Environmental Science and Engineering (EnSE)

Students entering the program take a set of Core courses and then take Specialty courses from one of four major tracks.

The remaining courses are technical electives. The four tracks together cover the most important areas in modern-day Environmental Science and Engineering, and the Core plus Specialty courses and Electives should equip a student for a successful and productive career in these fields.

The four tracks are:

  • Air and Water Quality
  • Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology
  • Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology
  • Processes in Environmental Biotechnology
A student seeking a degree in Environmental Science and Engineering must, in addition to the Core courses, specify one track as a major, take a minimum of 2 courses in that track for the M.S. degree, and an additional 2 courses in that track at the 300-level or above for the Ph.D. degree. Each course carries 3 credit hours. The M.S. degree requirement is 30 credit hours of coursework and the Ph.D. requires a minimum of an additional 6 credit hours of coursework and 24 credit hours of dissertation research. Typically, the duration of the M.S. program is 1.5 years, and the Ph.D. is 3 years beyond that. More detailed information on degree requirements, including qualifying, candidacy, dissertation and final defense, are described in Section 4.

The courses in the Core and in each track are as follows:

Core Courses

  • EnSE 201, EnSE 202, EnSE 203, EnSE 204, EnSE 205
Air and Water Quality
  • EnSE 211, EnSE 221, CBE 235
  • EnSE 302, EnSE 303, EnSE 304, EnSE 305, EnSE 312, EnSE 341, EnSE 342
Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology
  • EnSE 211, EnSE 213, CBE 235, B204, MarSE 226
  • EnSE 311, EnSE 312, EnSE 341, EnSE 342
Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology
  • EnSE 221, EnSE 222, EnSE 223, ErSE 201, ErSE 202, MarSE 212,
  • EnSE 304, EnSE 312, EnSE 321, ErSE 301, ErSE 302, MarSE 311, MarSE 314
Processes in Environmental Biotechnology
  • CBE 235, CBE 236, CBE 238, B204
  • EnsE 305, EnSE 311, EnSE 331, EnSE 341, EnSE 342, EnSE 350

Course Descriptions