Minor in Engineering Sustainability
Requirements
The Sustainability Minor requires a minimum of 15 credits of course work, including the required course CV_ENG 2800 Introduction to Engineering Sustainability, and a minimum of 12 credit hours from the list of approved emphasis area courses.
| Required Core Courses | ||
| CV_ENG 2800 | Introduction to Engineering Sustainability | 3 |
| Approved Emphasis Area Courses | ||
| ARCHST 2323 | Sustainable Building Design Fundamentals | 3 |
| ARCHST 4323 | Sustainable Technologies and Systems | 3 |
| ARCHST 4325 | Energy-Efficient Building Design | 3 |
| BIOL_EN 2600 | Sustainability Foundations: An Introduction to Sustainability | 3 |
| BIOL_EN 4050 | Zero Hunger Challenge | 3 |
| BIOL_EN 4150 | Soil and Water Conservation Engineering | 3 |
| or CV_ENG 4710 | Soil and Water Conservation Engineering | |
| BIOL_EN 4160 | Food Process Engineering | 3 |
| BIOL_EN 4250 | Irrigation and Drainage Engineering | 3 |
| BIOL_EN 4315 | Principles of Biochemical Engineering | 3 |
| or CH_ENG 4315 | Principles of Biochemical Engineering | |
| BIOL_EN 4316 | Biomass Refinery Operations | 3 |
| or CH_ENG 4316 | Biomass Refinery Operations | |
| BIOL_EN 4350 | Watershed Modeling Using GIS | 3 |
| or CV_ENG 4720 | Watershed Modeling Using GIS | |
| CH_ENG 4220 | Hazardous Waste Management | 3 |
| CH_ENG 4285 | Pollution Prevention | 3 |
| CH_ENG 4311 | Chemodynamics | 3 |
| CH_ENG 4312 | Air Pollution Control | 3 |
| CH_ENG 4318 | Energy Technology and Sustainability | 3 |
| CV_ENG 3200 | Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering | 4 |
| CV_ENG 3600 | Civil Engineering Materials | 4 |
| CV_ENG 4145 | Civil and Environmental Engineering Legal Issues | 3 |
| CV_ENG 4230 | Introduction to Water Quality | 3 |
| CV_ENG 4250 | Environmental Regulatory Compliance | 3 |
| CV_ENG 4286 | Environmental Sustainability | 3 |
| CV_ENG 4406 | Geotechnics of Landfill Design | 3 |
| CV_ENG 4710 | Soil and Water Conservation Engineering | 3 |
| CV_ENG 4720 | Watershed Modeling Using GIS | 3 |
| ENV_SC 2600 | Sustainability Foundations: An Introduction to Sustainability | 3 |
| F_S 4160 | Food Process Engineering | 3 |
| ISE 4001 | Topics in Industrial and Systems Engineering | 3 |
| ISE 4580 | Industrial Energy Efficiency and Management | 3 |
| ISE 4720 | Introduction to Life Cycle Analysis | 3 |
| THEMATIC ELECTIVE | The “Thematic Elective” or an experiential learning class involving independent individual or group service projects, study abroad projects and capstone courses with a sustainability-focus will be allowed as one of the approved emphasis area courses with special approval from the Minor Coordinator. A page-long “Thematic Elective” approval request should be sent to the Minor Coordinator and should include details of scope, content and justification of effort involved. The effort should be consistent with a 3-credit course. A written approval by the Minor Coordinator should be in-place before undertaking the Thematic Elective. | |
Contact:
Prof. Feng (Frank) Xiao
Minor Coordinator
E2509 Lafferre Hall