requires Environmental Engineering Design (53:157) as a design course, Environmental Chemistry (53:152), Sustainable Systems (53:107), and Design for the Developing World (53:141). The Engineering for a Sustainable World EFA consists of an additional 21 semester hours (SH) of courses as listed in the table below.

Table 1. The following courses are required for this EFA:

Session Course # Electives SH Pre-/Co-requisites
F
 53:152 Environmental Chemistry
3
 Pre- 4:012
S
 53:107 Sustainable Systems
3
  
F
 53:141 Design for the Developing World
3
  

Table 2. Choose 3 of the following technical courses for this EFA:

Session Course # Electives SH Pre-/Co-Requisites
F/S
44:106
 Foundations of GIS
3
  
S
52:103
 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
3
  
S
52:237
 Green Chemical Engineering
3
  
F
53:102
 Groundwater
3
  
Summer
53:103
 Water Quality
3
  
S
53:158
 Solid and Hazardous Wastes
3
 Pre- 53:050
S
 53:159 Air Pollution Control Technology
3
 Pre- 53:050 or consent
S
 53:156 Physical-Chemical Process Fundamentals
3
 Pre- 53:050, 53:152
F
 53:154 Environmental Microbiology
3
 Co- 53:125
S
 53:151 Biological Treatment Processes
3
 Co- 53:055 and 53:156

Table 3. Choose at least one of the following non-engineering courses for this EFA:

Session
Course #
Course
Pre-Co/Requisites
F/S
 44:019 Contemporary Environmental Issues  
Fall/Summer
 44:104 Environment and Development  
S
 44:174 Health and Work Environment  
  6E:133 Environment and Natural Resource Econ.  
F
 152:111 International Health  

* A foreign language course is also acceptable to fulfill this GEC requirement

The sessions listed are typical, but not guaranteed to be taught
Total EFA semester hours must equal 21, consisting of 7 three semester hour courses

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