Environmental Engineering Major
Major Requirements
Degree Type: B.S. Env.E. Minimum Credits Required: 131
University Degree Requirements
For complete details on these and other university degree requirements, refer to the Degree and Graduation Requirements section in the University Catalog.
- Minimum of 120 semester credits (some programs may exceed this minimum).
- Complete the University General Education requirements.
- Minimum institutional GPA of 2.00 based on work taken at NDSU.
- Minimum of 30 credits in resident at NDSU.
- Minimum of 36 upper level credits (courses numbered 300 or higher).
- Students with transfer credit must meet the NDSU 30 credits in residence (#4). Of these 30 credits in residence, a minimum of 15 credits must be in courses numbered 300 or above, and 15 credits must be in the student's declared major curricula.
University General Education Requirements
A list of university approved general education courses along with the administrative policies governing the requirement and the categories is available here.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Category C: Communication | 12 | |
| Category R: Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | |
| Category S: Science and Technology | 10 | |
| Category A: Humanities and Fine Arts | 6 | |
| Category B: Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6 | |
| Category W: Wellness | 2 | |
| Category D: Cultural Diversity | ||
| Category G: Global Perspectives | ||
| Category L: Digital Literacy | ||
| Total Credits | 39 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Engineering Core Requirements | ||
| CE 212 | Civil Engineering Graphic Communications | 3 |
| CE 309 | Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| CE 310 | Fluid Mechanics Laboratory | 1 |
| CE 316 | Soil Mechanics | 3 |
| CE 408 | Water Resources and Supply | 3 |
| CE 410 | Water and Wastewater Engineering | 3 |
| CE 472 | Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | 3 |
| CE 477 | Applied Hydrology | 3 |
| ENVE 111 | Introduction to Environmental Engineering | 1 |
| ENVE 112 | Analysis and Design Methods for Environmental Engineers | 1 |
| ENVE 240 | Microbiological Principles for Environmental Engineers | 3 |
| ENVE 250 | Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering | 3 |
| ENVE 360 | Environmental Chemistry for Water and Wastewater | 3 |
| ENVE 370 | Sustainability Engineering | 3 |
| ENVE 412 | Unit Operations and Processes | 2 |
| ENVE 450 | Environmental Engineering Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| ENVE 460 | Environmental Fate and Transport | 3 |
| ENVE 473 | Air Pollution | 3 |
| ENVE 488 | Senior Design I | 2 |
| ENVE 489 | Senior Design II | 2 |
| MATH 128 | Introduction to Linear Algebra 3 | 1 |
| MATH 165 | Calculus I 3 | 4 |
| MATH 166 | Calculus II 3 | 4 |
| MATH 259 | Multivariate Calculus 3 | 3 |
| MATH 266 | Introduction to Differential Equations 3 | 3 |
| CHEM 121 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 121L | General Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 122 | General Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 122L | General Chemistry II Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 240 | Survey of Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| ENGL 321 | Writing in the Technical Professions | 3 |
| ENGR 327 | Ethics, Engineering, and Technology | 3 |
| GEOL 105 | Physical Geology | 3 |
| IME 440 | Engineering Economy | 3 |
| IME 460 | Evaluation of Engineering Data | 3 |
| ME 221 | Engineering Mechanics I | 3 |
| ME 222 | Engineering Mechanics II | 3 |
| ME 223 | Mechanics of Materials | 3 |
| PHYS 252 | University Physics II | 4 |
| Technical Electives | ||
| Students must take a total of 9 credits - a minimum of 6 credits from category one and a maximum of 3 credits from category two. | ||
| Category One Technical Electives | 6 | |
| Slope Stability and Retaining Walls | ||
| Open Channel Flow | ||
| Designing with Geosynthetics | ||
| Environmental Nanotechnology | ||
| Groundwater Sustainability Design | ||
| Watershed Modeling | ||
| Water Quality Management | ||
| Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment (Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment) | ||
| Seminar (Small Community Water Supply and Sanitation) | ||
| Individual Study (Environmental Engineering Design) | ||
| Plastics Pollution to Solution | ||
| Category Two Technical Electives | 3 | |
| Freshwater Ecology and Limnology 1 | ||
| Ecotoxicology 1 | ||
| Wetland Science 1 | ||
| Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials | ||
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Advanced Geographic Information Systems 1 | ||
| Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Managing Natural and Rangeland Resources using GIS | ||
or NRM 452 | Managing Natural and Rangeland Resources using GIS | |
| Wetland Resources Management 1/2 | ||
or NRM 454 | Wetland Resources Management | |
| Total Credits | 112 | |
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This course has a pre-requisite that may need to be satisfied.
- 2
This course requires the approval of the offering department prior to enrolling.
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No grades less than a "C" are accepted in any of the math courses for this curriculum.