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Engineering Sciences Major Modified with Environmental Sciences

Students interested in the Engineering Sciences major modified with Environmental Sciences should contact Professor Benoit Cushman-Roisin or Professor Lee Lynd.

Course of Study

Prerequisites

Modified majors are expected to have a basic understanding of calculus, physics, chemistry, and computer science. First-year students interested in the major should take the placement test in mathematics.

Mathematics (3 courses)

MATH 3 Introduction to Calculus
MATH 8 Calculus of Functions of One and Several Variables
MATH 13 Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions

Physics (2 courses)

PHYS 13 Introductory Physics I
PHYS 14 Introductory Physics II

Chemistry (choose 1 course)

CHEM 5 General Chemistry
CHEM 10 Honors First-Year General Chemistry

Computer Science (1 course)

ENGS 20 Introduction to Scientific Computing

Biology (1 course)

BIOL 16 (formerly 14) Ecology

For students in the Class of 2009, the Integrated Mathematics and Physical Science (IMPS) option (no longer offered) may be substituted for the prerequisite mathematics and physics courses.

Unless otherwise prohibited, prerequisites may be taken under the Non-Recording Option.

Required Courses

Engineering sciences courses (5 courses)

ENGS 22 Systems
ENGS 25 Introduction to Thermodynamics
ENGS 37 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
ENGS 41 Sustainability and Natural Resource Management
ENGS 43 Environmental Transport and Fate

Engineering elective (choose 1 course)

ENGS 27 Discrete and Probabilistic Systems
ENGS 34 Fluid Dynamics
ENGS 36 Chemical Engineering
ENGS 52 Introduction to Operations Research
ENGS 171 Industrial Ecology

Environmental Sciences courses (choose 4 courses, including at least 2 from a single department)

Biology

BIOL 21 (formerly BIOL 54) Population Ecology
BIOL 23 (formerly BIOL 53) Aquatic Ecology
BIOL 25 Introductory Marine Biology and Ecology
BIOL 31 Physiological Ecology

Chemistry

CHEM 51 Organic Chemistry (permitted only as a prerequisite to CHEM 63)
CHEM 63 Environmental Chemistry

Earth Sciences

EARS 26 Hydrology and Water Resources
EARS 55 Remote Sensing
EARS 66 Hydrogeology
EARS 76 Contaminant Hydrogeology

Environmental Studies

ENVS 20 Conservation of Biodiversity
ENVS 25 Ecological Agriculture
ENVS 55 Natural Resource and Ecological Economics
ENVS 79 The Soil Resource
ENVS 89 Forest Biochemistry

Culminating Experience

Engineering Sciences majors complete a culminating experience, which is part of a course (either an elective or an additional course). Normally taken during the senior year, the course is chosen from the following options:

Thesis

ENGS 86 Independent Project
ENGS 88 Honors Thesis

Design project

ENGS 190 Engineering Design Methodology and Project Initiation (taken as part of the two-course design sequence ENGS 190/290; may count toward both A.B. and B.E. degrees)

Advanced course (Class of 2009)

ENGS 63 Introduction to VLSI Systems
ENGS 76 Machine Engineering
ENGS 91 Numerical Methods in Computation
ENGS 92 Fourier Transforms and Complex Variables
Any graduate course available for A.B. credit

Advanced course (Class of 2010 and beyond)

ENGS 61 Intermediate Electrical Circuits
ENGS 62 Microprocessors in Engineered Systems
ENGS 63 Introduction to VLSI Systems
ENGS 71 Structural Analysis
ENGS 73 Materials Processing and Selection
ENGS 75 Product Design
ENGS 76 Machine Engineering
ENGS 122 Semiconductor Theory and Devices
ENGS 124 Optical Devices and Systems
ENGS 125 Power Electronics and Electromechanical Energy Conversion
ENGS 126 Analog VLSI Systems Design
ENGG 129 Instrumentation and Measurement
ENGS 130 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
ENGS 132 Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Condensed Phases
ENGS 134 Nanotechnology
ENGS 135 Thin Films and Microfabrication Technology
ENGS 145 Modern Control Theory
ENGS 146 Computer-Aided Mechanical Engineering Design
ENGS 157 Chemical Process Design
ENGS 158 Chemical Kinetics and Reactors
ENGS 165 Biomaterials
ENGS 171 Industrial Ecology
ENGS 172 Climate Change and Engineering

Academic Standing

Satisfactory completion of the major requires a grade point average of 2.0 in the courses suitable for satisfying the major.