Courses

    Introduces first-year students to the environmental engineering program from an academic and a career perspective. Covers air quality, applied ecology, chemical processing, energy, engineering for developing communities, environmental remediation, and water resources and treatment. Includes reading and writing on the history of environmental engineering, major environmental issues, and professional ethics. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 0-60 units completed. Restricted to Engineering undergraduate students (ENGRU) or Environmental Studies majors (ENVS) or Pre-Engineering Arts & Sciences (PREN) students only.

    General topics relating to environmental engineering. One-on-one assistance with an instructor.

    Introduces students to hands-on environmental sampling and analysis techniques for characterization of surface water, subsurface water, soils and sediments, and air. Laboratories include stream sampling, drilling, monitoring well installation, water level, slug tests, air sampling. Department enforced prereqs., CVEN 4404, 4414, and 3313 or equivalents, or instructor consent required.

    General topics relating to environmental engineering. One-on-one assistance with an instructor. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

    Provides faculty-supervised independent research in environmental engineering for students planning to complete a senior thesis. To be taken prior to EVEN 4990, during the final year before graduation. Department consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior) Environmental Engineering (EVEN) majors only.
    Continuation of EVEN 4980. Consists of final phase of faculty-supervised research, the preparation of a written thesis, and an oral defense of the research to a committee. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of EVEN 4980 (minimum grade C-).