ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DESIGNATED MINOR [last updated 11-9-07]
COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING MINOR
The requirements include two science-oriented courses, three engineering courses, and two policy courses. Three of the five science and engineering courses must be from outside the student's major department to ensure a diversity of exposure. The two policy courses are counted as part of the courses in the areas of humanities, social sciences, or fine arts required of all CIT students. The Environmental Engineering Minor consists of seven courses, chosen from the lists below. Course descriptions are available online from the Registrar's Office.
Two from the following list of science-oriented courses:
A. Environmental
Science Courses
03-121 Modern Biology
03-122 Organismic Botany
03-124 Modern Biology Laboratory
03-130 Introduction to Mammalian Physiology
03-231 Biochemistry I
03-391 Introduction to Microbiology
03-392 Microbiology Laboratory
03-310 Introduction to Computational Biology; or
03-510 Computational Biology
06-221 Thermodynamics; or
24-221 Thermodynamics I; or
27-215 Thermodynamics of Materials
06-426 Experimental Colloid and Surface Science
06-607 Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Surfaces
09-106 Modern Chemistry II; or
09-206 Physical Principles of Analytical Chemistry
09-214 Physical Chemistry
09-217 Organic Chemistry I
09-221 Introduction to Chemical Analysis
09-345 Physical Chemistry (Thermo)
09-441 Nuclear and Radiochemistry
09-510 Introduction to Green Chemistry
Three from the following list of engineering-oriented courses:
B. Environmental Engineering Courses
06-620 Global Atmospheric Chemistry: Fundamentals and Data Analysis Methods
06-622 Bioprocess Design (also 42-622)
12-251 Introduction to Environmental Engineering [for non-CEE students only]
12-614 Environmental Life Cycle Comparison of Steel vs. Wood in Residential and Commercial Construction (also 27-566)
12-629 Environmental Microbiology for Engineers
12-651 Air Quality Engineering
12-657 Water Resources Engineering
12-658 Hydraulic Structures Design
12-686 Issues in Environmental Nanotechnology (also 42-505)
19-422 Radiation, Health and Public Policy
19-446 Quantitative Risk Analysis
19-440 Combustion and Air Pollution Control (also 24-425)
19-614 Life Cycle Assessment [6 units; must be combined with additional 3 units]
19-616 Case Studies in Sustainability [6 units; must be combined with an additional 3 units]
19-622 Sustainability [6 units; must be combined with additional 3 units]
19-623 Environmental Management [6 units; must be combined with additional 3 units]
19-650 Climate and Energy: Science, Economics, and Public Policy
19-653 Climate Change Mitigation
24-424 Energy and the Environment (also 19-424)
24-425 Combustion and Air Pollution Control (also 19-440)
27-322 Processing of Metals
27-367 Selection and Performance of Materials
27-566 Environmental Life Cycle Comparison of Steel vs. Wood in Residential and Commercial Construction (also 12-614)
42-321 Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology
42-424 Biological Transport
42-621 Biotechnology and Environmental Processes (also 06-621)
42-622 Bioprocess Design (also 06-622)
48-315 Environment I: Climate and Energy
48-415 Advanced Building Systems
48-569 GIS/CAFM
48-596
(Note 1: The 48-xxx courses may not be acceptable as technical electives by some CIT engineering departments. At most one of these courses can be used as a Type B course.)
(Note 2: Course 12-251, Introduction to Environmental Engineering, can be counted toward completion of the Type B course requirements for non-CEE students only.)
(Note 3: At least three of the five Type A + Type B courses counted toward the Environmental Engineering Minor must be from outside the student's major department.)
Two from the following list of humanities/social science-oriented
courses:
C. Environmental Policy Courses
12-608 Implications of Engineering in Global Society
12-612
19-291 From Local Pollution to Planetary Management: Environmental Problems and Prospects
19-319 Law and the Engineer
19-426 Environmental Decision Making
19-448 Science, Technology, and Ethics
19-623 Environmental Management
19-626 Climate Science and Policy
48-453 Urban Design
48-567 Sustainable Design and Development
48-576 Mapping Urbanism
48-572 Zero Energy Housing
66-210 Science, Technology, and the Environment
70-332 Business, Society and Ethics
70-361 Foundations of Law
70-363 Law in Modern American Society
70-436 Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Business
73-148 Environmental Economics
73-357 Regulation: Theory and Policy
73-358 Economics of the Environment and Natural Resources
73-359 Benefit-Cost Analysis
76-344 Utopias
79-111 Cultural Perspectives on the Environment
79-211 Disaster! Fires, Plagues, Hurricanes and Floods in American History
79-212 Disastrous Encounters: Technology and the Environment in Global Historical Context
79-243 A History of American Urban Life
79-244
79-263 From Soil to Oil: Energy, Ecology, and Globalization
79-278
79-326 The Role of the Environment in the Collapse of Ancient Societies
79-336 Epidemic Disease and Public Health
79-343 Environmental Policy and Development in the Tropical World
79-345 American Environmental History
79-346 International Environmental Law and Policy (also 88-352)
79-365 Climate Change, Energy Policy, and Environmental Protection (also 88-382)
79-398 Environmental History and Politics Since Silent Spring (also 88-346)
79-471 American Built Environment since 1860
79-475 Perspectives on the City and the Environment (also 90-762)
80-241 Ethical Judgments in Professional Life
80-242 Conflict and Dispute Resolution
80-243 Business Ethics
80-244 Environmental Management and Ethics
80-306 Social Choice Theory
80-340 Environmental Ethics and Decision Processes
85-241 Social Psychology
85-442 Health Psychology
88-220 Policy Analysis I
88-221 Policy Analysis II
88-223 Decision Analysis and Decision Support Systems
88-302 Behavioral Decision Making
88-323 Legislative Processes
88-352 International Environmental Law and Policy (also 79-346)
88-381 Business, Politics, and Public Policy
88-425 Politics of Economic Deregulation
90-747 Cost-Benefit Analysis
90-758 Ethics and Public Policy in a Global Society
90-765 Cities, Technology and the Environment
90-779 Transportation Planning and Financing: Land Use Impacts
90-784 Geographic Information Systems
90-789 Sustainable Community Development
90-798 Environmental Policy and Regulation
90-851 Environmental Policy
90-859 Environmental Conflict Resolution
99-522 Corporations and Environmental Responsibility
(Note 4: Other humanities and social science courses with similar or related content may be substituted for these environmental policy courses with permission of the student's departmental advisor for the Environmental Engineering Minor and the Director. A group of three Type C courses may be counted as fulfilling the H&SS depth sequence required of all CIT students.)