COURSES AVAILABLE IN FALL 2008 SEMESTER FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DESIGNATED MINOR [last updated 4-14-08]
CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
The Fall 2008 courses listed below can be used to
satisfy the requirements for the Environmental Engineering
Minor, for the categories indicated.
These are the requirements for the Minor for students entering
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 (BME- R. Tilton; CEE-J.VanBriesen; ChE-N.Donahue; ECE-M.Ilic; EPP-M.Kieler and E.Rubin; ME-A.Robinson; MSE-P.
A.
Environmental Science Courses
03-121 Modern Biology
03-124 Modern Biology Laboratory
03-231 Biochemistry I
06-221 Thermodynamics; or
24-221 Thermodynamics I; or
27-215 Thermodynamics of Materials
06-426 Experimental Colloid and Surface Science
09-106 Modern Chemistry II; or
09-217 Organic Chemistry I
09-221 Introduction to Chemical Analysis
B. Environmental Engineering Courses
12-651 Air Quality Engineering
12-702 Fundamentals of Water Quality Engineering
19-622 Sustainability [6 units; must be combined with additional 3 units] co-listed as 12-712
19-623 Environmental Management [6 units; must be combined with additional 3 units] co-listed as 12-713
19-688 Special Topics: Innovation for Energy and the Environment
24-424 Energy and the Environment (also 19-424)
42-321 Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology
42-621 Biotechnology and Environmental Processes (also 06-621)
48-315 Environment I: Climate and Energy
(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.)
C.
Environmental Policy Courses
48-453 Urban Design
70-332 Business, Society and Ethics
73-359 Benefit-Cost Analysis
79-212 Disastrous Encounters: Technology and the Environment in Global Historical Context
79-243 A History of American Urban Life
79-278
80-241 Ethical Judgments in Professional Life
80-242 Conflict and Dispute Resolution
80-243 Business Ethics
80-244 Environmental Management and Ethics
85-241 Social Psychology
85-442 Health Psychology
88-220 Policy Analysis I
88-302 Behavioral Decision Making
90-747 Cost-Benefit Analysis
90-758 Ethics and Public Policy in a Global Society
90-784 Geographic Information Systems
90-810 Population and Policy
99-231 Environmental and Early Warnings
99-333 Agriculture, Food and Environment
(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.)