Environmental and Ecological Engineering
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- Course prerequisite chain
- Immediate prerequisite(s) (or concurrent registration allowed if listed in the same semester)
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- Postrequisite course sequence
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Intro-1 (2-4)
Intro to Engineering Calculus-1 (4-5)
Calculus I Chemistry (4)
Chemistry Communication-1 (3-4)
Written Communication |
Intro-2 (2-4)
Intro to Engineering II Calculus-2 (4-5)
Calculus II Physics (4)
Physics ENGR/Selective (3-4)
Engineering Selective Communication-2 (3-4)
Oral Communication |
EEE 23000 (3)
Engineering Economics and Environment Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces life cycle analysis concepts; every process and material involved in an object's life is accounted for in a system boundary to quantify the effect an item has on the world's environment. Students will become familiar with how materials are sourced from nature, how they are processed into components, how those components are assembled into consumer items, how the consumer item continues to require resources, and how the item is eventually disposed. Particular focus is given to how each of these topics impacts societies and environments at both local and global scales. EEE 29001 (2)
Intro To EEE Seminar Credit Hours: 2.00. Guest presenters, peer panelists, and small group discussions introduce students to the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed in order to exhibit the highest levels of professionalism & stewardship expected of an Environmental and Ecological Engineering graduate. Topics include planning a course of study; internship, research, study abroad opportunities; career planning and placement skills; professional responsibility and ethics; and functioning as a professional. MA 26100 (4)
Multivariate Calculus Credit Hours: 4.00. Planes, lines, and curves in three dimensions. Differential calculus of several variables; multiple integrals. Introduction to vector calculus. Not open to students with credit in MA 27100. CE 29700 (3)
Basic Mech I Statics Credit Hours: 3.00. Statics of particles. Rigid bodies: equivalent systems of forces, equilibrium. Centroids and centers of gravity. Static analysis of trusses, frames, and machines. Friction. Area moments of inertia. TE (3)
Technical Elective |
EEE 38000 (3)
Environmental Chemodynamics Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to chemical thermodynamics and general equilibrium processes in environmental and ecological engineering systems. Introduction to the first and second laws of thermodynamics; properties of pure substances; ideal and real gases; thermodynamic cycles and processes; heat transfer and combustion; and chemical equilibrium in aquatic solutions, including equilibria between phases and reaction equilibria. Emphasis is on understanding and conceptualizing important processes, and competency in thermodynamic calculations. MA 26200 (4)
Lin Alg Diff Equats Credit Hours: 4.00. Linear algebra, elements of differential equations. Not open to students with credit in MA 26500 or 26600. CE 29800 (3)
Basic Mech II Dynamics Credit Hours: 3.00. Kinematics of particles. Kinetics of particles and systems of particles. Kinematics of rigid bodies. Mass moments of inertia. Kinetics of rigid bodies. Mechanical vibrations. EEE 35000 (3)
Intro Env And Ecol Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to water pollution, air pollution, noise, hazardous and solid wastes, and their control. Environmental impact statements and global pollution issues. Field trips required. |
CE 34000 (3)
Hydraulics Credit Hours: 3.00. Fluid properties; hydrostatics; kinematics and dynamics of fluid flows; conservation of mass, energy, and momentum; flows in pipes and open channels. Formal laboratory experiments. CE 34300 (1)
Elem Hydraulics Lab Credit Hours: 1.00. The laboratory covers basic concepts in analysis of experimental data and methods in hydraulic measurements. A variety of simple laboratory experiments illustrating the principles of hydraulics are performed. BIOL 11200 (2)
Fundamental Of Biology Credit Hours: 2.00. This course is designed primarily to provide an introduction to the principles of biology. BIOL 11200, 11300 is a two-semester principles of biology sequence that introduces students to the major concepts of the discipline, with emphasis on the experimental and logical basis of the information presented. BIOL 11200/11300 includes lectures on diversity and evolution, and on the development, structure, and function of organisms, cell structure, cell function, ecology, genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology. EEE 35500 (3)
Eng Env Sustainability Credit Hours: 3.00. (CE 35500) An introduction to the examination of global-scale resource utilization, food, energy and commodity production, population dynamics, and their ecosystem impacts. EEE 36001 (3)
Water Quality and Treatment Lab Credit Hours: 3.00. Laboratory procedures are described and performed that examine chemical, physical, and biological properties and constituent concentrations of natural waters. In addition, water treatment process experiments are performed to show how constituent concentrations can be altered during water treatment processes. Procedures include the analytical determination of several chemical and biological constituents in water by titrimetric, colorimetric, or chromatographic methods, whereas treatment processes include reactor design, pH adjustment, ion exchange, lime softening, coagulation, and disinfection. EEE/Elective (3)
EEE Selective |
EEE 30000 (3)
Environ & Ecol System Modeling Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to computational methods for describing physical, chemical, and microbiological processes that occur in natural and engineered aqueous systems, including rivers and lakes, and within water and wastewater treatment systems. Emphases on understanding and conceptualizing important processes, data analysis, algorithm development, and competency in the use of programming tools. EEE 39000 (1)
EEE Prof Pract Sem Credit Hours: 1.00. Seminar lectures and discussions to introduce students to aspects of professional practice within Environmental and Ecological Engineering. Topics include career planning and placement skills, professional responsibility and ethics, functioning as a professional, and other current important topics in the profession. Students will interact with several practicing Environmental and Ecological Engineers. BIOL 28600 (2)
Intro To Ecol & Evol Credit Hours: 2.00. Evolutionary processes and ecological principles associated with individuals, populations, communities, and ecosystems. Topics include genetic drift, natural selection, adaptation, life tables, population dynamics, competition, predation, biodiversity, and ecological stability, with emphasis on natural systems. STAT 51100 (3)
Statistical Methods Credit Hours: 3.00. Descriptive statistics; elementary probability; sampling distributions; inference, testing hypotheses, and estimation; normal, binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric distributions; one-way analysis of variance; contingency tables; regression. For statistics majors and minors, credit should be allowed in no more than one of STAT 30100, STAT 30301, STAT 35000, STAT 35500, STAT 50100, and in no more than one of STAT 50300 and STAT 51100. Prerequisite: Two semesters of college calculus. EEE/Elective (3)
EEE Selective TE (3)
Technical Elective |
FNR 58600 (3)
Urban Ecology Credit Hours: 3.00. Urbanization is on the rise, transforming natural ecosystems into coupled human-natural ecosystems that encompass complex, novel functional and structural characteristics shaped by people and the inherent environment. Through local field trips and readings of the primary scientific literature, we examine the unique characteristics of coupled human-natural ecosystems. The course is designed to be broadly accessible to students from a variety of backgrounds, interests, and majors who are interested in environmental science and engineering and emphasizes the importance of incorporating an ecological perspective in environmental engineering and natural resource management. This course covers fundamental principles of ecology as applied in urban and other coupled human-natural systems with emphasis on the impact of modern industrial society on ecosystem structure and function. Organizing themes addressed in this class include macroscale processes, systems thinking, and topics related to urban systems. EEE 48001 (1)
EEE Senior Design Credit Hours: 1.00. Senior-level environmental and ecological engineering design projects. Projects will integrate knowledge and skills earlier in the degree program and stress the application of the design process to interdisciplinary environmental and/or ecological engineering systems. Permission of department required. EEE 48100 (1)
Reflective Practitioner Credit Hours: 1.00. Reflective practice is a term coined by Donald Schon in The Reflective Practitioner (1983). Reflective practice is the capacity to reflect on action to engage in a process of continuous learning. Reflective practice can be an important tool in practice-based professional learning settings where people learn from their own professional experiences, rather than from formal learning or knowledge transfer. It may be the most important source of personal professional development and improvement. It is also an important way to bring together theory and practice. A person who reflects throughout their practice is not just looking back on past actions and events, but is taking a conscious look at emotions, experiences, actions, and responses, and using that information to add to their existing knowledge base and reach a higher level of understanding. Critical reflection as part of experiential education generates, deepens, and documents learning. As a result of this course, you will be able to articulate the value of your experiential education opportunities toward marketing yourself for potential job opportunities and develop the skills needed to become a reflective practitioner for promotional growth in your future career. EEE/Elective (3)
EEE Selective EEE/Elective (3)
EEE Selective |
EEE 48002 (2)
EEE Senior Design II Credit Hours: 2.00. Senior-level environmental and ecological engineering design projects. Projects will integrate knowledge and skills earlier in the degree program and stress the application of the design process to interdisciplinary environmental and/or ecological engineering systems. EEE/Elective (3)
EEE Selective EEE/Elective (3)
EEE Selective EEE/Elective (3)
EEE Selective |
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