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Engineering Modified with Environmental Sciences

Students interested in environmental engineering may pursue the engineering sciences major modified with environmental sciences. Students who plan to pursue additional coursework beyond the AB to earn the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) should consult early with their faculty advisors to plan their program of study.

For additional information about majors, courses, and degree requirements:

Guide to Programs & Courses


For advice about the major, contact Professor Benoit Cushman-Roisi or Professor Lee Lynd.

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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.

Unless otherwise prohibited, prerequisites may be taken under the non-recording option. Any course being used to satisfy major or minor requirements beyond the prerequisites, may not be taken under the non-recording option.

COURSE TYPE NUMBER OF REQUIRED COURSES COURSES

Mathematics

3 courses

MATH 3: 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*

1 course

Students will be placed in one of the following:

CHEM 5: General Chemistry
CHEM 10: First-Year Honors Chemistry
CHEM 11: General Chemistry

Computer Science

1 or 2 courses

Choose one option:

Option 1 (1 course):
ENGS 20: Introduction to Scientific Computing (May not be taken under the non-recording option.)

Option 2 (2 courses):
COSC 1: Introduction to Programming and Computation
COSC 10: Problem Solving via Object-Oriented Programming

Biology

1 course

BIOL 16: Ecology (This requirement may change during the 2022-2023 academic year. Please discuss with your advisor when you declare.)

* Students with no prior experience with chemistry will be placed in CHEM 5. CHEM 10 is not scheduled to be offered during the 2022–2023 academic year. Starting in the Fall of 2022, students with prior experience with chemistry (as demonstrated through AP or IB exams, A-level credit, or placement exam) will be placed in CHEM 11. Students who complete CHEM 11 will also automatically receive credit for CHEM 5 toward the BE degree requirements.

Required Courses

COURSE TYPE NUMBER OF REQUIRED COURSES COURSES

Engineering Core

3 courses

ENGS 22: Systems
ENGS 25: Introduction to Thermodynamics
ENGS 37: Introduction to Environmental Engineering

Engineering Electives

3 courses

Choose three courses, with at least two from Group A:

Group A
ENGS 41: Sustainability and Natural Resource Management
ENGS 43: Environmental Transport and Fate
ENGS 44: Sustainable Design
ENGS 45: Sustainable Urban Systems

    Group B
    ENGS 27: Discrete and Probabilistic Systems
    ENGS 34: Fluid Mechanics
    ENGS 35: Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
    ENGS 36: Chemical Engineering
    ENGS 52: Introduction to Operations Research
    ENGS 171: Industrial Ecology
    ENGS 172: Climate Change and Engineering

    Environmental Sciences

    4 courses

    Choose four courses, with at least two from a single department:

    Biology
    BIOL 21: Population Ecology or BIOL 51: Advanced Population Ecology
    BIOL 22: Methods in Ecology
    BIOL 25: Introductory Marine Biology and Ecology
    BIOL 26: Global Change Biology
    BIOL 27: Animal Behavior
    BIOL 53: Aquatic Ecology

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

        Earth Sciences
        EARS 16: Hydrology and Water Resources
        EARS 35: The Soil Resource
        EARS 66: Hydrogeology
        EARS 67: Environmental Geomechanics
        EARS 71: River Processes and Watershed Science
        EARS 76: Advanced Hydrology
        EARS 77 Environmental Applications of GIS
        EARS 78: Climate Dynamics

          Environmental Studies
          ENVS 12: Energy and the Environment
          ENVS 15 Environmental Issues of the Earth's Cold Regions
          ENVS 20: Conservation of Biodiversity
          ENVS 25: Agroecology
          ENVS 30: Global Environmental Science

          Culminating Experience

          In addition to coursework, all engineering sciences majors and modified majors are required to complete a culminating experience, which may include a thesis, a design project, or an advanced engineering sciences course with a significant design or research project, chosen from an approved list. Normally taken during the senior year, the course is chosen from the following options below, and for modified majors, must be justified as part of a larger unified coherent program of study.

          CULMINATING EXPERIENCE (CHOOSE ONE OPTION) NUMBER OF REQUIRED COURSES COURSES

          Thesis

          1 course

          Choose one course, from the following:

          ENGS 86: Independent Project
          ENGS 88          : Honors Thesis

          Design Project

          2 courses

          ENGS 89: Engineering Design Methodology and Project Initiation
          ENGS 90: Engineering Design Methodology and Project Completion

          • Taken as a two-course design sequence.
          • May count toward both AB and BE degrees.
          • Prior to enrollment in ENGS 89, at least 6 engineering sciences courses must be completed: ENGS 21 plus 5 additional courses numbered 22 to 76 (excluding 75), and 91 and above.

          Advanced Course (with significant design or research project)

          1 course

          Choose one course from approved list below or consult with Chair of the Department of Engineering Sciences:

          ENGS 58: Introduction to Protein Engineering
          ENGS 61          : Intermediate Electrical Circuits
          ENGS 62: Microprocessors in Engineered Systems
          ENGS 67: Programming Parallel Systems
          ENGS 71: Structural Analysis
          ENGS 73: Materials Processing and Selection
          ENGS 75: Product Design
          ENGS 76: Machine Engineering
          ENGS 112: Modern Information Technologies
          ENGS 115: Parallel Computing
          ENGS 122: Advanced Topics in Semiconductor Devices
          ENGS 124: Optical Devices and Systems
          ENGS 125: Power Electronics and Electromechanical Energy Conversion
          ENGS 126: Analog Integrated Circuit Design
          ENGS 128: Advanced Digital System Design
          ENGS 129: Biomedical Circuits and Systems
          ENGS 130: Mechanical Behavior of Materials
          ENGS 132          : Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Condensed Phases
          ENGS 133: Methods of Materials Characterization
          ENGS 134: Nanotechnology
          ENGS 135: Thin Films and Microfabrication Technology
          ENGS 145: Modern Control Theory
          ENGS 146: Computer-Aided Mechanical Engineering Design
          ENGS 147: Mechatronics
          ENGS 150: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
          ENGS 157: Chemical Process Design
          ENGS 158: Chemical Kinetics and Reactors
          ENGS 160: Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
          ENGS 161: Metabolic Engineering
          ENGS 163: Advanced Protein Engineering
          ENGS 165: Biomaterials
          ENGS 167: Medical Imaging
          ENGS 169: Intermediate Biomedical Engineering
          ENGS 171: Industrial Ecology
          ENGS 172: Climate Change and Engineering
          ENGS 174: Energy Conversion
          ENGS 175: Energy Systems
          ENGS 262: Advanced Biological Circuit Engineering