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
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.
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
(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.)