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Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering Science/Course 1-E

General Institute Requirements (GIRs)
Subjects
Science Requirement*
6
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement [one subject can be satisfied by 1.801J, 11.002, 11.122, or 14.01 in the Departmental Program]
8
Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement [can be satisfied by 1.018 and 18.03 in the Departmental Program]
2
Laboratory Requirement [can be satisfied by 1.101 and 1.102 in the Departmental Program]
1
Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree
17
Communication Requirement  
The program includes a Communication Requirement of 4 subjects:
2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CI-H); and 2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in the Major (CI-M). 		 
PLUS Departmental Program
Units
Subject names below are followed by credit units, and by prerequisites if any
(corequisites in italics).
Required Subjects
168
Core
1.018J Ecology I: The Earth System, 12, REST
1.020 Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability, 12, CI-M
1.050 Engineering Mechanics I, 12; 8.01, 18.02
1.060 Engineering Mechanics II, 12; 1.050, 18.03
18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.02 or 18.014
1.013 Senior Civil and Environmental Engineering Design, 12, CI-M; permission of instructor
One of the following two subjects:
1.00 Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving, 12, REST; 18.01
1.010 Uncertainty in Engineering, 12; 18.02  
Environmental Engineering Science
1.061 Transport Processes in the Environment, 12; 1.060, 1.070, 1.106
1.070J Hydrology, 12; 1.060, 1.061, 1.106
1.080 Environmental Chemistry and Biology, 12; 1.107; 5.111, 5.112, or 3.091; 7.012, 7.013, 7.014, or 7.015
1.083 Environmental Health, 12; 1.061, 1.080
1.106 Environmental Transport and Hydrology Laboratory, 6, 1/2 LAB; 1.061, 1.070
1.107 Environmental Chemistry and Biology Laboratory, 6, 1/2 LAB; 1.080
Economics and Public Policy
One of the following four subjects:
1.801J Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention & Control, 12; HASS
11.002J Fundamentals of Public Policy, 12; HASS-D, CI-H
11.122 Society and Environment, 12; HASS
14.01 Principles of Microeconomics, 12; HASS
Laboratory
1.101 Introduction to Civil & Environmental Engineering Design I, 6, 1/2 LAB; 1.050, 1.018
1.102 Introduction to Civil & Environmental Engineering Design II, 6, 1/2 LAB; 1.101, 1.060, 1.020
Restricted Elective
12
One advanced subject from the following list:
1.071J Global Change Science, 12; 18.03, 5.60
1.64 Physical Limnology, 12; 1.061
1.69 Introduction to Coastal Engineering, 12; 1.061
1.72 Groundwater Hydrology, 12; 1.061
1.731 Water Resources Systems, 12; 1.070
1.77 Water Quality Control, 12; 1.060
1.83 Environmental Organic Chemistry, 12; 5.12, 5.60
1.89 Environmental Microbiology, 12; 7.014
Departmental Program Units That also Satisfy the GIRs
(48)
Unrestricted Electives
48
Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree
180
No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 180 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both.
Notes
*Any of the subjects that fulfill the Institute Chemistry Requirement is satisfactory, though 5.111 or 5.112 is recommended.
For an explanation of credit units, or hours, please refer to the Subject Key in Part 3 of this Bulletin.

 

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