COURSES AVAILABLE IN SPRING 2008 SEMESTER FOR THE

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DESIGNATED MINOR [last updated 11-9-07]


CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

The Spring 2008 courses listed below can be used to satisfy the requirements for the Environmental Engineering Minor, for the categories indicated. Course descriptions are available online from the Registrar's Office. In addition to the Carnegie Mellon environmental courses listed below, students can cross register for up to one course per semester at the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, or Chatham College.

Students are reminded that if they are interested in obtaining the Environmental Engineering Minor, they must complete an official minor declaration form which is available from the CIT Dean's Office. The form must be signed by their departmental advisor for the minor (CEE-D.Dzombak; ChE-N.Donahue; ECE-D. Dzombak; EPP-M.Kieler and E.Rubin; ME-A.Robinson; MSE-P. Salvador).

SPRING 2008 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING MINOR COURSES

A. Environmental Science Courses

03-121 Modern Biology

03-122 Organismic Botany

03-124 Modern Biology Laboratory

03-130 Introduction to Mammalian Physiology

03-232 Biochemistry I

03-391 Introduction to Microbiology

03-392 Microbiology Laboratory  [6 units; must be combined with an additional 3 units]

03-510 Computational Biology

06-607 Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Surfaces

09-106 Modern Chemistry II

09-214 Physical Chemistry

09-221 Laboratory I:  Introduction to Chemical Analysis

09-345 Physical Chemistry (Thermo)

09-510 Introduction to Green Chemistry

B. Environmental Engineering Courses

12-658 Hydraulic Structures

19-614 Life Cycle Assessment  [6 units; must be combined with an additional 3 units]

19-616 Case Studies in Sustainability  [6 units; must be combined with an additional 3 units]

19-653 Special Topics:  Climate Change Mitigation

27-367 Selection and Performance of Materials

42-424 Biological Transport

48-415 Advanced Building Systems

48-569 GIS/CAFM

48-596 LEED Buildings and Green Design

(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 environmental engineering 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.)

C. Environmental Policy Courses

12-608 Implications of Engineering in Global Society

19-626 Climate Science and Policy

70-332 Business, Society and Ethics

73-358 Economics of the Environment and Natural Resources

79-211 Disaster!  Fires, Plagues, Hurricanes and Floods in American History

79-345 American Environmental History:  Critical Issues

79-398 Environmental History and Politics Since Silent Spring (also 88-346)

80-242 Conflict and Dispute Resolution

85-241 Social Psychology

88-221 Policy Analysis II

88-223 Decision Analysis and Decision Support Systems

90-747 Cost-Benefit Analysis

90-758 Ethics and Public Policy in a Global Society

90-765 Cities, Technology and the Environment

90-784 Geographic Information Systems

90-789 Sustainable Community Development

90-798 Environmental Policy and Regulation

99-522 Corporations and Environmental Responsibility

 (Note 4: A group of three of these environmental policy courses may be counted as fulfilling the H&SS depth requirement required of all CIT students.)