Minor in Environmental and Water Engineering
Md. Maruf Mortula, Coordinator
Environmental and water engineering is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles of chemistry and biology with engineering science to study the engineered approaches to protecting water and environment. Environmental and water engineering can include water supply and sewerage systems, water and wastewater treatment, waste management, water quality in coastal areas and environmental resources management. The main objective of an environmental and water engineer is to learn the skills and technologies needed to protect our water and environmental resources.
Students enrolling in the environmental and water engineering minor should have normally completed a minimum of 60 credits and be in good academic standing.
The following rules will apply:
• The minor consists of a minimum of 18 credits, including at least 12 credits in courses at or above the 300 level.
• At least nine credits of the 18 credits required for the minor must be taken in residence at AUS.
• At least six credits of the 12 credits at or above the 300 level must be taken in residence at AUS.
• A minimum GPA of 2.00 must be earned in courses completed to satisfy the minor.
Students seeking a minor in environmental and water engineering must successfully complete the following courses or their equivalent. All course prerequisites must be satisfied.
Minor Requirements (12 credits)
• EWE 331 Introduction to Water and Environmental Engineering
• EWE 333 Water Quality and Treatment
• any two courses from the following list:
- CHE 472 Water and Wastewater Treatment Design
- CVE 341 Water Resources Engineering
- CVE 351 Environmental Engineering
- ENV 252 Environmental Chemistry
Minor Electives
(minimum of 6 credits)
Students must successfully complete a minimum of six credits in courses selected from the following list:
• CHE 461 Air Pollution
• CHE 470 Waste Management and Control in Chemical Engineering
• CVE 441 Coastal Engineering
• CVE 446 Geotechnical Dam Engineering
• CVE 450 Physical and Chemical Processes in Environmental Engineering
• CVE 451 Urban Water Infrastructure Management
• CVE 452 Water Supply and Sewerage Engineering
• CVE 472 Geographic Information Systems
• ENV 352 Environmental Toxicology
• ENV 353 Soil and Water Chemistry
• ENV 451 Waste Treatment
• MCE 482 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
• MCE 485 Hydraulics of Pipeline Systems
• MCE 488 Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
• any approved 300-level or 400-level special topics course. Consult the online course catalog or the online class schedule accessible via the AUS student information system to verify course classifications.
