Cornell Engineering : Minor in Environmental Engineering

Minor in Environmental Engineering

Offered by: Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering and School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Administrative Contact: BE Undergraduate Major Coordinator, 207 Riley-Robb Hall, or CE Undergraduate Major Coordinator, 221 Hollister Hall
Eligibility: Students in all Majors except Environmental Engineering may participate in this minor. Students majoring in Biological Engineering or Civil Engineering are eligible if they are not following the Environmental Concentration offered by those Majors.
Educational Objectives: A fundamental challenge for the engineering profession is development of a sustainable society and environmentally responsible industry and agriculture reflecting an integration of economic and environmental objectives. We are called upon to be trustees and managers of our nation’s resources, the air in our cities, and water in our aquifers, streams, estuaries, and coastal areas. This minor encourages engineering students to learn about the scientific, engineering, and economic foundations of environmental engineering so that they are better able to address environmental management issues.

Requirements
At least six (6) courses (minimum of 18 credits), chosen as follows:

I. Students must select courses from the following group listings, with at least one (1) course from each group.
Group A. Environmental Engineering Processes

BEE 251	Engineering for a Sustainable Society
CEE 351	Environmental Quality Engineering
CEE 451	Microbiology for Environmental Engineering
CEE 452	Water Supply Engineering
CEE 453	Laboratory Research in Environmental Engineering
CEE 454	Sustainable Small-Scale Water Supplies
BEE 476	Solid Waste Engineering
BEE 478	Ecological Engineering
CEE 444	Environmental Site and Remediation Engineering
BEE 651	Bioremediation
CEE 653	Water Chemistry for Environmental Engineering
CEE 656	Physical/Chemical Processes
CEE 657	Biological Processes
CEE 658	Microbial Biodegradation and Biocatalysis Laboratory

Group B. Environmental Systems

ENGRI 113	Water Treatment Design (May count only if taken before the junior year)
BEE 475	Environmental Systems Analysis
CEE 597	Risk Analysis and Management
CEE 623	Environmental Quality Systems Engineering

Group C. Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Environmental Fluid Mechanics

CEE 331	Fluid Mechanics (CHEME 323 or M&AE 323 may be substituted for CEE 331)
CEE 332	Hydraulic Engineering
BEE 371	Physical Hydrology for Ecosystems
BEE 471	Introduction to Groundwater
CEE 432	Hydrology
CEE 436	Case Studies in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
CEE 437	Experimental Methods in Fluid Dynamics
BEE 473	Watershed Engineering
BEE 474	Water and Landscape Engineering Applications
CEE 631	Computational Simulation of Transport in the Environment
CEE 633	Flow in Porous Media and Groundwater
CEE 655	Transport Mixing and Transformation in the Environment
BEE 671	Analysis of the Flow of Water and Chemicals in Soils
BEE 672	Drainage

Academic Standards
At least C- in each course in the minor and a GPA >2.0 in all courses in the minor.

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