S.B. in 1E Environmental Engineering Science Degree Requirements

General Institute Requirements (GIRs) Subjects

* Science requirement: 6
Humanities, arts and social sciences requirement (one subject can be satisfied by 1.801J, 11.002, 11.122, or 14.01 in the departmental program): 8
Restricted electives in science and technology (REST) requirement (can be satisfied by 1.018J or 18.03 in the departmental program): 2
Laboratory requirement (can be satisfied by 1.101 or 1.102 in the departmental program): 1
Total GIR subjects required for S.B. degree: 17

** Communication Requirement
The program includes a communication requirement of 4 subjects: 2 subjects designated as communication intensive in humanities, arts and social sciences (CI-H); and 2 subjects designated as communication intensive in the major (CI-M).

Departmental Program

Subject names below are followed by credit units and prerequisites (co-requisites in italics).

Required subjects: 168

Core
1.018J Ecology I: The Earth System, 12 (REST, CI-M); 7.012/7.013/7.014 recommended
1.020 Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability, 12
1.050 Engineering Mechanics I, 12; 8.01, 18.02
1.060 Engineering Mechanics II, 12; 18.03
18.03 Differential Equations, 12 (REST); 18.02
1.013 Senior Civil and Environmental Engineering Design, 12 (CI-M); permission of instructor
One of the following two subjects:
1.00 Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving, 12 (REST); 18.01
1.010 Uncertainty in Engineering, 12; 18.02

Environmental Engineering Science
1.061 Transport Processes in the Environment, 12; 1.060, 1.070, 1.106
1.070J Hydrology, 12; 1.060, 1.061, 1.106
1.080 Environmental Chemistry and Biology, 12; 5.111/5.112 or 3.091; 7.012/7.013/7.014 or 7.015, 1.107
1.083 Environmental Health, 12; 1.061
1.106 Environmental Transport and Hydrology Laboratory, 6, 1/2 LAB; 1.061, 1.070
1.107 Environmental Chemistry and Biology Laboratory, 6, 1/2 LAB; 1.080

Economics and Public Policy
One of the following four subjects:
1.801J Environmental Law, Policy and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control, 12 (HASS)
11.002J Fundamentals of Public Policy, 12 (HASS-D, CI-H)
11.122 Society and Environment, 12 (HASS)
14.01 Principles of Microeconomics, 12 (HASS)

Laboratory
1.101 Introduction to Civil & Environmental Engineering Design I, 6, 1/2 LAB; 1.050, 1.018
1.102 Introduction to Civil & Environmental Engineering Design II, 6, 1/2 LAB; 1.060

Restricted Elective
One advanced subject from the following list:
1.071J Global Change Science, 12; 18.03, 5.60
1.64 Physical Limnology, 12; 1.061
1.69 Introduction to Coastal Engineering, 12; 1.061
1.72 Groundwater Hydrology, 12; 1.061
1.731 Water Resources Systems, 12; 1.070
1.77 Water Quality Control, 12; 1.060
1.83 Environmental Organic Chemistry, 12; 5.12, 5.60
1.89 Environmental Microbiology, 12; 7.014

Departmental program units that also satisfy the GIRs: 48
Unrestricted electives: 48
Total units beyond the GIRs required for S.B. degree: 180

No subject can be counted as part of the 17 subject GIRs and as part of the 180 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both.

* Any subject that fulfills the Institute chemistry requirement is satisfactory, though 5.111 or 5.112 is recommended.
** Classes of 2009 and 2010 can satisfy the CI-M requirement with 1.020 instead of 1.018J, if 1.020 was taken in spring 2008 or earlier.

Grades for Prerequisite Subjects
Effective fall term 2008, the CEE Department Undergraduate Committee set a policy for grades in prerequisite subjects for all undergraduate programs in CEE.

A student who receives a D in a subject that is part of his/her departmental program and is also a prerequisite for another more advanced subject in the program has two options. Option 1: The student may proceed to take the more advanced subject; he or she will not be required to retake the prerequisite subject if the more advanced subject is passed with a C or better. However, if the student does not receive a C or better in the more advanced subject both this subject and the prerequisite subject must be repeated. Option 2: The student may retake the prerequisite subject and pass it with a C or better before enrolling in the more advanced subject.