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Bioenvironmental Engineering Focus Area |
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| Bioenvironmental Engineering is a focus area that concentrates on using principles of biological, environmental and engineering sciences to study the interacting processes necessary for a healthy environment. Students interested in this focus area need to strengthen their background in soils, ecosystem biology, natural resources, chemistry, fluids, hydrology, and pollution processes. |
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| Course Name | Course Designation |
Credits | Prerequisites |
| Principles of Ecology | BSCI 361 | 3 | |
| Ecology of Marsh and Dune Vegetation |
BSCI 362 | 3 | BSCI 105 |
| International Pesticide Problems
& Solutions |
BSCI 365 | 3 | BSCI 105 |
| Plant Ecology | BSCI 460 | 3 | BSCI 106 |
| Physical Chemistry I | CHEM 481 | 3 | MATH 141, PHYS
142 (or PHYS 260 & 261), CHEM 113, 135 or CHEM 153 |
| Environmental Geology | GEOG 120 | 3 | |
| Geography of Environmental
Systems |
GEOG 201 | 3 | |
| Climatology | GEOG 345 | 3 | |
| Water Resources Policy &
Planning |
GEOG 462 | 3 | |
| Geographic Aspects of Pollution | GEOG 463 | 3 | |
| Air Pollution | METO 434 | 3 | CHEM 113,
MATH 241 |
| Biology & Management of Finfish | NRMT 314 | 4 | One year of
Biology or Zoology |
| Wetland Ecology | NRMT 450 | 3 | BIOM 301
or permission |
| Soil and the Environment | NRSC 105 | 3 | |
| Fundamentals of Soil Science | NRSC 200 | 4 | one course in
CHEM |
| Soil & Water Conservation
&
Management |
NRSC 413 | 3 | NRSC 200 |
| Soil Hydrology & Physics | NRSC 417 | 3 | NRSC 200 and a
course in physics |
| Soil Microbiology | NRSC 422 | 3 | CHEM 104, NRSC
200 |
| Soil-Water Pollution | NRSC 423 | 3 | CHEM 104 (or CHEM 231 & 232), NRSC 200 |
| Note: CHEM 135 & 136 may be counted as CHEM 103, and CHEM 231 and 232 may be used to satisfy CHEM 104 requirement! |
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| Course Name | Course Designation |
Credits | Prerequisites |
| Aquacultural Engineering | ENBE 435 | 3 | |
| Water Quality: Field &
Lab.
Analysis Methods |
ENBE 451 | 3 | CHEM 103, CHEM
113, CHEM 104 |
| Nonpoint Source Pollution
Assessment Techniques |
ENBE 462 | 3 | One course in hydrology |
| Ecological Impact Assessment | ENBE 488 | 3 | |
| Nonpoint Source Pollution
Assessment Techniques |
ENBE 462 | 3 | One course in
hydrology |
| Introduction to Environmental
Engineering |
ENCE 315 | 3 | CHEM 103 or
CHEM 133. PHYS 161 or 141 |
| Flow in Open Channels &
Conveyance Structures |
ENCE 430 | 3 | ENCE 330 |
| Surface Water Hydrology | ENCE 431 | 3 | ENCE 330 |
| Ground Water Hydrology | ENCE 432 | 3 | ENCE 330 |
| Sanitary Engineering Analysis
&
Design |
ENCE 435 | 3 | CHEM 233 |
| Environmental Aspects of
Nuclear Engineering |
ENNU 310 | 3 | MATH 241 or
MATH 246, PHYS 263 |
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