B.S. Biosystems Engineering
Environmental Engineering Minor, 2008-2009


The Biosystems Engineering Standard Sequence automatically meets many of the requirements for the Environmental Engineering Minor. The Minor can be achieved with only 3 additional credit hours by:

1) filling the Gen. Ed. Elec. (Arts and Humanities) shown in the Spring of either the Junior or Senior years with Phil245 Environmental Ethics. Note that Phil245 is currently scheduled to be offered only in the Fall semester, so this will require a little shifting around of courses;

2) filling the Technical Elective shown in the Spring of the Junior year with CE486 Air and Waste Management;

3) filling the Technical Elective shown in the Fall of the Senior year with CE485 Principles of Hydrogeology;

4) taking one of CHEM230 Inorganic Chemistry (Fall), CHEM310 Analytical Chemistry (Fall and Spring), or CHEM350 Organic Chemistry (Fall and Spring).

Talk to your advisor about whether this is the best option or you, and how to fit it into your schedule. Note that it may take a little shifting around of courses to make sure that you are scheduled to take the courses in the right semester, and that there are a couple of other options available if scheduling conflicts arise.

You can get more information on the Environmental Engineering Minor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering portion of the Undergraduate Catalog. The current stated requirements are:

- required: Micro210*, CE486
- one of: Chem230, Chem310, Chem350
- two of: ChemEng200, BsE221*, CE380, CE395, BsE416*
- one of: Geol202, Phil245**
- one of: CE485, Geol485 (same class as CE485), ESS444

* already required as part of the standard BsE curriculum
** of these, only Phil245 meets a General Education requirement