Program Requirements
M.S. Plan A
- 24 course credits including 16:366:611 Seminar in Environmental Engineering (1)
- 6 research credits
- Thesis
- Oral Thesis Defense
- Total of 30 credits
M.S. Plan B
- Total of 30 course credits including 16:366:611 Seminar in Environmental Engineering (1) and 16:366:697/698 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering (1,1) for the preparation of the critical essay
- Critical Essay
- Comprehensive Oral Exam
Ph.D.
- Minimum of 36-48 course credits including 16:366:611/612 Seminar in Environmental Engineering (1,1). The minimum number of course credits depends on the background of the student and is determined by the Admissions and Academic Standing Committee.
- Minimum of 24 research credits
- Remaining credits (to a total of 72) may be course or research credits
- Successful completion of qualifying exam
- Dissertation
- Oral Dissertation Defense
- Total of 72 credits
Course Requirements
All course selections should be discussed with the student's faculty advisor.
Core Courses (10 credits, M.S.; 11 credits, Ph.D.)
All students are required to take three lecture courses from three of four options (one course per selected option):
- Option 1:
16:180:592 Sustainable Environmental Biotechnology (3), or
16:375:510 Environmental Microbiology (3) - Option 2:
16:375:517 Aquatic Chemistry (3), or
16:375:540 Atmospheric Chemistry (3) - Option 3:
16:375:523 Environmental Fate and Transport (3), or
16:366:xxx Air Quality Modeling (3) (proposed new course) - Option 4:
16:180:563 Advanced Hydrology (3), or
16:180:569 Environmental Informatics (3), or
16:180:586 Advanced Fluid Mechanics (3)
All students are required to take one seminar course (M.S.) or two (Ph.D.) seminar courses:
- 16:366:611/612 Seminar in Environmental Engineering (1,1)
Special Problems (2 credits, M.S., Plan B)
- 16:366:697/698 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering (1,1)
Research (6 credits, M.S., Plan A; 24-36 credits, Ph.D.)
- 16:366:701/702 Research in Environmental Engineering
Electives (14 credits, M.S, Plan A; 18 credits, M.S., Plan B; 25-37 credits, Ph.D.)
Elective courses may be selected from the following:
Water Resources
- 16:180:561 Advanced Water Supply and Sewerage (3)
- 16:180:563 Advanced Hydrology (3)
- 16:180:566 Sediment Transport (3)
- 16:180:567 Analysis of Receiving Water Quality (3)
- 16:180:574 Groundwater Engineering I (3)
- 16:180:576 Groundwater Engineering II (3)
- 16:180:586 Advanced Fluid Mechanics (3)
- 16:180:590 Coastal Engineering (3)
- 16:180:592 Green Infrastructure for Water Management (3)
- 16:366:509 Stream Restoration (3)
- 16:375:509 Groundwater Pollution (3)
- 16:375:541 Environmental Models (3)
Environmental Unit Processes and Remediation
- 16:180:562 Design of Water and Wastewater Treatment (3)
- 16:180:565 Biogeochemical Engineering (3)
- 16:180:593 QMRA & One Health Engineering (3)
- 16:375:504 Water and Wastewater Treatment (3)
- 16:375:506 Industrial Wastewater Treatment (3)
- 16:375:510 Environmental Microbiology (3)
- 16:375:522 Environmental Organic Chemistry (3)
- 16:375:527 Physiochemical Process Dynamics in Environmental Systems (3)
- 16:375:529 Biodegradation and Bioremediation (3)
- 16:375:531 Biological Waste Treatment (3)
Air Quality
- 16:107:544 Atmospheric Physics (3)
- 16:180:560 Air Quality Management (3)
- 16:375:524 Source Control of Atmospheric Pollution (3)
- 16:375:536 Air Sampling and Analysis Techniques (Lab) (3)
- 16:375:540 Atmospheric Chemistry (3)
Sustainable Environmental Systems
- 16:107: 545 Physical Climatology (3)
- 16:366:507 Environmental Systems Analysis (3)
- 16:366:508 Instruments in Environmental Engineering (4)
- 16:180:569 Environmental Informatics (3)
- 16:375:530 Hazardous Waste Management (3)
- 16:375:534 Environmental Sustainability: Life-Cycle Assessment Tools (3)
- 16:375:626 Environmental Science and Engineering for Overburdened Communities (3)
- 34:970:523 Environmental Law and Policy (3)
*Note: Graduate courses that are co-listed with undergraduate courses and have already been taken as undergraduate courses will not count toward the graduate degree.
Additional Electives
Students are encouraged to take elective courses not listed on the list above when these are considered desirable for their research or academic development. Prior approval by the Graduate Program Director required. A maximum of 12 undergraduate credits (400 level) may count as electives.